Biological value vs. DIAASWhat the scores measure and which one counts today.Vegan proteinWhich plant proteins score well, which don't, and why lysine or methionine is almost always missing.Combining proteinsWhat studies show about protein mixes, which partners work and whether it has to be the same meal.Protein powders comparedMeasured values for whey, milk protein, soy, pea and rice protein, plus blends and leucine.Tofu, seitan, soy milkSoy milk reaches 117, tofu 97, seitan only 28. What's behind the numbers.Plant-based chicken vs. chickenAlmost as much protein as chicken, but far less of it usable. What a lab study shows.Cooking, frying, roastingCooked egg, well-done ground beef, roasted pistachios: when heat helps and when it hurts.Salami, sausage, jerkyCuring, fermenting and drying don't harm the protein. What a study on sausage shows.Cornflakes and breakfast cerealsA corn-based breakfast cereal scored a DIAAS of 1. Why, and why milk saves it.Soaking, sprouting, fermentingWhat heating, isolation and extrusion do, and what is known about soaking, sprouting and fermenting.Bread and grainsWhy grains lack lysine, what toasting costs and which sides make up for it.
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