Posted on January 12, 2008 in Latest News
Protein is the primal life substance for your bodies and is responsible for the state of your nails, skin, hair, teeth and tissue. Even the haemoglobin molecule that makes your blood red is mostly protein. The haemo or iron-containing fraction is a mere five per cent, and the protein or globin fraction is an astounding 95 per cent. That is why many cases of anaemia do not respond to iron tablets alone, if underlying protein deficiencies also exist.
Kinds of Protein
Complete Protein Protein from animal sources, such as meat and milk, is called complete, because it contains all nine of the essential amino acids in the right balance.
Incomplete Protein Most vegetable protein is considered incomplete because it lacks one or more of the essential amino acids. Incomplete proteins found in plant foods can be mixed together to make a complete protein.
As a general rule, grains, cereals, nuts, or seeds can be eaten together with dried beans, dried peas, lentils, peanuts or peanut butter. Examples of these combinations include peanut butter on wheat bread, rice and beans, and split pea soup with corn bread. Incomplete proteins found in plant foods can also be combined with small amounts of animal foods to make a complete protein. Examples include macaroni and cheese, and tuna noodle casserole.
Structural proteins These are found in the material of muscle, bone, hair, nails, skin, blood, connective tissue and other areas.
Functional proteins These kinds of proteins are required in the formation and function of a variety of hormones, digestive enzymes and antibodies. Proteins are also found in the nuclei of cells, which transmit hereditary characteristics and so are responsible for continued protein synthesis within the cell. Thus proteins and the amino-acids that make up proteins, are at the very core of our existence.
Comments
Leave a Reply
December 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
good site
u already submitted my project:)