Complements

You have probably started experimenting with beans and lentils by now, they are so low GI and keep you fuller so much longer. Just to make your understanding better, soy is the only protein that is complete from the plants world. For other proteins, completing their weaknesses with another plant strengths will make it complete. It is why so often lentils and beans are combined with grains, cereals, seeds or dairy products, so then combined it becomes a complete protein just like meat.

Beans, lentils and dairy products are rich sources of lysine. Cereals, grains and nuts are poor in lysine, but rich in methionine.


Here are the great equations: legumes with cereals or legumes with seeds and nuts or cereals with dairy products to eat complete proteins.

Don't be afraid to mix nuts with lentils or beans, it tastes so good.



Try a few mixes of your own, you will see, it tastes so good, and you feel fuller, longer!