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Originally Posted by ginkgo  Yes plant protein is less acidic |
Please inform me on how plant protein is less acidic than animal based protein. A protein is nothing more than a bunch of amino acids, and all protein comes from differing ratios of these different amino acids. Animal proteins, and plant proteins are both made up from the same amino acids, just differing amounts of the different amino acids. How does an amino acid that becomes a protein in a nut become less acidic than that same amino acid when it is in an egg for example? It is true different foods are more or less acidic, but this is caused by other factors besides proteins, mainly mineral content, this is why veggies are so alkaline. Most people don't respect the fact sugar itself is acidic in the body, and is why most carbs in general are acidic as well. If you take a look at the charts many, many fruits are acidic to the body, and that means they will leach calcium from the bones just as easy as any other acidic food. Fruits such as berries are best fruit wise, because they have low sugar content. This nonsense that natural sugars are ok in excess is ridiculous, and goes completely against what science has proved. ALL sugars are broken down in the same manner, and eigther used as energy right away or stored for later, because too much sugar in the blood will kill, and insulin has to bring these levels down. Fat/fiber slow the absorbtion of sugars into the blood, but if one binges on carb laden foods all day every day, your pancreas constantly produces insulin to respond to this, which is the most major precursor to insulin resistance.