BEANS are a meat?

**I Are Baboon** · 10-25-2002, 06:46 AM

Why is it that beans (black, red, etc) get included with meats and poultry? I've used two different diet tracking software programs, and they both have beans in with meats and poultry. Seems to me that beans are a veggie. I thought meats and poultry were animal meat.

**ponyboy** · 10-25-2002, 09:43 AM

Beans are technically a legume...don't ask me what the heck that means.

They may lump beans in with animal meats because they have high amounts of protein in them? Just a guess...

**BIGPUN** · 10-25-2002, 09:51 AM

Beans are a protein source - in addition they have a high carbohydrate contain. This is what makes Legumes different animal meat. Most animal meat has very low carbohydrate grams.

**Robboe** · 10-25-2002, 10:54 AM

I think beans fall under the "incomplete protein" category, cause they don't have sufficient amounts of the 8 EAA's.

Mix them with rice and you have a complete protein though.

Besides, vegetables proteins have poor absorption rate in the intestinal tract compared to animal proteins.

**Prince** · 10-25-2002, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy
I think beans fall under the "incomplete protein" category, cause they don't have sufficient amounts of the 8 EAA's.

Mix them with rice and you have a complete protein though.

Yup!

Mexicans are pretty smart, huh?

Taco Bell

**Yanick** · 10-25-2002, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by Prince

Yup!

Mexicans are pretty smart, huh?

Taco Bell

thats pretty interesting, because as far as i know beans and rice is a traditional spanish meal. Its also one that is 'good for you.' I doubt that the mayans or whoever came up with that had access to all that science yet they kept up a diet which was 'good for them.'

**Prince** · 10-25-2002, 02:26 PM

It was kind of a joke, hence the reference to Taco Bell, which I do believe any "real" Mexican would be offended with the notion that Taco Bell is Mexican food.

**animal56** · 10-25-2002, 09:28 PM

Sheesh! What's with the "technical-speaking" people around here Prince?

seksi · 10-26-2002, 06:20 PM

EAA = Essential Amino Acid = BCAA = Branched Chained Amino Acids ?

**Robboe** · 10-26-2002, 06:52 PM

EAA does = essential amino acid, yes.

But BCAAs are not all of the essential amino acids. The BCAAs are just three aminos - Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine. So that's missing the other five - tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine and theonine.

seksi · 10-26-2002, 06:55 PM

omg I feel really stupid right now. The seven EAAs. How could I have forgotten? LOL!

**Robboe** · 10-26-2002, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by seksi
omg I feel really stupid right now. The seven EAAs. How could I have forgotten? LOL!

You should feel even worse now then, since there are eight

**Robboe** · 10-26-2002, 07:02 PM

With one (maybe two) being classed 'conditionally essential' - that is it's essential under certain conditions, like extreme stress.

That amino acid is the grandly gestured Glutamine.

seksi · 10-26-2002, 07:09 PM

I'll just shutup now. I have been out of advanced science / ap biology for far too long now. gd wtf is wrong with me?

**Robboe** · 10-26-2002, 07:17 PM

You're just a horrible, horrible freak.

Don't worry, it's what's on the inside that counts.

**Robboe** · 10-26-2002, 07:18 PM

At least that's what Prince keeps telling himself.

**Dero** · 10-27-2002, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by ponyboy
Beans are technically a legume...don't ask me what the heck that means.

They may lump beans in with animal meats because they have high amounts of protein in them? Just a guess...

If I may help by pointing out that "legume" is the french word for veggy...
They do GROW on plants...

**kanun** · 10-27-2002, 02:29 PM

"legume , common name for any plant of the family Leguminosae, which is called also the pulse, legume, pea, or bean family. The word is often used loosely in the plural for vegetables in general. Botanically, a legume is the characteristic fruit of the pulse family plants, called also leguminous plants. It is a pod which usually splits along two sides, with the seeds attached along one of the sutures. The family Leguminosae is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales."

**kanun** · 10-27-2002, 02:31 PM

"legume , common name for any plant of the family Leguminosae, which is called also the pulse, legume, pea, or bean family. The word is often used loosely in the plural for vegetables in general. Botanically, a legume is the characteristic fruit of the pulse family plants, called also leguminous plants. It is a pod which usually splits along two sides, with the seeds attached along one of the sutures. The family Leguminosae is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales."
oh.

**Dero** · 10-27-2002, 02:57 PM

Many french word derive directly from the latin,like just pointed out in the previous post,leguminosae = vegetable in english and legume in french...
So there...da meat thread becomes a linguistic one...Just like dat!!

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