Nutrition & Diet Protein complementation

[RabbitLuvr]

I take a lysine supplement occasionally. Sometimes I consider taking it more frequently but I'm already taking a zillion pills and supplements already.

 

[ledboots]

I just like a variety of foods. Much as I love grains, I'd get bored (if not necessarily protein-deficient) if I didn't have other protein foods too.

Ledboots, that's an interesting quote from an article you posted. I usually try to cook things at moderate temperatures from a concern about carcinogenic chemicals being created at high cooking temps, but I didn't know about cooking or sugars lowering the lysine content of foods.

I mean, you have to boil legumes, so I figured that was more about the people cooking animals at high temps. Or maybe frying stuff? I had never heard of the sugar link, either.

My husband has been vegan for about a decade, and last year stopped drinking much soymilk, switched to almond. His nails and hair looked like was low on protein, but I remembered Blobbenstein talking about lysine supplements. I read up on it, it seemed like Husband's
symptoms. (He has a full head of hair at 53, but he thought it was thinning, heaven forbid.) The house is again at peace with my husband's one vanity--to be less bald than than others his age. And per the other conversation, he's a packrat who found me a tiny glasses screw yesterday when I needed one.

 

[thefadedone]

Does anyone know of a brand of Lysine that aren't giant horse pills? I have issues swallowing pills and I haven't been able to find Lysine in small tablets.

 

[Wolfie]

Country Life makes vegan capsules. I find capsules easier to swallow.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/country-life-l-lysine-caps-500-mg-250-veg-caps

Swanson is pretty cheap on shipping too.

 

[thefadedone]

Country Life makes vegan capsules. I find capsules easier to swallow.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/country-life-l-lysine-caps-500-mg-250-veg-caps

Swanson is pretty cheap on shipping too.

Thank you!

 

[Moll Flanders]

Now I'm curious about the lysine as well. I have taken the supplements in the past when I've had canker sores to help get rid of them. They really did work. I've been considering taking them again.

I have just ordered some lysine supplements as I have just got another cold sore. I hope it works.

 

[shyvas]

Does anyone know of a brand of Lysine that aren't giant horse pills? I have issues swallowing pills and I haven't been able to find Lysine in small tablets.

Ditto.

Country Life makes vegan capsules. I find capsules easier to swallow.

http://www.swansonvitamins.com/country-life-l-lysine-caps-500-mg-250-veg-caps

Swanson is pretty cheap on shipping too.

I have added the brand to my Wish List on iherb.

 

[Photojess]

why don't you guys just eat real food to get lysine instead of relying on a processed supplement? here's a list and how much they contain and how much we need. I definately am not deficient! I eat a lot of beans and legumes, which aren't the only sources. http://www.easy-vegetarian-diet.com/lysine.html#.UkYnGIasjPo

 

[Photojess]

actually, a very good article by Jack Norris RD about protein and lysine....http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/protein

 

[Blobbenstein]

beans can get boring.

 

[Photojess]

Do you cook? I don't eat them plain at all- ever actually. Plenty of great recipes on www.blog.fatfreevegan.com and I am on Pinterest frequently, and follow other vegan cooks and cookbook authors. My favorite are mexican and indian dishes.

 

[Blobbenstein]

sometimes I just want to live off toast, and stuff like that....The bean curries I make are around 1000kcal, so if I just feel like toast, then I go for that. Two pieces of toast with marg is 260kcal.....I love the bean curries I make(they're fairly simple), but I don't always feel like them, and as I said, they are quite high in calories.
Two lysine pills each day is 2g of lysine which is probably enough to boost my intake up to requirements.

 

[Moll Flanders]

sometimes I just want to live off toast, and stuff like that....The bean curries I make are around 1000kcal, so if I just feel like toast, then I go for that. Two pieces of toast with marg is 260kcal.....I love the bean curries I make(they're fairly simple), but I don't always feel like them, and as I said, they are quite high in calories.
Two lysine pills each day is 2g of lysine which is probably enough to boost my intake up to requirements.

I'm the same as I don't feel like eating beans and lentils everyday. I did have lentil burgers yesterday and I am going to be making Shyvas butter bean mash today but I don't eat like that everyday.

 

[Blobbenstein]

yes, I like like beans and wotnot, but not necessarily every day.
I made veg soup this morning with quinoa. Haven't made veg soup for a while.

 

[ledboots]

I'm the same as I don't feel like eating beans and lentils everyday. I did have lentil burgers yesterday and I am going to be making Shyvas butter bean mash today but I don't eat like that everyday.

I also am making Shyvas' mash today.

 

[KLS52]

I love soup with quinoa.

 

[LuvOurMother]

beans can get boring.

With the huge variety of beans and legumes plus the myriad of ways to prepare them, I can never imagine getting bored of beans.
You can literally eat a different kind of bean everyday for a month.
I could easily eat hummus everyday

 

[Photojess]

With the huge variety of beans and legumes plus the myriad of ways to prepare them, I can never imagine getting bored of beans.
You can literally eat a different kind of bean everyday for a month.
I could easily eat hummus everyday

that's how I feel too....way too many recipes to ever get tired of beans and lentils.....it's chili weather up here too, so it's another way to get beans in.

 

[KLS52]

I've been eating chili for two weeks now...I think I'm done. I need to find new ways of eating them. I love lentils with pasta. Or pasta with peas. Maybe I'll try and find a good vegan pasta faglioli recipe.

 

[Photojess]

ok, seriously, this is the best non-meat loaf I've ever made, by Dreena Burton! It's her No-fu loaf....excellent, excellent! And, you don't even know there are lentils in it. One of our non veg friends loves this when he comes over too! http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2012/04/dreenas-no-fu-love-loaf.html