In a bind and don't have enough flour? No problem! Protein powder can be used to supplement the flour in your recipe. In today’s blog post, we’ll discover just how!
A great misconception is that plants are a poor amino acid source, and are at best incomplete proteins. Wrong. Animals derive protein from their own vegetable sources, and then we eat the animals. Plants have all the essential amino acids in varying quantities. Combining complementary plant edibles yields a complete plant-based protein profile.
Protein supplement powders tend to be whey-based, because whey has long been considered the baseline ingredient for supplemental protein. Plant-based protein supplements offer complete protein without the lactose-driven discomfort associated with whey.
Protein is complex, critically important to living things, and weird. Here are some fun facts to help you understand this somewhat mysterious macromolecule.