Is spinach good protein

Answer 1

Each 100 grams of raw spinach has just 2% protien. And that is very low grade protein at best. On it's own, all it is good for is converting to sugar and burning as body energy. Protein to build tissue and maintain the body can be derived from vegetable combinations. However, the food most abundant in high grade protein is venison; 34 grams per 100 gram serving.

Answer 2

Yes, spinach contains complete protein. In fact, all unrefined foods have varying amounts of protein with varying amino acid profiles, including leafy green vegetables, tubers, grains, legumes, and nuts. All the essential and nonessential amino acids are present in these foods in amounts that meet or exceed your needs.

It's a myth that plant protein is "incomplete" and that you must carefully combine certain plant foods to make “complete” protein that your body can use.

How did this myth come about?

In 1914, Thomas B. Osborne and Lafayette B. Mendel conducted studies on rats, which suggested that they grew best when fed a combination of plant foods whose amino acid patterns resembled that of animal protein. That makes sense, as all baby mammals, rats and humans included, grow best when fed the perfect food for baby mammals: their mother’s milk. The term “complete protein” was coined to describe a protein in which all eight or nine essential amino acids are present in the same proportion that they occur in animals. “Incomplete protein” described the varying amino acid patterns in plants. It’s a misleading term, because it suggest that humans (and other animals, one would assume) can’t get enough essential amino acids to make protein from plants.

Fortunately, the theory that plant proteins are somehow “incomplete” and therefore inadequate has been disproved. All unrefined foods have varying amounts of protein with varying amino acid profiles, including leafy green vegetables, tubers, grains, legumes, and nuts. All the essential and nonessential amino acids are present in any single one of these foods in amounts that meet or exceed your needs, even if you are an endurance athlete or body builder.

Answer 3

Yes, spinach contains protein. In fact, nearly 50% of the calories in spinach are from protein. Spinach contains 12.44 grams of protein per 100 calories. That means 49.76 of the 100 calories are protein. (Venison, by comparison, is 56.6% protein, and is devoid of the fiber and phytonutrients that are abundant in the spinach.)

It is a myth that plant protein is "low grade" or inferior to animal protein. It's a myth that plant protein is "incomplete" and that you must carefully combine certain plant foods to make “complete” protein that your body can use.

How did this myth come about?

In 1914, Thomas B. Osborne and Lafayette B. Mendel conducted studies on rats, which suggested that they grew best when fed a combination of plant foods whose amino acid patterns resembled that of animal protein. That makes sense, as all baby mammals, rats and humans included, grow best when fed the perfect food for baby mammals: their mother’s milk. The term “complete protein” was coined to describe a protein in which all eight or nine essential amino acids are present in the same proportion that they occur in animals. “Incomplete protein” described the varying amino acid patterns in plants. It’s a misleading term, because it suggest that humans (and other animals, one would assume) can’t get enough essential amino acids to make protein from plants.

Fortunately, the theory that plant proteins are somehow “incomplete” and therefore inadequate has been disproved. All unrefined foods have varying amounts of protein with varying amino acid profiles, including leafy green vegetables, tubers, grains, legumes, and nuts. All the essential and nonessential amino acids are present in any single one of these foods in amounts that meet or exceed your needs, even if you are an endurance athlete or body builder.

Answer 4

While no single plant protein contains the full spectrum of amino acids (the components of protein), Spinach is amongst the broadest of the plant source proteins

Answer 5

I believe spinach is great protein.