“What about minerals. Does gelatin have a lot of minerals? It seems beans being a seed have WAAYYY more minerals and vitamins?”
What about them? True, gelatin doesn’t have a significant amount of minerals. So what? It is basically pure protein, and a great source of extra glycine, the best whole food source there is. This thread is about how I personally eat high glycine, low methionine, and still eat a high/normal amount of protein.
I eat about 3000 calories a day. Most days, I use about 50g of gelatin and collagen powder within foods. Protein is about 4 calories per gram, so that is 200 calories coming from gelatin and collagen powders. That leaves 2800 (more than 90%) of foods left to get vitamins and minerals. This isn’t an either/or situation. There is no perfect food, but that doesn’t matter, because you aren’t limited to eating one particular food.
Your concerns here are off topic. I don’t eat beans regularly, but there is nothing stopping you from eating beans and using some of my glycine raising strategies in your own diet, if you so choose.
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