Reply To: How I eat a high glycine, high protein, and lower methionine diet

[Zack-Vegas]

“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.