Hello, u/Adhiraj and I independently did some research and the only good source of methionine we found is brazil nuts, which of course you probably don’t want to eat much of since they can give you selenium poisoning.
The conventional wisdom is to just eat more protein to compensate for the poor amino acid balance, but you’re going to be eating a lot, so I prefer to supplement methionine.
I have adding methionine in meals I cook and adding it to the plant based protein powder I use, precisely measuring how much I add. You can get individual amino acid supplements from iHerb and some larger health food shops.
Some sources of vegan protein go much much farther doing this (e.g. red lentils). I tend to eat soy TVP which goes somewhat further with methionine supplementation.
I also have a pure EAA protein powder which is entirely fermented and have a balanced amino acid profile. These are generally very poorly marketed supplements but they are widely available.
There’s no need to add it to your food rather than mix it in a drink, other than you probably want to get all your amino acids around the same time, and it helps if you’re doing meal prep and you don’t need to work out how much to supplement every time you go to eat.
There is apparently research suggesting that too much methionine can increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. I’m not going to go into that, but it makes sense to err on the side of not over-supplementing methionine.
I also have a pure EAA protein powder which is entirely fermented and have a balanced amino acid profile. These are generally very poorly marketed supplements but they are widely available.
What’s the name under which the protein powder is sold?
Future Whey, sold in Australia by Bulk Nutrients. One small correction: it also has extra BCAAs mixed in (the idea being a large surplus of BCAAs signals muscle protein synthesis more strongly)
You can get a generic EAA powder in other markets, it’s just not clear to the typical consumer that it counts as a protein powder.
Hello, u/Adhiraj and I independently did some research and the only good source of methionine we found is brazil nuts, which of course you probably don’t want to eat much of since they can give you selenium poisoning.
The conventional wisdom is to just eat more protein to compensate for the poor amino acid balance, but you’re going to be eating a lot, so I prefer to supplement methionine.
I have adding methionine in meals I cook and adding it to the plant based protein powder I use, precisely measuring how much I add. You can get individual amino acid supplements from iHerb and some larger health food shops.
Some sources of vegan protein go much much farther doing this (e.g. red lentils). I tend to eat soy TVP which goes somewhat further with methionine supplementation.
I also have a pure EAA protein powder which is entirely fermented and have a balanced amino acid profile. These are generally very poorly marketed supplements but they are widely available.
There’s no need to add it to your food rather than mix it in a drink, other than you probably want to get all your amino acids around the same time, and it helps if you’re doing meal prep and you don’t need to work out how much to supplement every time you go to eat.
There is apparently research suggesting that too much methionine can increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. I’m not going to go into that, but it makes sense to err on the side of not over-supplementing methionine.
We have been use this tool to help work out the amount of methionine we need to supplement, but it’s not a pleasant user experience: https://tools.myfooddata.com/protein-calculator
This is just my quick answer from memory, I may do a full writeup later.
What’s the name under which the protein powder is sold?
Future Whey, sold in Australia by Bulk Nutrients. One small correction: it also has extra BCAAs mixed in (the idea being a large surplus of BCAAs signals muscle protein synthesis more strongly)
You can get a generic EAA powder in other markets, it’s just not clear to the typical consumer that it counts as a protein powder.