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[quote=Anonymous]Whey has a higher "biological value," meaning the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes incorporated into the proteins of the organism's body, than almost any other protein source besides soy beans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_value#:~:text=Biological%20value%20(BV)%20is%20a,source%20of%20nitrogen%20in%20food. From the link: Common foodstuffs and their values: (Note: this scale uses 100 as 100% of the nitrogen incorporated.) Whey Protein: 96 [11] Whole Soy Bean: 96 [12] Human milk: 95[13] Chicken egg: 94[13] Soybean milk: 91[12] Buckwheat: 90+[14] Cow milk: 90[13] Cheese: 84[15] Quinoa: 83[16] Rice: 83[15] Defatted soy flour: 81[12] Fish: 76[17] Beef: 74[17] Immature bean: 65[12] Full-fat soy flour: 64[12] Soybean curd (tofu): 64[12] Whole wheat: 64[17] White flour: 41[12] Make of that what you will.[/quote]
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