Cereals and pulses are considered complementary since -
- cereal protein are deficient in lysine and threonine and pulse protein in methionine. - these are known as limiting aminoacid. - when two or more of vegetarian foods are eaten together, their protein supplement one another. Reference : Park's textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, pg no:610 <\p>
Cereals are dificient in methionine
Cereals are deficient in methionine and pulse are deficient in lysine
Cereals are deficient in lysine and pulses are deficient in methionine
Cereal proteins contain non-essential amino acids, while pulse proteins contain
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