Now refer to the table below, which was taken from USDA website detailing the nutritional content of various food items. This particular table provides the amount of amino acids (in grams) contained in one cup of long brown rice.
Full Report (All Nutrients): 20036, Rice, brown, long-grain, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
Food Group: Cereal Grains and Pasta
Scientific Name: Oryza sativa L.
Carbohydrate Factor: 4.12 Fat Factor: 8.37 Protein Factor: 3.41 Nitrogen to Protein Conversion Factor: 5.95
Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion.
Search nutrient table:
Nutrient | Unit | Value per 612 g | # of Data Points | Std. Error | cup 185 g
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Amino Acids | | | | |
Tryptophan | g | 0.618 | 25 | -- | 0.187
Threonine | g | 1.781 | 40 | -- | 0.538
Isoleucine | g | 2.056 | 40 | -- | 0.622
Leucine | g | 4.021 | 40 | -- | 1.215
Lysine | g | 1.854 | 58 | -- | 0.561
Methionine | g | 1.095 | 44 | -- | 0.331
Cystine | g | 0.588 | 37 | -- | 0.178
Phenylalanine | g | 2.509 | 40 | -- | 0.758
Tyrosine | g | 1.824 | 39 | -- | 0.551
a. If you ate 2246 Calories (612 grams) of rice in one day, and that was all you ate, how many grams of lysine will you have consumed?
b. Is that enough lysine according to WHO (World Health Organization; see Table 16 above)? (Note: The WHO recommendation is listed in milligrams.)
c. How many cups of long-grain rice would you need to eat in order to meet the daily recommendation of lysine?
d. How would you recommend getting enough lysine in your daily diet if you chose not to eat the amount of long grain brown rice it would take to get your daily recommended value?