Talk:Pulse (legume)

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[edit] Protein in pulses

In fact pulses contain more protein than eggs, fish or flesh foods.

Are we talking about raw pulses or cooked? Raw pulses likely contain more protein than eggs, fish, or meat. But most people don't eat them raw, so this kind of statement seems misleading. In any case, some supporting information is needed, ideally a chart comparing the protein content of pulses to other protein sources. --Dforest 06:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)we know that egg contain more protein content but in the legume also high amount of protein present, you know that soyabean contai greatest amount of protein

"Pulse protein is equivalent in quality to soy protein which has been shown by the World Health Organization to be the equal of meat, milk and egg proteins"

this is not true, i point you to the page PDCAAS which gives soy protein a value of 0.91 (similar to beef) but other pulses such as lentils only have a score of 0.52. A value of 1.0 is the highest (ie egg, milk) and a value of 0.0 is the lowest. So lentils only have approx half the protein quality of eggs or milk. Also the quote "*Pulses are sometimes called a caring man’s meat" has no reference, I assume the '*' is suppose to be some kind of reference indicator, I did a Google search and it didn't come up once. Skeuu 01:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC) Jeremy.

I agree, I was about to edit that very phrase even before I read this comment. I've changed it back to "poor man's meat" as it was originally entered (and to which I can find many references). Mditto 21:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Can you explain this sentence?

From the first paragraph of the article "and crops which are used exclusively for sowing (clovers, alfalfa)." What exactly does this mean? I think it might mean that no one eats the clover seed itself, even though the whole plant is used as a fodder. ike9898 21:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)