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There is a Fernstrom ratio which looks at the amount of tryptophan in foods compared to other large neutral amino acids such as the BCAAs, tyrosine and phenylalanine.
I thought of doing the same with glycine compared to methionine, cysteine and tryptophan.
So I'm just going to list a few common foods and we can add more foods to this thread.
The higher the number, the better.
Skim milk: 0.7 (glycine)/(0.2 (cysteine)+0.9 (methionine)+0.4 (tryptophan)) = 0.467
Ground beef: 0.926
Sirloin: 1.071
Lamb chop loin: 1.077
Goat milk: 0.333
Bison: 1.396
Yogurt: 0.268
Gelatin: 31.667
Chicken breast: 0.909
Chicken thigh: 0.595
Turkey breast: 0.909
Potato: 0.733
Casein: 0.455
Whey: 0.294
Beef liver: 1.333
Beef kidney: 1.133
Beef heart: 1.071
Oysters: 1.3
Shrimp: 1.12
Cod: 0.917
Squid: 1.286
Soy protein: 1.111
Pea protein: 1.286
Rice protein: 0.833
Macadamia nuts: 4.667
Almonds: 2.636
I thought of doing the same with glycine compared to methionine, cysteine and tryptophan.
So I'm just going to list a few common foods and we can add more foods to this thread.
The higher the number, the better.
Skim milk: 0.7 (glycine)/(0.2 (cysteine)+0.9 (methionine)+0.4 (tryptophan)) = 0.467
Ground beef: 0.926
Sirloin: 1.071
Lamb chop loin: 1.077
Goat milk: 0.333
Bison: 1.396
Yogurt: 0.268
Gelatin: 31.667
Chicken breast: 0.909
Chicken thigh: 0.595
Turkey breast: 0.909
Potato: 0.733
Casein: 0.455
Whey: 0.294
Beef liver: 1.333
Beef kidney: 1.133
Beef heart: 1.071
Oysters: 1.3
Shrimp: 1.12
Cod: 0.917
Squid: 1.286
Soy protein: 1.111
Pea protein: 1.286
Rice protein: 0.833
Macadamia nuts: 4.667
Almonds: 2.636