Abstract
The best sources of proteins for human nourishment come from animal origin. But, conventional meat production involves not only animal suffering but, also, prodigious amounts of water use and significant global warming gases produced per pound of meat. Sustainable plant proteins are good for human beings, as well as, for the planet. Specific natural resources like pulses, in particular, represent a very environmentally friendly and sustainable food source and are rich of high-quality and cost-effective protein ingredients. Ionizing radiation may contribute to food safety and food security. Also, irradiation could serve as an additional food processing method for inactivation or removal of certain antinutritional factors. In this work, the benefits of plant protein sources, particularly pulse protein foods, are highlighted. Moreover, a survey on database since 1970, about the relation among pulses, plant protein and ionizing radiation has been presented. Highlights: Pulses represent a very environmentally friendly and sustainable food source. Pulses are rich sources of high quality and cost effective protein ingredients. Ionizing radiation may contribute to food safety and food security and it could be applied for inactivation or removal of certain antinutritional factors.
Highlights
The best sources of proteins come from animal origin, livestock farming incurs large and varied environmental burdens, dominated by beef
Current evidences support the idea that the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) may be reduced by a dietary pattern that provides plenty of plant sources of protein (Richter, Skulas-Ray, Champagne & Kris-Etherton, 2015; Marsh, Zeuschner & Saunders, 2012)
To have enough protein in the diet is possible without meat, dairy, eggs, poultry, fish, or anything else derived from an animal, provided a proper mixture of plant protein may be ingested in the diet
Summary
The best sources of proteins come from animal origin, livestock farming incurs large and varied environmental burdens, dominated by beef. To have enough protein in the diet is possible without meat, dairy, eggs, poultry, fish, or anything else derived from an animal, provided a proper mixture of plant protein may be ingested in the diet When legumes such as beans, lentils and peanuts are combined with grains like wheat, rice and corn, a complete protein is obtained. This article has been constructed as it follows: a section based on why pulses, source of vegetal protein, deserve to have a higher participation in our diet; a data survey about the presence of pulses and ionizing radiation on a database; in the sequence, a compilation of important contributions that irradiation may provide, mainly on the inactivation of antinutritional factors
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