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What is a complete protein?

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Answer:

A complete protein or whole protein is a food source of protein that contains an adequate proportion of each of the nine essential amino acids necessary in the human diet

Step-by-step explanation:

if you are asking for an example of one,

  • Quinoa
  • Buckwheat
  • Hempseed
  • Blue-green algae
  • Soybeans

These are all single complete proteins.

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