Does eating jello really help?

I didn't read every single post so forgive me if this has already been covered. I found this info:

Gelatin is an incomplete nutritional protein because it lacks tryptophan, an essential amino acid. Jell-O itself has little nutritional value apart from energy--80 calories for a typical serving. For example, the list of ingredients on a box of strawberry Jell-O is sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), less than 2% of artificial flavor, disodium phosphate and sodium citrate (to control acidity), fumaric acid (for tartness), and the colorant red 40.

I've always heard that it is a myth that Jello/gelatin helps hair and nails to grow. I assume it would be the protein in it that leads people to believe it is good for growth; however there is not a significant amount of protein in it. You're better off eating tuna or turkey, etc.

Thank you, eatgreenjello and Rini.  I felt very tired, very drained (well, I was), the remainder of the week (much more than usual).  I'm starting to feel a bit better today.  

Wow, rini, (sorry for going off topic!), your hair looks great and is growing fast!

Hey Dave!  hope you're doing well!

Even though I totally LOVE animals and am an animal rights activist; I do go through phases where I eat jello (esp. green, LOL).  Then I'll be the oposite and not eat meat products at all.  It's all hormones.  Any female would agree.

*peace*

P.S. dave; re: your hijacked 'blood' sentence:  yes, donating blood rocks, my husband has had his life saved many times over from blood and plasma infusions; and I have a *very special* place in my heart for all who are healthy enough to take the time to donate blood.

Edited by eatgreenjello

Susan, at least you had fun eating jello!  I've been meaning to make some but never get around to it.

sigh:

Jello. Yum

Anais

Okay, so I'm kicking this thread back up like I said I would.  After 2 months of eating jello every day, I give you the response you probably expected....I don't see any difference.  That first month I thought it grew a little longer than usual, this month, I got hardly no growth at all (my hair WOULD choose now to go into a resting phase right when I was trying to study it). 

There were confounds in this experiment anyway:
1.  Being a vegetarian, its possible that the effect I got from the first month was because of something that a meat eater might be getting anyway (though not necessarily the protein, there's not really enough of that in jello to count, it even says that on the box, and I get far more of that from eggs, milk and cheese). 
2.  Its getting warmer and I'm spending more time outside doing more active things, so that may also have accounted for the extra growth the first month. 

I may still keep eating jello though.  Now I like it.

I don't really feel like a kid, but it does bring back memories of times I ate it when I was a kid - memories I never would have thought of otherwise since they don't have any other associations.  Blue tastes kind of like a mixture between raspberry and blueberry (that's what's on the box too, but they did a pretty good job of imitating raspberry and blueberry).

I volunteer to eat jello everyday...I've been doing it anyway!  For about a month now I have eaten one serving of jello every day just because.  (Childhood nostalgia?  Stargate episode made me realize I'd never tried blue?  Dunno!).  My diet is otherwise vegetarian, but not 100%, and since jello doesn't look anything like meat its hard to think of it as meat related.

Hair growth:  My hair did grow what looked like about 2 mm. more than its usual half inch a month, but I only started eating it a week before my usual monthly growth week, so its too early to tell.  I'm waiting to see what I get this month.  I will find this thread again after that and post here to tell you.

Nail growth:  I wouldn't say they're any stronger as I just broke off 2 of 'em yesterday.

I used to hate green jello when I was a kid, but after eating all the flavors recently, I think its my favorite one.

           i actually take gelatine pills for hair growth and nails...been taking them for a year and my nails are so strong , they grow so fast , i have to cut them every 5-6 days...my hair has grown and is always shiny..ppl have asked me what i use in my hair to make it  shiny. i dont even have to use a shine serum in my hair   u can get gelatine pills at any health food vitamin store!

Is there such a thing as vegan or vegetarian gelatine? I had heard that it is made from animals.....