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Originally posted by MaRy
Exactly... People don't realize that the body does not need protein, protein is actually bad. People need the building blocks of proteins called ammino acids. Ammino acids are everywhere.
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You need to revise your knowledge before posting things like this. This is completely wrong. You eat protein (doesn't necessarily have to be from meat) then it gets broken down into constituent amino acids (protein is just loads of amino acids in a chain then folded a certain way). Therefore eating protein isn't bad and that's the source of amino acids. You can get protein (and amino acids) from lots of sources, fruits, vegetable, fish, grains, potatoes etc. However there are essential amino acids missing in some food groups where as meat contains them all. Your body can't produce all amino acids.
Amino acids get broken down in your body from not need protein (including muscle) anymore. Sometimes they are recycle but most of the time they are turned into other things such as for energy. You said about enzymes. Your stomach will degrade enzymes found naturally so you only need the amino acids for your body to then build the enzymes. An enzyme = a protein.