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Just to clarify cows and elephants do not have protein deficiencies because they are ruminants capable of digesting cellulose and plant cells. They can gain protein and calories from something like celery, whereas it just passes through us.
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Humans are capable of digesting plant-based protein and have been for a million years. The protein we get from meat sources is primarily the plant protein an animal ate before us.
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We need to consume most of the protein we need directly as protein.
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What does this even mean?
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Also, there really isn't such a thing as too much protein in the average diet.
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The "average diet" consumes three to five times more protein than they need
Excess dietary protein can lead to elevated blood sugar, weight gain, kidney stress, leaching of bone minerals, and stimulating cancer cells