Md> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Md> Date: Wed,  3 Apr 96 07:28:02 PST
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 Md> Subject: Re: veg-raw: re: too much protein (fwd)

 Md> I think it is the fact that adults can get 75% of their protein from
 Md> recycling what they already have, which babies cannot do, they have to
 Md> get all their protein from their diets. This also produces the adults
 Md> require 1/3 of protein of infants. That's as I heard it from Laurie
 Md> anyway!

    Whoops, Laurie does not claim that babies 'cannot' recycle; I
think this recycling of amino acids is inherent in the general process
of the body's dealing with a cell that has expired.  It isn't dumped
into the toilet bowl intact, but rather disassembled into amino acids
for recycling.  Apparently, this is not 100% efficient, for if it
was, we would not have to eat protein once we reached adult size.