From: "Thomas E. Billings" <[log in to unmask]>

>in a recent post, [log in to unmask] presented some ideas
>on protein. I have some comments on her post, as follows...
> <snip>... Putting these two together, we have: adults produce more
>cells, hence need more protein, ...

I thought I read somewhere that the body can reuse the protein from the
dead cells to build new ones (except, of course, hair, nails and skin cells
that are sloughed).  Anybody know if this is true?