Md> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Md> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 07:28:02 PST Md> From: [log in to unmask] Md> To: @smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net:[log in to unmask] 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.