Tho I must admit that I would never get that close to the surface with my bare hands while doing this.

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        Yes, you can. Lettuce has around 2 gramm per 100. Apples 0.3

        As comparison beef has 26.

        So while lettuce has much less, saying you can’t get proteins from it is just plain wrong.

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          There are different kinds of proteins build from different amino acids, 9 of 20 amino acids are essential, meaning our bodies can not produce them, so we need to eat them. Meat contains all the amino acids we need in our bodies in the amount we need in our bodies. For vegetables that’s not necessarily the case.

          Because of that vegetable protein needs to be very varied and balanced to be a complete diet, and just lettuce and apples is not enough.

          In a first world country we can get these vegetable proteins varied and year round with little to no problem, which makes vegan diet a sustainable and morally superior diet.

          In the developing world people are generally happy about being able to have a complete diet, moral questions take a backseat to survival and health, so carnivorous or piscivorous diets are far more common.

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          Both lettuce and apples are incomplete sources of protein and could not sustain a healthy diet.

          Fish is a complete source of protein.

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            That was not the point and you know it. And of course you would have to add more vegetables to get a full set of all essential amino acids. But the statement “you can’t get proteins from lettuce” remains wrong. You absolutely can.

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              Protein is protein and if this is where someone needs to get it, then this is what it will be

              It is the point, if fish is what someone needs to obtain complete protein then that’s what they’ll do. Lettuce is not a replacement for fish which is what was being implied.

              I understand if you have difficulty following basic comment chains and comprehending comments, with your lack of a balanced diet.

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                I’m not a vegan. And insulting me just weakens your own position.