Well, it was a B something!
There are a whole host of nutrients that come from animals that you will not get just from veggies.
Of the nine or so amino acids, I think about three do not happen unless you eat something that squirms! (Or at least DID squirm!)
;-)
Ooops!
“AMINO ACIDS” sb “ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS”
There are about 21 amino acids human life depends on, we can manufacture about twelve of those.
Note something else.
When the dieticians say “You need this but not that...” they are talking about mostly under perfect conditions. It is a well known fact that humans enzyme and hormone levels fall off rapidly as they age, meaning past about age 35 or so.
So when they say essential amino acids, they mean essential when you were twenty.
If you are older than twenty, take a mineral supplement, don’t be scared of eggs, dairy products (milk and cheese) are very anabolic foods, a tsp of lecithin and another tsp of brewers yeast a day will give you what you need.
I love steak, chickens, pork etc. they move, but don’t wiggle across the yard. I do not like worms, snakes, grubs, etc. those are what I meant by squirmy stuff.