Gorillas’ diet doesn’t mean protein does not exist - Full Fact

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A video spread on social media contains the claim that “there’s no such thing as protein”, based on the fact that gorillas eat leaves. In reality, protein exists, and gorillas eat loads of it.

The video has over 48,000 likes on Instagram and the original video uploaded to YouTube has 2.5 million views.

of the human diet, needed to maintain, repair and grow tissues like muscle. False claims about food and nutrition can cause harm, as bad information about health can influence people’s decisions.

 

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There is protein, amino acids, in all foods. In fact there are some amino acids only available in plants and not in meat.

All primates eat insects to my understanding, termites, grubs etc which are packed with protein...

Air? Just a digital construct mate.

I think we need to switch the internet off for a few months.

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