Science and Society

WHERE'S THE PROTEIN? You can live without chocolate and get by without sex (for a while). Like it or not, you cannot live without protein. Muscles, skin, tendons and bones are made from proteins. Your body makes antibodies to fight infection, hormones and enzymes to drive body functions, and repairs cuts and breaks -- it couldn't do any of them without protein. Amino acids are the 'building blocks' that connect together to make proteins. Ring …

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