From: rokimoto557@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/11/2025 12:45 AM, Bob Casanova wrote:   
   > On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:32:02 +0000, the following appeared   
   > in talk.origins, posted by "Kerr-Mudd, John"   
   > :   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 21:51:01 -0600   
   >> RonO  wrote:   
   >> []   
   >>>   
   >>> My company was involved in increasing the protein component in the   
   >>> African Children's diet.  We were involved in starting a program that   
   >>> would give school children one egg a day to supplement their diet.  It   
   >> []   
   >>> We built the farms and trained the farmers, had people on site to make   
   >> []   
   >>> The program was expanded to other countries, but the infrastructure that   
   >>> is needed to be created in the regions that need the assistance is a   
   >>> limiting factor.  One of the major issues is getting good feed to feed   
   >>> the birds so that they can produce enough eggs.   
   >>   
   >> Would it have worked as well by feeding the children grain directly,   
   >> rather than putting it through the chickens?   
   >>   
   > Despite the opinions of vegans, animal protein is a   
   > requirement for a balanced diet in humans. So, no, it   
   > woudn't.   
   >>   
      
   Some vegans make their cats sick by making them eat a vegan diet.   
      
   Chickens and pigs are omnivores, like humans, and it has been   
   demonstrated over and over that they need protein in their diets.  Not   
   just any protein, pretty much every study that has compared plant   
   protein diets (even with essential amino acid supplements to make them   
   comparable in amino acid content) that animal protein diets produce more   
   muscle and faster growth.  Plant proteins are different enough in things   
   like amino acid content that a lot of animals are better geared to get   
   the most out of animal proteins.  Like eggs, other goodies come in with   
   the bone meal or fish meal used as protein supplements, but studies try   
   to compensate for these additional feed ingredients by reducing other   
   supplements.  Dietary proteins aren't just sources of amino acids for   
   protein production, but the amino acids are metabolized to make other   
   products that the cells need.  Eggs have evolved to have the protein   
   necessary to produce a healthy chick, and it is one of the best protein   
   sources for a child's diet.  Egg contents have not evolved to be   
   inefficient hatchling producers.   
      
   Ron Okimoto   
      
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