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bsjshshsbtoday at 7:39 AM1 replyview on HN

Ok but I am wondering about the truth of:

> All protein on the planet, was made from sunlight and photosynthesis


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globular-toasttoday at 8:31 AM

Ah, yeah, some amino acids are synthesised in animals. We synthesise a handful of them ourselves. But there are still a bunch that we can't synthesise and need to get from our diet. I think that goes for all animals. Since you need a complete supply of all amino acids to make protein then plants provide the essential link in the chain so you could say it all comes from photosynthesis ultimately.