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Vegan is the future… for dogs and cats too! (plantbasedtreaty.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.vg to c/vegan@slrpnk.net

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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Taurine and arginine are amino acids, building blocks for proteins, not proteins themselves. Animo acids are quite ubiquitous across life, not specific to any one type of life. eg Plants contain both taurine and arginine.

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

thanks for the additional information

i remember reading that plants can't supply enough taurin. Luckily it seems easy to synthesize (that's how we have redbull &c

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