Dear Editor,

A recent letter to the I-R stated that “the need for amino acids is only supplied from animal meats.” This will be news to hundreds of millions of Hindus and Jains. They are vegetarians, as were their ancestors for thousands of years.

Also, the number of strict vegetarians (no meat, no eggs, no dairy) is steadily increasing and I have yet to hear of a vegan dying from amino acid deficiency. 

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