Re:The Impossible Burger
by toufka on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @10:13PM
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That's not really how food/biology works. In this case the leghemoglobin is a protein that will be destroyed during digestion, come nowhere near the bloodstream, and is a protein not a small molecule (there can't be alternative chirality involved in a protein produced in a eukaryote).
As the protein is eaten it's broken down into the same small molecules and amino acids as every other protein eaten. Don't inject it into your bloodstream, and don't eat 100% by mass any individual thing and you'll be fine. Such a protein is likely less dissimilar biochemically to eating meat then eating an 'exotic' vegetarian dish.
As the protein is eaten it's broken down into the same small molecules and amino acids as every other protein eaten. Don't inject it into your bloodstream, and don't eat 100% by mass any individual thing and you'll be fine. Such a protein is likely less dissimilar biochemically to eating meat then eating an 'exotic' vegetarian dish.