why does ham contain protein?!
Answers:
The animals muscle is made of protein. The animal eats plants, and other meats. Which contain lots of protein.
Proteins are the major components from which all living organisms are made. They are constructed in the cells and either used inside te cell or exported out to serve their specific purpose. It is very rare for a food to contain no protein as protein is such a fundamental element of life. One example I can think of is apples, which are just the reproductive part of a plant and contain no protein in the fruit (apart from the seeds).
Anyway ham and all other meats except offal are made from tissue which are aggregations of a specialised type of cell called striated muscle cells. These are long cells with many nuclei which gives them a striped appearance (hence "striated") and this is typical of voluntary muscle. Animal organs (offal) are made from involuntary muscle which is constructed from smooth muscle cells. But in ham, you can actually see the outline of each cell as small circular patterns in the cut surface.
So the only difference in the protein in meats and those in vegies are the types involved, they perform different functions so they are made from different structures and have different nutritional benefits to the organisms that eat them. But that's why ham contains protein. Here endeth the lesson.
vegan biologist
Ham contains protein because biological cells are built with amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. Plants and animals both are biological, so their cells are built with amino acids...so you don't just need ham for protein.
Funny question to ask a bunch of vegetarians and vegans, but other members have given good answers. All animal flesh contains protein. Why? Just because.
Because it's meat. All meat is protien, it's what muscle is made of. The part of the meat we eat is the muscle.
Ham is made from an animal's muscle. All meat has protein because it is made up of protein. It is flesh.