Here we come to the first and major source of proteins for the fruit-eating gorilla, which is nuts, also called oilseed or oleaginous fruit, a category that includes avocado.   Nowadays most people consider nuts as a luxury and occasional ingredients for dessert or pastry, since they are expensive (of course, it takes well 10 to 20 years for a nut tree to bear fruit, and is quite a lot of work to peel and process for consumption).. But this apparent burden matches well with the nutritive advantage, let alone the fact that it can save babies who don’t tolerate milk proteins -or whose mother cannot breast feed- and would then suffer from severe protein deficiency without nuts preparation..

It’s easy to find nutrition facts of the various nuts available, mostly vitamins A, B1, C as well as plenty of precious minerals such as calcium, sulfur, magnesium, phosphore, potassium, plus up to 30% protein and 60% fat content..  

Now, to benefit from these elements a certain amount of caution is needed, since the body’s own chemistry needs specific conditions to be able to transform proteins into amino-acids..

- First and foremost, nuts need to be eaten only in a raw or naturally dried state, not roasted, salted or processed in any way.

- Then, a meal can contain only a single variety of nuts (not a blend of almonds, cashews, peanuts, etc), accompanied with a salad or fresh veggies (again without sauce or vinegar) to compensate the acid reaction. - Finally, it’s good to respect the assimilation time for digestion -which is 3 to 4 hours depending on the body’s condition- during which time it isn’t recommended to drink or eat anything else, otherwise the stomach content may be washed away without finishing its job, therefore losing all the precious nutriments and creating toxins instead..

Now you are equipped with the basics to fully benefit from what trees can produce, and to finish let’s have a quick look at animal proteins, particularly seafood.