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Yes I would, assuming we are talking about just being able to not feel the pain of others at this stage of my life and forward, perhaps even by choice (so I could toggle it back on). Though, if we are not talking about a hypothetical "magic pill" then turning these off would have side effects I would like to avoid.

It is actually not hard at all. Some recent studies (don't have references, sorry) showed that you don't need to get all of your essential amino acids in a single serving so there is no real need to stack your meals to contain a complete protein. The key is that on average you get all of your essential amino acids which, except for one or two (in recent debated studies), you can't really overdose on.

Another study showed that it is actually really hard to not get all of your amino acids in any diet. Since just about every food you eat has some combinatio... (read more)

0datadataeverywhere
I also don't have references, but I believe this is only true for diets mostly composed of Real Food. I seem to remember that in the past, foods with gelatin as the main protein have caused fairly widespread amino acid deficiencies among those who ate a lot of processed foods. Not that I would recommend this in any case!
0Vaniver
This is (was) my diet; which was pretty low on lysine (but probably not deficient). I've now added some oats and quinoa which I believe have solved the problem (and am looking into amaranth flour).