
Amino acids, what are we discussing?
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Twenty amino acids are necessary to build various proteins used in the growth, repair and maintenance of body tissues. Eleven of these amino acids can be produced by the body itself, while the other nine (called essential amino acids) must come from food. Essential amino acids are isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan...