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Amino Acids (Supplement)
Introduction
Amino acids are the building blocks for all life, also the chemical basis for all protein. Protein is one of the biggest components of our bodies. Our bodies use amino acids to form the proteins which build everything from muscles and bones, skin and hair, to internal organs and fluids. Besides building cells and repairing tissue, they form antibodies to combat invading bacteria & viruses; they are part of the enzyme & hormonal system; they build nucleoproteins (RNA & DNA); they carry oxygen throughout the body and participate in muscle activity.
Types of amino acids
There are about 20 natural amino acids. These can be divided into two basic groups: essential and non-essential. The essential amino acids are those which your body cannot produce. Your body only gets these through your diet. The nonessential amino acids are just as important, but your liver can manufacture them.
Facts about Amino acids
-All protein, 100%, is made up of amino acids... and proteins regulate nearly every biochemical reaction in the body.
-Amino acids account for 75% of dry body weight (total weight minus water weight).
-Most people get all the amino acids they need from the protein in their food. Protein deficiency is very rare.
-You need all twenty-two amino acids to make the 50,000-plus proteins you need for life.
-Amino acids make the many enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, and other chemical messengers that regulate your body.
-Some individual amino acids can help health problems, including heart disease, insomnia, and herpes.
-100% of neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA, acetylcholine, aspartate, glutamate, are made of amino acids.
-100% of hormones are made up of amino acids. Sex hormones are made up of amino acids plus fat or lipids.
-100% of neuropeptides, the substances the brain releases with every thought, are amino acids.
-100% of peptides are made up of amino acids.
-95% of muscle is made up of amino acids.
-95% of the heart is made up of amino acids.
Introduction
Amino acids are the building blocks for all life, also the chemical basis for all protein. Protein is one of the biggest components of our bodies. Our bodies use amino acids to form the proteins which build everything from muscles and bones, skin and hair, to internal organs and fluids. Besides building cells and repairing tissue, they form antibodies to combat invading bacteria & viruses; they are part of the enzyme & hormonal system; they build nucleoproteins (RNA & DNA); they carry oxygen throughout the body and participate in muscle activity.
Types of amino acids
There are about 20 natural amino acids. These can be divided into two basic groups: essential and non-essential. The essential amino acids are those which your body cannot produce. Your body only gets these through your diet. The nonessential amino acids are just as important, but your liver can manufacture them.
Facts about Amino acids
-All protein, 100%, is made up of amino acids... and proteins regulate nearly every biochemical reaction in the body.
-Amino acids account for 75% of dry body weight (total weight minus water weight).
-Most people get all the amino acids they need from the protein in their food. Protein deficiency is very rare.
-You need all twenty-two amino acids to make the 50,000-plus proteins you need for life.
-Amino acids make the many enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, and other chemical messengers that regulate your body.
-Some individual amino acids can help health problems, including heart disease, insomnia, and herpes.
-100% of neurotransmitters, such as norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA, acetylcholine, aspartate, glutamate, are made of amino acids.
-100% of hormones are made up of amino acids. Sex hormones are made up of amino acids plus fat or lipids.
-100% of neuropeptides, the substances the brain releases with every thought, are amino acids.
-100% of peptides are made up of amino acids.
-95% of muscle is made up of amino acids.
-95% of the heart is made up of amino acids.
