Thursday, June 20, 2013

Essential Amino Acids and 
limiting amino acids

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Essential Amino Acids

Essential acids are those that the body can't make for itself. These include tryptophan, methionine, leucine, lysine, isoleucine, histidine, threonine, phenylalanine and valine. 

Those that are most often of concern, called limiting amino acids, are lysine, methionine and tryptophan, since most plant-based foods are low in one or more of these amino acids.

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