Amino acids

Amino acids are divided into three main types: essential, nonessential and semi-essential. The essential amino acids are tryptophan, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine, leucine and isoleucine. Arginine and histidine are considered semi-essential.
The non- essential amino acids are tyrosine, glycine, serine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, taurine, cystine, proline, and alanine.

Amino acidsMeat, fish, eggs, milk and soybeans contain all the essential amino acids and are known as complete proteins. Those foods which are low in some amino acids are called incomplete proteins. For example, legumes are low in methionine and tryptophan, but high in lysine and isoleucine whereas, grains are high in lysine and isoleucine and low in tryptophan and methionine. Two incomplete protein foods, eaten together, can provide a complete protein, for example, baked beans on toast or lentils and rice.

 
 
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Amino acids
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