Amino Acids

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Hailed as the ‘building blocks’ of proteins, more is being discovered every day about the importance of Amino Acids. Many types of Amino acids cannot be duplicated outside of food, and are necessary for us to thrive.

Essential? Non-Essential? What’s a peptide? Here you will find the answers to questions about one of the most talked about things in modern healthcare. Proponents of Amino Acids get treatments nearly every day. Find out why.

Arginine May Help Obesity
Amino Acids

Arginine May Help Obesity

Lara Endreszl, February 13, 2009

At HealthNews we always appreciate our reader feedback and we recently received a plea from one reader asking for more amino acid articles. Eager to...

Methionine: An Essential Sulfur-Containing Amino Acid

Madeline Ellis, March 19, 2008

Amino acids are essential to human metabolism, and to making the human body function properly for good health. The human body, minus water, is 75...

Tryptophan: An Essential Amino Acid

Madeline Ellis, February 29, 2008

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. It is a two-step process in which amino acids gather and form peptides or polypeptides. From these...

Branched Chain Amino Acids

Madeline Ellis, February 21, 2008

Branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is the name given to three of the eight essential amino acids needed to make protein: leucine, isoleucine and valine....

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