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What are Essential Amino Acid (EAA) supplements?Updated a year ago

Amino acids are compounds that are primarily built of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Your body needs 20 different amino acids to function, with only 9 considered to be essential. These EAAs are mostly found in animal proteins like meat, eggs, and poultry (Kubala, J. 2022).

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