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What is an Amino Acid?Updated a year ago

Amino Acids are frequently referred to as the building blocks of proteins, and they play a range of critical roles within your body.


 Amino Acids are most commonly found in protein-rich foods like meat, fish and soybeans, and your body needs them for critical processes like building proteins, hormones and neurotransmitters. Taking them in supplement form is an effective and natural way to improve your athletic performance and enhance your mood.


 Amino Acids are categorised as essential, conditionally essential and non-essential depending on a number of factors. Your body requires 20 different Amino Acids to function effectively, but only 9 are considered essential (Kubala, J. 2022).

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