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Amino
acids are the building blocks of protein. Growth, repair, and
maintenance of all cells are dependent upon them. Next to water, protein
makes up the greatest portion of our body weight. Twenty amino acids
are needed to build the various proteins essential for the growth,
repair and maintenance of bodily tissues. Eleven of these amino acids
can be manufactured by the body and are referred to as non-essential
amino acids, while the other nine are called essential amino acids and
must come from the diet. The classification of an amino acid as
essential or non-essential does not reflect its importance, because all
twenty amino acids are necessary for health.
Essential amino acids include isoleucine, leucine, lysine,
methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine. Another
amino acid, histidine, is considered semi-essential because the body
does not always require dietary sources of it. The non-essential amino
acids are arginine, alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine,
glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine. Other
amino acids, such as carnitine, are used by the body in ways other than
protein-building and are often used therapeutically.
