The best source of amino acids is meat and dairy products. For vegetarians, there are a few fruits which contain amino acids e.g. grapefruit, apricots, Pears, apples and figs.
amino acids is a smaller unit from proteins. therefore chicken breast and egg whites are good source of proteins. aside from that are seeds and nuts.
Certain proteins
Amino acids come from the breakdown of proteins in the foods we eat. Our body can also synthesize some amino acids on its own, while others, called essential amino acids, must be obtained from the diet. Once absorbed, amino acids are used to build proteins that serve various functions in the body.
Proteins are made of Amino Acid "polymers" where each amino acid is like a link in a (polymer) chain. When you eat proteins your digestion system breaks them down into amino acids. The amino acids (flexible building blocks) are then absorbed into your body, and they are used to build (assemble) your proteins.
If your cells do not have enough amino acids, the amino acids from the proteins you eat are shipped to your cells so that your cells can make the proteins they need. If your cells have plenty of amino acids, the amino acids from the proteins you eat are converted into carbohydrates or fats.
From what I understand is that your body can make protein from the amino acids it makes in your cells. Well, there is 8 essential Amino Acids that your body can not make. That is why we eat animal proteins( such as eggs, milk, meat, and fish) because they contain those 8 essential amino acids. There is Essential Amino Acids in plants, just there is very rarely all 8 of the essential amino acids.So one of the main reasons we eat proteins is to get the essentail amino acids. With these Amino acids, your body can make the protein it needs.
Plants absorb nitrogen from the soil in the form of nitrates and convert it into amino acids through a series of biochemical reactions. These amino acids are then used to synthesize proteins within the plant cells. When animals eat these plants, they break down the plant proteins into amino acids and use them to build their own proteins.
Essential amino acids.LeucineIsoleucineValineLysineMethioninePhenylalanineThreonineTryptophanHistidine
The digestive system breaks all proteins (regardless of source) that we eat into individual amino acids. Amino acids are indistinguishable from one source to another and from one protein to another.When cells need to assemble new proteins they follow the instructions in their own genes (not the genes of a different organism) to select from available amino acids to link them together to build a new protein molecule.
No - there are 8 essential amino-acids - ones that must be eaten/drunk.
If you eat a variety of proteins, you will get all the amino acids you need. It was thought at one time that "complete" proteins (meaning including all essential amino acids) must be eaten at each meal; now we know that as long as you eat complementary proteins/amino acids within a few days of each other, it will be okay.
When we eat protein-rich foods, our digestive system breaks down the proteins into amino acids. These amino acids are then absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to cells throughout the body where they are used to build new proteins to support various functions such as muscle growth, repair, and hormone production.
Yes, if you eat a variety of balanced protein foods, you will get all the amino acids you will need.