Protein
What is protein?
Your hair and skin are mostly protein. Your muscles, the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in your blood, and the multitude of enzymes that keep you alive and active. Your body is made up of at least 10,000 different proteins. Because your body is constantly making new proteins and because you don't store amino acids (the building blocks of protein) as you do fats, you need a near daily supply of protein.
There are two types of protein: complete and incomplete. Complete proteins contain all the amino acids needed for a body to make new protein. Incomplete proteins are lacking one or more essential amino acids. Incomplete protein can be eaten in combination, to provide all the amino acids of a complete protein. Good sources of complete protein are meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products. Vegetable protein is incomplete protein.
Tomorrow: How much protein do you need and Animal Protein Vs. Vegetable Protein
Gene C.
Your hair and skin are mostly protein. Your muscles, the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in your blood, and the multitude of enzymes that keep you alive and active. Your body is made up of at least 10,000 different proteins. Because your body is constantly making new proteins and because you don't store amino acids (the building blocks of protein) as you do fats, you need a near daily supply of protein.
There are two types of protein: complete and incomplete. Complete proteins contain all the amino acids needed for a body to make new protein. Incomplete proteins are lacking one or more essential amino acids. Incomplete protein can be eaten in combination, to provide all the amino acids of a complete protein. Good sources of complete protein are meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products. Vegetable protein is incomplete protein.
Tomorrow: How much protein do you need and Animal Protein Vs. Vegetable Protein
Gene C.
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