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Nutrition
The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues. Nutrition is essential for growth and development, health and wellbeing. Eating a healthy diet contributes to preventing future illness and improving quality and length of life.Normally, 85% of daily energy use is from fat and carbohydrates and 15% from protein. In humans, nutrition is mainly achieved through the process of putting foods into our mouths, chewing and swallowing it.Nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to supplement the diet and provide nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, or amino acids, that may be missing or may not be consumed in sufficient quantities in a person's diet.
Amino acids
"Amino acids are organic compounds that combine to form proteins. Amino acids and proteins are the building blocks of life. When proteins are digested or broken down, amino acids are left. The human body needs a number of amino acids to:
1. Break down food
2. Grow
3. Repair body tissue
4. Perform many other body functions
Amino acids are classified into three groups:
1. Essential amino acids
2. Nonessential amino acids
3. Conditional amino acids
Essential amino acids: 1. Essential amino acids cannot be made by the body. As a result, they must come from food.
2. The nine essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.
Nonessential amino acids: 1. Nonessential"" means that our bodies produce an amino acid, even if we don't get it from the food we eat.
2. They include: alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid. Conditional amino acids: 1. Conditional amino acids are usually not essential, except in times of illness and stress.
2. They include: arginine, cysteine, glutamine, tyrosine, glycine, ornithine, proline, and serine."
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