Amino acids yog cov blocks ntawm cov pob txha. Proteins , tig mus, tsim nyog rau ntau cov qauv thiab cov dej num hauv peb lub cev.
Peb lub cev yuav tsum muaj 20 hom amino acids kom tiav txhua yam lawv xav ua kom peb ua neej nyob. Ua ke, cov amino acids no muaj qhov sau ua ke thiab muab tais kom ua ke hauv txoj kev tsis txawj tag. Cov roj ntsha ua tau siv los tsim peb cov leeg, pob txha, plaub hau, thiab tes, tab sis qhov no tsuas yog pib xwb.
Amino acids ua rau cov enzymes uas pab txhawb lub tshuaj myriad fab hauv peb lub cev. Lawv nqa cov khoom noj thiab lwm yam khoom tsim nyog los ntawm peb cov ntshav thiab thoob cov xuab zeb. Lawv nqa cov teeb meem ntawm ib feem ntawm lub cev mus rau lwm lub. Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv uas tiv thaiv peb ntawm kev mob yog cov proteins. Cov hauj lwm ntawm cov khoom muaj protein ntau yuav luag ntau dhau los suav.
Ntawm 20 cov amino acids peb xav tau, peb lub cev tuaj yeem ua 11 ntawm lawv. Qhov 9 peb yuav tsum tau los ntawm peb cov khoom noj-lawv hu ua cov amino acids uas tseem ceeb vim tias nws tseem ceeb heev uas peb tau noj. Tus nqi peb xav tau ntawm txhua tus amino acids yog txawv-piv txwv li, raws li cov txheej txheem ntawm lub koom haum World Health, ib tug neeg uas ntsuas 70 kg. (154 lbs.) Tsuas xav tau 280 mg ntawm tryptophan txhua hnub, tab sis 2100 mg ntawm lysine thiab 2730 mg ntawm leucine.
Nws tau hais tias ib lub qe muaj qhov zoo meej tshuav ntawm qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov amino acids uas peb xav tau, thiab cov tsiaj proteins uas feem ntau (nqaij, ntses, chaw yuj nyuj, thiab lwm yam) muaj ntau npaum li cas.
Kev cog qoob loo ntawm cov amino acids muaj xws li legumes, nplej, noob txiv ntoo, thiab noob, tab sis ib leeg ntawm lawv tus kheej tsis muaj "balanced" nyiaj ntawm tag nrho cov amino acids (nrog rau kev zam ntawm quinoa thiab amaranth ). Yog li, cov neeg uas muaj kev cia siab rau cov khoom noj cog rau cov proteins yuav xyuas kom muaj nyiaj txaus los ntawm kev noj ntau hom zaub mov-taum thiab mov, piv txwv li, yog kev sib txuas ua ke uas muaj ntau yam tseem ceeb ntawm cov amino acids.
Qhov tseem ceeb amino acids yog: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, thiab valine.
Lwm cov amino acids uas peb xav tau (tias peb lub cev ua tau *) yog: alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, thiab tyrosine.
* Muaj qee qhov teeb meem uas muaj cov amino acid los yog lwm yam khoom noj muaj peev xwm "qhov tseem ceeb", thaum lub cev muaj teeb meem ua rau nws muaj kev tsis zoo, mob, lossis kev laus.