What is Protein?
Why is protein important and why should it be a necessary
component of our diet? First off, protein shares the same
building materials as carbohydrates and fats, that is, a carbon
backbone with hydrogen and oxygen atoms attached.The difference
lies in the fact that proteins carry nitrogen atoms.
All proteins are comprised of building blocks called amino
acids. In totality, there are 20 different amino acids with
9 being essential and the other 11 being nonessential. The
terms, essential and nonessential, are used to describe whether
or not an amino acid is manufactured within the body or needs
to be acquired from the diet. Of course, nonessential pertains
to those 11 manufactured within the body. These amino acids
are linked together by structures called peptide bonds. Thus,
these bonded chains of amino acids are the simple components
of all proteins.
Whew! That was pretty technical. Let's go over the basics
of protein and diet. Protein has many roles in our body and...
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