Comprehensive Amino Acid Profile

Not only for athletes, but also for everyone who cares about their health!

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, but they also have many other functions in the body. Some amino acids are essential and must be obtained from food, while others can be produced by the body itself.

In the form of proteins, amino acids have numerous roles in the body:

Transport proteins carry other substances from A to B, such as:

• transferrin, which transports iron in the body,
• low-density lipoprotein (LDL), which is responsible for cholesterol transport (and consists not only of proteins but also of fats, hence “lipo” for fat in the name),
• hemoglobin, our red blood pigment that carries oxygen.

Structural Proteins

Structural proteins are mainly fibrous proteins and therefore very stable, such as:

• collagen in bones, cartilage, tendons, and ligaments,
• keratin in nails and hair (in animals, in horns, claws, hooves, feathers).

Sometimes proteins of movement are also included in structural proteins.

Movement proteins (also called motor proteins or contractile proteins) ensure that muscles can move or that other structures in the body can move, such as cilia in the lungs and airways, which thereby create a flow by which mucus, for example, can be transported and ultimately removed from the body (coughed up).

Some hormones (e.g., insulin and glucagon), most enzymes, and all antibodies are also proteins.

leucine, isoleucine, threonine, valine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, histidine, glycine, alanine, serine, arginine, tyrosine, proline, glutamic acid, glutamine, aspartic acid, aspartate, taurine, citrulline, ornithine.

If you are interested, schedule a consultation appointment today for a comprehensive amino acid profile.

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