What are EAA’s (Essential Amino Acids) and what do they do?
4. What are Non-Essential Amino Acids, and what do they do? 5. When should I take amino acids? Hopefully, this article will answer any and all questions on relation to the use and supplementation of each amino acid. 1. What is an amino acid? In relation to chemistry, an amino acid is a molecule that contains both an amine and carboxyl group. Without getting too far into biochemistry, understand that this is the basis of the amino acids, but the positioning of atoms within this chain is what dictates what the final amino acid will be. More importantly (at least for this article), amino acids are the “building blocks” of protein and have many different individual effects on your metabolism. 2. How many amino acids are there? There are 20 total amino acids, and each one of them is required for the body to perform certain functions. The 20 amino acids can be broken down into two groups: Essential Amino Acids and Non-Essential Amino Acids. Essential amino acids are named as such because you
