How many amino acids are required to make protein?

The Correct Answer is 20.

• The human body uses just 20 amino acids to make all the proteins it needs to function and grow.
• Because amino acids can be arranged in many different combinations, it's possible for your body to make thousands of different kinds of proteins from just the same 20 amino acids.
• Although your body can manufacture many of the 20 amino acids necessary to make proteins, it can't make them all.
• Those your body can't produce, called the essential amino acids, must come from the foods you eat.

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• Non- Essential Amino acid-:
  • Your body can make some of the amino acids necessary for creating new cells either from the remains of old protein cells or from the essential amino acids.
  • These include glutamic acid, alanine, aspartic acid, and asparagine.
  • You don't need to get these amino acids from your diet, although some of the foods you consume may contain them.
• Essential Amino Acid:-
  • ​Nine amino acids need to come from the foods you eat since your body can't make them.
  • These include phenylalanine, methionine, lysine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine, histidine, valine, and tryptophan.
  • Animal products, including meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products, contain all of these essential amino acids, while most plant foods, with the exception of quinoa and soybeans, are lacking in one or more of these essential amino acids.
  • However, eating a variety of different plant foods throughout the day will give you sufficient amounts of all the amino acids.