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NUTRIENTS
Nutrition is an essential energy value for the human body and a
source of substances which are required for the structuring and maintaining
of the human body, and for the maintaining of life processes.*
Essential nutrients
include amino acids (proteins), carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, electrolytes
and minerals (including trace elements).*
PROTEINS
Proteins consist of amino acids.*
AMINO ACIDS
General
Proteins are needed for the growth and renewal of tissue and for
the maintaining of countless bodily functions. The body needs amino
acids in order to be able to synthesize these. A distinction can be
made between essential and non-essential amino acids. Eight amino acids
are essential (cannot be manufactured by the body) and the rest are
non-essential (can be manufactured by the body if it is provided with
the correct nutrition).*
The amino acids
which occur in nature are the L amino acids. Only the L form of amino
acids are constituents of proteins.*
Most foodstuffs
contain proteins. The main contributions in common foodstuffs come from
bread, grains, dairy products and meat.*
Application
Most amino acids are used in combination preparations which contain
several (both essential and non-essential) amino acids.*
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