Amino Acid Health and Sources

Amino Acids, I have heard this term when Soma was taking our Yoga Session. She described amino acid is used by our body when we try to mobilize ourself and are secreted to lubricate the joint and thus act like a cushion to our body.

I started reading about it and learnt that there are 20 different types of amino acids that are required by our body. Out of these 20 different amino acids, 8 amino acids can't be generated by our body. Rest 12 are all naturally produced by our body. So we need to take them externally as these 8 amino acids are absolutely necessary for our body.

Health Benefits: Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They are the used by our body to synthesize proteins.

There are various fruits and vegetables which can provide the 8 amino acids our body is unable to produce.

Fruit Sources :

• Bananas
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers

Vegetable Sources :

• Potatoes
• Carrots
• Corn
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Brussels Sprout
• Okra
• Peas
• Summer Squash
• Kale
  

Here is the list of 20 amino acids which are essential for the body. Amino acids tagged as essential are those that can't be produced by our body.

Amino Acids

Non Essential	Essential
Alanine Arginine Asparagine Aspartic Acid Cysteine Glutamine Glutamic Acid Glycine Tyrosine Proline Serine	Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Lysine Methionine Phenalalanine Threonine Tryptophan Valine

If you are interested in going into details of each amino acid and its benefits, I have found a good link for the same . Click here