Amino acids are known as the ‘building blocks’ of protein in both plants and animals.
Because protein is crucial to almost all biological processes, it’s considered an essential macronutrient. A large proportion of our cells, muscles and tissue is made up of amino acids. They carry out many important bodily functions, such as giving cells their structure, transporting and storing nutrients, healing wounds and repairing tissue, especially in the muscles, bones, skin and hair.
There are 20 amino acids, grouped into three categories: Essential, Nonessential, and Conditional. (The group to which a specific amino acid
