Maintaining a body is no mean feat. Right now, your own system is hard at work creating powerful building blocks which are used to form everything that makes you you. Your muscles, organs, tendons, skin, hormones, neurotransmitters and enzymes all need protein to form and repair. The thing is, there is more than one source of protein. So, are all proteins considered equal?
‘All proteins are made up of amino acids, the specific number and sequence of which are unique to each protein,’ says Sabeeha Abdullah, registered dietician at Go Grow Glow in Cape Town. ‘Just like the alphabet, the amino acid “letters” can be arranged in millions of different ways to create “words” and an entire protein “language”. Depending on the number and sequence, the resulting protein folds into a specific shape, which determines its function.’
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