Amino Acid Synergy

Description

Amino Acid Synergy provides a mixture of essential amino acids in the free-form,
meaning they are immediately available for absorption and can be put to metabolic use
much more readily and rapidly, as compared to amino acids contained in dietary protein.
Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxal-5-phosphate) is included for optimal amino acid absorption
and bioavailability.

Amino acids play central roles both as building blocks of proteins and
as intermediates in metabolism. They are called “amino acids” because they all contain
an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH), which is acidic. The human body
is approximately 20 percent protein by weight. The 20 amino acids that are found within
proteins convey a vast array of chemical versatility. The precise amino acid content,
and the sequence of those amino acids, of a specific protein determines the biological
activity of the protein. Proteins not only catalyze all (or most) of the reactions in living
cells, they also control virtually all cellular processes.

Humans can produce 10 of the 20 amino acids. The others must be supplied in food.
Failure to obtain enough of even 1 of the 10 essential amino acids, those that we cannot
make, results in degradation of the body’s proteins, including muscle. Unlike fat and
starch, the human body does not store excess amino acids for later use, therefore, so
amino acids must be consumed every day.

The 10 amino acids that the human body can produce are alanine, asparagine, aspartic
acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine. Tyrosine is
produced from phenylalanine, so if the diet is deficient in phenylalanine, tyrosine will be
required as well.

The essential amino acids are arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine,
phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. These amino acids are required in the diet.