Do You Know What EAA Is?
Everything Thing You Need to Know About EAA
Amino acids are divided into 20 acids, including 11 non-essential amino acids, which the body can produce.
Nine essential amino acids, which are known as the EAA “Essential Amino Acids, the body cannot produce and must be obtained from food, supplements, or both together.
And there are some non-essential amino acids that are classified as “Conditionally Essential Amino acids” because, in some cases, the body cannot produce them, such as cases of severe infection, poor health conditions, pregnancies, or during childhood for some children.
As we mentioned, the essential amino acids are divided into 9 acids which are:-
- Histidine
- Isoleucine
- Leucine
- Lysine
- Methionine
- Phenylalanine
- Threonine
- Tryptophan
- Valine
The body can obtain EAA through a balanced diet rich in protein sources such as (meat - dairy - eggs - fish) or nutritional supplements, and sometimes both are needed.
The importance of EAA is due to the fact that it supports many vital functions in our bodies:-
- It contributes significantly to the natural protein synthesis process.
- Increases muscle building and accelerates recovery processes, which improves physical performance and general health.
- Enhancing mood, stress relieving, and improving sleep quality.
- It increases focus, improves memory, and increases energy levels because it contains phenylalanine, which helps in the production of dopamine, which is the neurotransmitter responsible for these activities.
- It helps in improving the processes of getting rid of fats and toxins because it contains methionine, which also improves the absorption of selenium, the most needed element for liver health.
- It prevents muscle waste, especially in cases of old aged people, and for people with low physical efforts, and also in sick conditions that cause bed confinement for long periods.
