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Amino Acids
Understanding How Amino Acids Relate to Sports
Essential amino acids are an important part of the human body. They are ingested through the diet by consuming proteins from legumes, meat, seafood and the like or by amino acid supplementation.
It is considered an “essential amino acid” because a person cannot survive without its presence in his or her diet. Amino acids fulfill various metabolic functions in the body. They work as a building block of proteins, antioxidant, neurotransmitter, hormones’ precursors and other body constituents.
Amino acids are found in red meat, dairy products and other protein-containing foods. Amino acid supplementation can help since certain amino acids including lysine, Arginine, methionine, phenylalanine, Ornithine and Histidine stimulate the release of insulin, hormones and glucocorticoids, which promotes the body’s anabolic process. BCAAs (branched-chain amino acids) supplementations are the source of amino acids isoleucine, Valine and Leucine.
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