IMAPCT EAA

Remember hearing about amino acids in your high school science class? Well, turns out they were more important than you remembered. Amino acids are compounds naturally composed of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

The human body uses amino acids to make proteins to help break down food, grow, repair body tissue, build muscle, and perform many other important body functions.

Your body needs about 20 different amino acids to function properly. Out of the 20 amino acids that are important for your health, only nine are considered “essential” otherwise known as EAA or Essential Amino Acids.

Essential amino acids are the nine amino acids that your body cannot produce itself. We must replenish them through dietary proteins and supplements.

EAAs build vital proteins in the body that are used to create tissues, organs and muscles. They also play a vital role in optimizing liver function and neurotransmitters in the brain.