Question

Essential amino acids cannot be produced by the body, so they must come from our diet. We can get them from eating foods that contain which biomolecule? A. protein B. complex carbohydrate C. fats D. disaccharides

Answer 1

Essential amino acids cannot be produced by the body, so they must come from our diet. We can get them from eating foods that contain which biomolecule is protein

Answer 2

Correct answer: A) Protein

Amino acids are called as the building block of the proteins, which play critical roles inside the body and are needed for carrying out the vital process such as synthesis of hormones, building of proteins and synthesis of neurotransmitter.

The amino acids are classified in to two types based on its availability inside the body essential and non-essential amino acid.

Essential amino acids - Essential amino acids are those amino acid which can not be synthesized inside the body, these amino acid needs to be supplied through the diet.

There are 9 essential amino acids which would be given in the diet are histidine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, lysine, tryptophan phenylalanine, threonine, and valine.

Non-essential amino acid are those amino acid which are synthesized inside the body and need not to be supplied in the diet.

Example: Alanine, arginine, glutamic acid, asparagine, cysteine, aspartic acid etc.