Struggling to remember the essential and non-essential amino acids? This blog post offers mnemonics to make memorization easier and even fun! Mnemonics are powerful memory aids that boost recall, and they’re a great way to learn.
👉 Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. Nutritionally, they’re divided into two categories:
🔹Essential amino acids
🔹Non-essential amino acids
🔺Essential amino acids can’t be produced by the body and must be obtained through food.
🔺There are 9 of them: tryptophan, threonine, histidine, valine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, methionine, lysine, and leucine.
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