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RDA OF AMINO ACIDS
These figures below is an estimate of the required dietary allowance (RDA) of essential amino acids - that being those amino acids that can not be synthesized by the body.
Nitrogen balance and protein intake
When consuming an adequate amount of essential amino acids, the person will be classed as being in "nitrogen equilibrium", since nitrogen balance studies are conducted to determine the amounts of these essential amino acids required by various people, and this balance is reached when the intake of nitrogen from protein is approximately equal to the nitrogen lost in the feces and urine.
Requirement - mg / kg Of Body Weight
Infant Child Adults Amino acid
3 - 6 mo. 10 - 12 yr. Histidine 33 not known not known Isoleucine 80 28 12 Leucine 128 42 16 Lysine 97 44 12 S-containing amino acids 45 22 10 Aromatic amino acids 132 22 16 Threonine 63 28 8 Tryptophan 19 4 3 Valine 89 25 14
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - The Function of Amino Acids
- The function of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, enzymes, and hormones.
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MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Alanine
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MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Cysteine & Cystine
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MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Glutamic Acid
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Glutamine
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MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Glycine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Histidine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Isoleucine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Leucine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Lysine
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MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Ornithine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Phenylalanine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Proline
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Serine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Taurine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Threonine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Tryptophan
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Tyrosine
MoonDragon's Nutrition Basics: Amino Acids - Valine
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