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Amino Acids Proteins are known as the building blocks for lean tissues,not to mention its countless other functions. Proteins are made for smaller molecules called amino acids.There are approximately 20 types of amino acids that the human body needs,but only 9 of them are essential,which means that our body can’t make these amino acids and…

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