They are the organic compounds that form proteins.
Essential amino acids cannot be made by the body and must come from the food we eat. If you want to find out more about Amino Acids and what they can do for you, it might be worth googling – amino acids benefits to learn more.
Foods with higher concentration of amino acid listed first.
Histidine – beef, turkey, lamb, chicken, pork, bison, catfish, duck, + more
Isoleucine – egg white, soy, turkey, chicken, seaweed, lamb, crab, + more
Leucine – egg white, soy, seaweed, moose, elk, chicken, tuna, + more
Lysine – chicken, turkey, tuna, ling, pike, cod, cusk, sunfish, + more
Methionine – egg white, halibut, orange roughy, elk, chicken, tuna, + more
Phenylalanine – pork, beef, lamb, catfish, turkey, veal, trout, salmon, + more
Threonine – watercress, seaweed, moose, turkey, tilapia, buffalo, orange roughy, + more
Tryptophan – sea lion, elk, seaweed, soy, spinach, egg white, seasame seeds, crab + more
Valine – egg white, elk, seaweed, soy, watercress, turkey, moose, tuna, + more
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