Amino acids are not interchangeable

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a bonus letters column. We have some interesting questions and will dive right in.– A column about getting complete proteins from a varied diet prompted a question from a reader in Washington state. “I understand that some amino acids can be made by the body, while others must come from food,” he wrote. “If I eat one type of amino acid, can my ...

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