In today’s episode, Jessica and Carissa delve deep into Macronutrients. As the underlying foundation of a well balanced diet, macronutrients are essential for a healthy lifestyle. Jess and Carissa chat about what macronutrients are, what foods contain each macronutrient, how much you should be aiming to eat per meal and what are the best sources.
Show notes:
• Essential amino acids – histadine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine.
• Non essential amino acids – alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamine, glycine, ornithine, proline, serine, tyrosine, glutamic acid.
• Amino acids low in grains – lysine primarily along with threonine, leucine and histidine
• Amino acids low in legumes – methionine primarily
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