Amino acids are the essential building blocks of proteins – and therefore indispensable for numerous processes in your body. Whether building muscle, metabolism or cell regeneration – nothing works without them.
There are a total of 20 protein-forming amino acids. The body can synthesise over 50,000 different proteins from them. Eight of these amino acids are essential, meaning they must be consumed daily through food. Two others are semi-essential and arise from the essential amino acids.
A real power food when it comes to proteins? Oatmeal! With 13.5 g of protein per 100 g, they provide valuable amino acids - and around 48 % of them are essential.
