AMINO 8 - PROTAN SRL

Proteins constitute the 20% of total corporal weight. Due to their great variety they act diversely as participating in all the biological processes and constituting fundamental structures in the alive beings; it is so enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, antibodies and proteins specialized (for ex. the hemoglobina), being in charge of tissue repair, osmotic pressure maintenance and the viscosity of the plasma, internal acid-basic maintenance , transportation and storage of different substances, participation in the immunological response and the muscular contraction providing a mechanical support.

The proteins are made up of amino acids. Following the sequence in which these are combined, the resulting protein will carry out a specific function in the organism.

The organism obtains the amino acids of the foods that contain proteins. The digestive enzymes break the sequence of amino acids of the protein, they are absorbed and returned to be combined in function to the needs of the organism.

There are 22 amino acids, of which 8 are considered essential since they aren't produced by the organism in sufficient amount; they must be ingested through food. The organism cannot store the amino acids, therefore it is continuously undoing and remaking proteins. In order to stimulate this "renovation" it is required a constant protein contribution through the feeding.

An adult without associated pathology has a protein necessity from the 10 to the 15% of the total of the consumed calories. In case of excess protein consume, they are used in the liver to form glucose and to provide energy.

In order to be able to form a protein the presence of the 22 amino acids is needed, in necessary amount. If some of the amino acids is present in little amount, the formation of new proteins is limited. For this reason there is an ideal balance in the content of essential amino acids that a protein contains. The originating proteins of animal origin food are considered the ones with better balance.