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What are amino acids?<\/h3>

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein.\u00a0Proteins<\/a>\u00a0are long chains of amino acids. Your body has thousands of different proteins that each have important jobs. Each protein has its own sequence of amino acids. The sequence makes the protein take different shapes and have different functions in your body.<\/p>

You can think of amino acids like the letters of the alphabet. When you combine letters in various ways, you make different words. The same goes for amino acids \u2014 when you combine them in various ways, you make different proteins.<\/p>

What are the different types of amino acids?<\/h3>

Your body needs 20 different kinds of amino acids to function correctly. These 20 amino acids combine in different ways to make proteins in your body.<\/p>

Your body makes hundreds of amino acids, but it can\u2019t make nine of the amino acids you need. These are called\u00a0essential amino acids<\/a>. You must get them from the food you eat. The nine essential amino acids are:<\/p>