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Define essential and nonessential amino acids and explain why adequate amounts of each of the essential amino acids are required for protein synthesis.

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Essential amino acids are the ones that need to be provided from food yet nonessential are the ones that the body already produces. Amino acids are considered the building blocks of proteins
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