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protein - Coggle Diagram
protein
found
meat
fish
insects
dairy
eggs
nuts
grain
legume
all cells in the body
major structural component in all
especially muscle
cereal
buckwheat
oat
rye
millet
corn
rice
wheat
sourghum
amaranth
quinoa
game meat
stats
composition
amino acid
link by peptide bonds
nine types needed to avoid death
leucine
isoleucine
methionine
lysine
tryptophan
histidine
threonine
valine
phenylalanine
energy density
equal to carbs
4kcal per gram
5kcal less than lipids
beside water most abundant kind of molecule in body
effects
good
fuel source
building block for body tissue
bad
digestion
broken down into smaller polypeptide chains
via hydraulic acid and protease actions