Peter Jans

And question three, one of the essential amino acids, histidine, plays an important role in what function?

And your options were muscle metabolism, the regulation of energy, or immune function.

And the essential amino acid, histidine, plays an important role in immune function.

And our first bonus question, what meat contains high levels of the essential amino acid tryptophan, which can make you sleepy and increase serotonin?

And the meat that contains high levels of tryptophan is turkey.

The tryptophan in the turkey is the sole precursor for serotonin production.

And our last bonus question, what does the acronym BCAA stand for in terms of amino acids?

And the acronym BCAA stands for Branched Chain Amino Acid.

They are essential amino acids that include leucine, isoleucine and valine.

Now, just speaking of amino acids, very sadly, my uncle recently overdosed on protein powder.

And it just happened to be on the last day of training right before his very first bodybuilding competition.

As I said, very sad.

What a way to go.

Now on to... Word of the Week.

And this week's word of the week is... And that is spelt... And the meaning, according to dictionary.com, is...

And our simple example today is the triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuwapuaha, contains all nine essential amino acids, along with all other fish, beef, poultry, eggs, dairy, soy, quinoa and buckwheat.

Well, that takes us to the end of another episode.

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