Essential amino acids and BCAA profile: Essential amino acids are those amino acids which have to be obtained from food and cannot be made in our cells.
The branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are essential for the biosynthesis of muscle proteins. They help in increasing the bio-availability of high complex carbohydrates intake and are absorbed by muscle cells for anabolic muscle building activity.
Biological value (BV) measures the amount of protein nitrogen that is retained by the body from a given amount of protein nitrogen that has been consumed. It has been observed that the BV of whey proteins is the highest compared to rice, wheat, soya and egg proteins.
Protein efficiency ratio (PER)- PER is used as a measure of growth expressed in terms of weight gain of an adult by consuming 1g of food protein. The PER value of the following proteins are arranged in decreasing order- whey, milk, casein, soya, rice, wheat.
