Weekly Health Quiz: Sugar, Stroke and Herbicides

1 Which of the following amino acids are considered "essential," as your body cannot produce them and must obtain them from your diet?

• Alanine, cysteine, glycine
• Arginine, glutamine, proline
• Asparagine, serine, tyrosine
• Leucine, methionine, tryptophan

  There are 20 basic amino acids that make up the proteins in your body. Nine of them — histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, threonine and valine — are considered "essential" as they must be obtained from your diet. Moringa is an excellent protein source, containing 19 amino acids in total, including all nine essential amino acids. Learn more.