Specifically, what does it mean that an amino

acid or a fatty acid is essential?



a. it is needed in large amounts by the body
b. the body cannot survive without it
c. the body cannot synthesize it
d. it is an essential component of digestive
enzymes
e. more than one of these describes what it
means to be essential


C

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