Proteins

Proteins

Update: 2013-04-151
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Did you know that proteins are not simply needed in the diet to build strong muscles but that they have many other critical roles in the body, including being involved in; acid-base balance, the immune system as well as acting as hormones? This lecture introduces proteins, their building blocks and roles and functions in the body as well as how the body digests and metabolises them.



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Proteins

Proteins

Dr Regina Belski