Essential amino acids o The amino acids that must obtain from our diets because we either cannot synthesize them/at all or cannot synthesize them in adequate amounts o 10 essential amino acids Val, Leu, lle, Thr, Met, Lys, Arg, Phe, His, TryEssential amino acids z The amino acids that must obtain from our diets because we either cannot synthesize them at all or cannot synthesize them in adequate amounts z 10 essential amino acids: Val, Leu, Ile, Thr, Met, Lys, Arg, Phe, His, Try