The body's carbohydrate and protein requirement is generally well understood. However, the body's requirement for essential fats and the body's inefficient use of protein is not so well understood. Fat is an essential nutrient that, in concert with protein and carbohydrate, is needed to sustain a healthy life. Fat serves as a body and nerve insulator and is vital in the development and nourishment of the brain. Ameri-Foods products provide the optimum amount of these essential fatty acids in every serving .
Protein consumed is utilized by the body based upon the source of the protein.
The P.E.R., or Protein Efficiency Ratio, measures the amount of usable protein that can be utilized by the body as cell building material rather than converted to simple sugars and stored as fat. Proteins must be broken down by our bodies into nutrients called amino acids to be properly assimilated by the body. There are 22 of these amino acids. Eight of these nutrients are essential as the building blocks of cell building protein. If these eight essential amino acids are present, the remaining 14 amino acids can by synthesized by the body.