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| Cysteine |
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What is it? |
| Once considered a NON ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID, cysteine has been upgraded to semiessential because if there's enough of it in the diet, the body can use it in place of METHIONINE (an essential AMINO ACID) to make PROTEIN. Also, two molecules of cysteine can bond, forming cystine, another amino acid, albeit a nonessential one. Good sources of cysteine are meat, fish, fowl, soybeans, oats and wheat. Food manufacturers use cysteine as an ANTIOXIDANT to safeguard the VITAMIN C content of processed foods. And bakers mix it into doughs to speed kneading. Cystine, on the other hand, is used as a dough strengthener as well as a dietary supplement. |
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Standard Process™ Supplements |
| Calcifood Wafers, Nutrimere, Protefood |
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