Studio preliminare sulle relazioni fra i livelli plasmatici di aminoacidi essenziali e regimi alimentari con basso e alto consumo di proteine animali

[Autom. eng. transl.] The lower presence of essential amino acids in proteins of plant origin is a long-established notion. Although amino acidemia is influenced by several metabolic aspects, the type of protein ingested is also a potential factor in the variation of blood levels of essential amino acids. This work aimed to determine the plasma concentrations in a subpopulation of the Moli-Sani study having a low or high consumption of foods of animal origin. The trial showed no significant differences in the plasma concentrations of essential amino acids in the two food groups. Examination of the relationship between the concentration of the different plasmatic amino acids and the established requirements of the WHO does not identify differences between the two dietary regimes but highlights how the sulfur amino acids, Ile, Leu, His and, to a lesser extent, the Trp are proportionally less present than established by the WHO and could become limiting.