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- Adelaide irving
- Rosie O'Neil
- Cleo Cardot
- Li Li
- Catherine Wan

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THE ROLE:
- makes Enzymes, Hormones and antibodies
- Found in muscles, organs and skin.
- Helps the body grow and repair tissue
- Key component in Haemoglobin, which our body uses to transport oxygen

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- Amino Acids are the building blocks of protein
- Contain carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and a lesser extent Sulphur
- 16% of Protein is Nitrogen

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- Protein can be found in Animal and Plant sources
- The major sources in the Australian and New Zealand diet are meat, poultry and fish (about 33%), cereals and cereal-based foods (about 25%) and dairy foods (about 16%).
- Vegetables also provide about 8%. Certain proteins can cause allergic responses in some individuals notably milk, eggs, peanuts and soy in children and fish, shellfish, peanuts and tree nuts in adults.

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- 1g of Protein/ 4 Calories/ 17KJ
- 15-25% of our total KJ is to come from Protein

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- Lifespan of Protein in the body is 2 days
- Without protein life would not exist