NingXia Red: The "Natural" Liquid Source of Hard-to-find Amino Acids

With a total of 15.6% protein by weight, the NingXia wolfberry has more protein than bee pollen. The basic structural building units of proteins are amino acids. Combinations of these amino acids produce every single essential protein for the homeostasis of the human body. According to Wikipedia, our bodies require about 20 amino acids for normal functioning. Nine of these are considered essential — that is, the body cannot make them by itself and must get them from food. The Ningxia wolfberry contains 18 of the 20 or so required amino acids, including all 9 of those that the body can't make itself.

Amino acids have been shown to be helpful for plethora of health issues, including:

- atherosclerosis (methionine) - depression (tryptophan) - ADD/ADHD (phenylalanine) - chelation (methionine) - depression (phenylalanine) - growth, children (leucine)

- herpes (lysine) - pain, chronic (phenylalanine) - pellagra (lysine) - PMS, mood swings (phenylalanine) - schizophrenia (tryptophan) - sleep aid (tryptophan)

Alanine	720
Arginine	930
Aspartate	2,100
Cysteine	???	Still seeking data
Glutamine	1,400
Glycine	430
Histidine	270	Legend      Required    Essential
Isoleucine	350
Leucine	630
Lysine	390
Methionine	148
Phenylalanine	380
Proline	1,030
Serine	640
Threonine	460
Tryptophan	???	Still seeking data
Tyrosine	160
Valine	1040
		Chart source: Discovery of the Ultimate Superfood

FAQ: Since the nutritional statistics for dried Ningxia wolfberries are so outstanding, why bother with a juice? And isn't the power of the Ningxia wolfberry "diluted" by the other ingredients in NingXia Red? see answer