PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
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Author: HILLIS
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To indicate: The advantage of eating corn and beans at the same time.

Introduction: Animals are heterotrophic organisms that get energy by cleaving the chemical bonds of organic compounds, which is attained from other organisms. There are three major types of food namely carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins and they vary in their energy content. Around the world, beans and corn are the major parts of the regular diet. 

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A common combination of food that offers all the eight essential amino acids. For example, eating corn and beans at the same time gives an advantage. Corn and beans provide essential amino acids that are needed by an adult when eaten together. Beans itself do not provide tryptophan or methionine adequately likewise, corn itself does not provide enough isoleucine and lysine. If these foods are eaten together, the two crucial amino acids can be obtained.

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