From: jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen)
Subject: Re: Glutamate
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In article <1qrsr6$d59@access.digex.net> kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch) writes:
>In article <lso15qINNkpr@news.bbn.com> sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher) writes:
>> From the N.E.J.Med.  editorial:  "The dicarboxylic amino acid glutamate
>> is not only an essential amino acid ...
>
>Glutamate is not an essential amino acid.  People can survive quite well
>without ever eating any.

There is no contradiction here. It is essential in the sense that your
body needs it. It is non-essential in the sense that your body can
produce enough of it without supplement.

Jason Chen
