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4. Why are some proteins and fatty acids considered "essential"?

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The body can synthesize most of the fats it needs from the diet. However, two essential fatty acids, lionelic and alphalionelic, cannot be synthesized in the body and must be obtained from food.These basic fats, found in plant foods, are used to build specialized fats called Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids.

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