| Since cold sores are stimulated by the imbalance of the amino acids arginine and lysine, it can also be beneficial to avoid arginine-containing foods. These foods include chocolate, peanuts and other nuts, seeds, and cereal grains.
Zinc used topically can help to heal cold sores. Zinc oxide—the stuff lifeguards used to put on their noses—won't work because it doesn't deliver the zinc. Instead, use a zinc lozenge—the kind used for sore throats—and let it dissolve on the lesions. |
Rex Adams
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 The vitamin B-6 helps dissolve excess testosterone—the male hormone—on the scalp, and combines with amino acids to build up the hair roots.
Spectacular cures have been reported. Men losing nearly 500 hairs a day had fallout reduced to as little as 25 (45 a day is normal). One man reports his hairline restored as much as two inches in the front. All this happened in a matter of weeks!
Thousands Experience New Hair Growth!
In another case, a man we'll call Martin D. was completely bald on top except for a few long hairs. |
Sandra Steingraber
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 Other herbicides halt the production of amino acids, from which proteins are made. Still others strike direcdy at the process by which plants use sunlight to transform water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen. These are the triazine herbicides, and they are used most often in cornfields but also in orchards and lawns, as well as cotton, sugarcane, and sorghum fields. One member of the group, atrazine, is currently one of the top two most widely used pesticides in United States agriculture. |
C. P. Khare
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 Seeds contain ubiquinones, extract contains biflavones, proanthocyanidins, chrysoeriols; p-coumaroylagmatine from the plant shows antifungal activity. Seedlings contain glycosides of horda-tines A & B, are also antifungal. Barley grits contain pangamic acid.
Seed-enriched barley meal was found slightly hypoglycaemic in human; hypocholesteremic in rats; liver protective in animals. |
| The gel or mucilage is a wound-healing agent in its fresh state. Scientific evidence of aloe's wound-healing properties was first documented in 1935 when an American medical journal reported the case of a woman whose X-ray burns were successfully treated with aloe gel scooped straight from leaves.
Several studies have shown antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties in aloe gel.
Fresh juice inhibits the growth of Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Salmonella paratyphi and Corynebacterium xerose. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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 John's wort
• nutrients such as magnesium, vitamin B6, and certain amino acids (tryptophan and tyrosine)
Hot Flashes
• foods containing bioflavonoids (citrus fruits and buckwheat groats)
• soy products (tofu, soy milk, soy tempeh, soy cheese, miso soup)
• According to Dr. Wright, some women are helped by taking one tablespoon of organic, high lignan flaxseed oil a day. Whenever increasing oil intake, make sure to take vitamin E to protect against oxidation of the oil. An interesting note about vitamin E. |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
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 When you eat a protein-rich meal, you flood the blood with both tryptophan and its "competing" amino acids, and they fight for enrry into the brain. Tryptophan gets crowded out, and only a small amount gets through the blood-brain barrier (the series of membranes, enzymes, and blood vessels that separate the brain from the body and, as a whole, act as the gatekeeper protecting the brain from harmful substances, such as some drugs, radioactive compounds, and disease-causing viruses). (See Illustration 1.2, on page 12. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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| Different enzymes take the intermediate metabolites and attach them onto other molecules—sulfates, amino acids, glutathione, glucuronide (a certain type of sugar), and others. This joining together of a chemical metabolite with another molecule to make a new compound is called conjugation. The conjugates formed are now completely biotransformed metabolites of the original parent chemical and can be excreted from the body through urine, feces, or sweat. |
Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien
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 Soy protein may be more beneficial because it is lower in sulfur amino acids than animal protein.11 It is also theorized that soy protein supports bone health by stimulating the production of growth hormone, which in turn stimulates bone formation.38
Major Constituents
Isoflavones (genistein and daidzein), saponins, phytosterols, protein
Safety
Soybeans have a long history of use as a food and are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
• Side effects: The most common side effects reported in clinical studies were bloating, nausea, and constipation. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
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 Eggs contain all eight essential amino acids and are rich in essential fatty acids. Although they are rich in cholesterol, they will not increase blood cholesterol to a dangerous level. In fact, when properly prepared, they are actually a good food for heart disease prevention because they contain eight times more lecithin than cholesterol. Besides protein, eggs are also rich in many vitamins and minerals, glutathione, sulfur, and phospholipids.
The best way to prepare eggs is to slow-cook them—soft-boiled or poached. |
| Probioplex, made by Metagenics (see Resources), is also a patented whey protein composed of a lactalbumin, eighteen amino acids, calcium, iron-binding protein, various cellular components, and other nutrients. Immunocal is richer in cysteine than Probioplex; otherwise they are very similar. I also recommend Protein 290 by Country Life (see Resources), a 100 percent cross-flow microfiltration whey protein product.
If these products are unavailable and you must select another whey protein powder product, make sure it is a cross-flow microfiltration (CFM) whey isolate. |
| It is a whole, living food containing concentrated sources of vitamins, organic covalent minerals, essential amino acids, phytochemicals, enzymes, coenzymes, cell salts, chlorophyll, standardized herbal extracts, unique botanical extracts, and soluble and insoluble plant fibers from high-quality, organic, nutrient-rich foods
(see Resources). |
Dr. Mary Dan Eades
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 This increased need occurs because under stress your body uses amino acids (the building blocks of protein) to produce more "stress hormones." Recommendation: Using the information in the eicosinoid discussion, calculate your body's lean tissue weight (lean body mass), then feed it a minimum of 0.6 grams of high-quality complete protein per day. By that rule, if you calculated a 100-pound lean tissue weight, you would need to eat 100 x 0.6 or 60 grams of protein per day. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
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| Yogurt also contains higher levels of free-form amino acids than milk, mainly due to the proteolytic action of the lactobacilli. Studies have shown that the digestibility of the proteins in acidophilus milk, bifidus milk, yogurt, and buttermilk is improved because of the lactic acid produced by the fermentation process. L. acidophilus has also been shown to help prevent diarrhea in cancer patients who are receiving radiation therapy.
Soy Foods
Eat soybean products three to four times each week, particularly fermented soybean products such as miso, shoyu, tempeh, and natto. |
Christian Ratsch
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 Effect of amino acids on ephedrine production in Ephedra gerardiana callus culture. Phytochemistry 18:484-85.
Ratsch, Christian. 1995. Mahuang, die Pflanze des Mondes. Dao 4/95:68.
Stein, Sir A. 1932. On ephedra, the hum plant and soma. Btn. School of Oriental Studies London Institution 6:501 ff. |
Robyn Landis
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 Algae, such as spirulina and chlorella, are good for kids because they have a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals, are high in easily digestible protein (contain all eight essential amino acids) and chlorophyll (chlorella is the richest known source of chlorophyll on earth), and are easy to get down. They are both nutritive and detoxifying. They can be bought in powder form at the health-food store. They can be given in doses of a teaspoon a day, stirred into liquid. (They will turn any liquid green, which may either disturb or delight your child. |
| Sweet-tasting plants' active compounds are often macronutrients— carbohydrates, fats, or amino acids (proteins). These herbs are builders, promoting tissue mass and health. Sweet-tasting plants form the bulk of all traditional diets around the globe. Most grains and nuts are predominantly sweet. Most general, long-term, nourishing tonics are sweet. One reason for that may be a certain type of long-chain carbohydrate, called polysaccharide, which research shows is a common denominator among many immunostimulant tonics. Sweet herbs and foods are generally cooling and wet. |
| Fatty acids are the major building blocks of fats, similar to the way amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.
At one time there was believed to be only a single prostaglandin. In the 1930s, a Swedish scientist discovered a substance in the prostate gland not identified before, and named it "prostaglandin." Now about forty prostaglandins have been discovered to play a role in every body cell, dictating a whole range of system responses. There may be hundreds more as yet undiscovered. These substances regulate virtually all body processes, both harmful and necessary ones. |
| Preventing Osteoporosis Naturally
If you don't take HRT, you should eat as little animal protein as possible (a high-protein diet hastens demineralization of bones and "leaches" calcium from the body, and meat's sulfur-containing amino acids are espedaily damaging; in one study, eliminating meat cut urinary calcium losses in half). Sodium and caffeine also increase calcium excretion.
Smoking and alcohol are associated with bone loss; alcohol may actually destroy bone cells. Avoid processed foods and cola soft drinks; their phosphates can also cause calcium loss and excretion. |
| L-phenylalanine (best if a tricyclic has been prescribed) and l-tyrosine (best if Prozac or another SSRI has been prescribed) are two amino acids that ate recommended as supplements for depression and lethargy. Use one or the other. They can be purchased at most health-food stores. (Note: Obtain the L-forms, not the DL-forms. The DL-forms are part synthetic and not useful for depression—although DL-phenylalanine is useful for pain. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 Other constituents include flavonoids, particularly glycosides of isorhamnetin and rhamnazin [7, 8]; their profiles can be used for the distinction of the subspecies [9]. Phenylpropanes and lignans, e.g. syringenin-4'-glucoside and syringaresinol-4',4"-diglucoside [10—12], among others, also occur. The drug contains biogenic amines (such as tyra-mine), caffeic acid derivatives and polysaccharides, particularly galacturonans and arabinogalactans [1, 13], as well as cyclitols (especially viscumitol [14]) which are present in different compositions, depending on the host tree [15]. |
| UDA has a molar mass of 8500 dalton and is relatively acid- and heat resistant; it consists of a single polypeptide chain without a carbohydrate component. The drug also contains a mixture of polysaccharides [4, 5] (two glucans, two glucogalacturonans and an acidic arabinogalactan) and sitosterol, sitosterol glucoside, scopoletin [6,
7] (according to USNF, not less than 0. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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| The reason adequate protein is important is that your body manufactures glutathione from amino acids found in protein foods. Vitamin C helps this process. A daily dose of 500 mg of vitamin C increases the levels of glutathione in the body—a good idea as most forms of food processing (except freezing) destroy glutathione.
Avoid excessive use of alcohol and/or acetaminophen (Tylenol), two examples of the many drugs that rinse out the body's store of glutathione.
• Include bioflavonoids in your diet to stimulate glutathione-S-trans-ferases (gst), a detoxifying enzyme. |
Dr. Joseph M. Kadans, N.D.
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 Where there is a lack of amino acids, the body tissues suffer in their maintenance and upkeep. In addition to physicial weakness, it is difficult for the mind to cope with the mental and emotional stresses and strains of modern living.
Availability. While meat is said to be the most perfect protein, it is sometimes difficult to obtain meat produced from cattle that has not been injected with chemicals to fatten them for the market or cattle fed with clean grains and grass. |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
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| But some are directly influenced by what you eat, especially the amino acids (the building blocks for protein). For example, there are five neurotransmitters whose origins can be directly linked to the food we eat. Tryptophan, an amino acid found in meat and milk, is the building block for serotonin, and dopamine and norepinephrine are influenced by the amount of tyrosine in the diet. Histadine intake helps regulate production of histamine, and threonine is the building block for a nerve chemical called glycine. Some fatlike compounds also turn on production of nerve chemicals. |
| The B6 Connection
Your mood is affected by more than just amino acids, carbohydrates, and fats. In fact, an equally likely reason for a blue day is inadequate intake of one or more vitamins.
Vitamin B6 is a case in point. Dietary intake of this B vitamin often is marginal in many segments of the population, including women of childbearing age, children, and seniors. Women typically consume half the recommended amount for vitamin B6; as many as 15 percent of women consume less than 25 percent of what they need. |
Lendon H. Smith, M.D.
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| Excess zinc stimulates the conversion of sugars and amino acids to fat.
Low levels are associated with hypoglycemia, stress, malnutrition, or protein metabolism disturbances.
TOTAL BILIRUBIN
This is an indication of the liver's eliminative function. The hemoglobin from dead red blood cells becomes bilirubin and is transported to the liver. It is converted to bile and is passed into the intestines via the bile duct.
• Usual: 0.2 to 1.1 mg/dl
• Optimum: 0.6 to 0.7 mg/dl
• Mean: 0. |
| ALBUMIN
A protein manufactured by the liver from the amino acids taken in through the diet, albumin is closely correlated with the protein adequacy of the diet. It controls fluid retention (edema) because of the osmotic pressure it maintains, nutrient transport (bilirubin, fatty acids, hormones, vitamins, minerals), and waste removal.
• Usual: 35 to 5 grams/dl
• Optimum: 3-75 to 4.75 grams/dl
• Mean: 4.25 grams/dl
It is above the mean if dehydration, shock, multiple myeloma, or liver disease are present. |
| He might place vials of different foods, toxins, drugs, vitamins, minerals, or amino acids near or on the client, and the muscle being tested will become weak or strong depending upon whether the substance is damaging or beneficial to the client. It sounds strange, but the results can be validated because they are reproducible. Kinesiologists have been able to find by testing and "asking" the body about its responses, what a particular person needs. |
| When protein digestion is impaired, muscles break down to supply amino acids.
• Usual: male: 0.8 to 1.4 mg/dl female: 0.6 to 1.2 mg/dl
• Optimum: 0.9 to 1.3 mg/dl
• Mean: 1.1 mg/dl
The kidneys excrete creatinine so the level is elevated if kidney disease is present, muscle degeneration, or by the use of any drug that would hurt kidney function. It is lower in some forms of kidney damage, protein starvation, impaired protein digestion, liver disease, or pregnancy.
BUN/CREATININE RATIO
If the ratio is very high then too much BUN is being formed. |
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