Mary-Ann Shearer
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 But in recent years it has been found that we have an amino acid pool from which our body draws or into which it deposits amino acids as it needs them. This amino acid pool is in the blood, the liver, and the cells. If you eat too much of one type of amino acid it is deposited in the amino acid pool. Then when there is too little of any of the amino acids in the food you eat, the body withdraws what it needs from the amino acid pool. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Besides these common amino acids, green tea contains another amino acid that is unique to it: theanine. Theanine constitutes about half of the total amino acid levels in green tea, and its presence is said to correlate with tea quality. All of the amino acids are involved in the formation of tea's aroma; however, the unique amino acid, theanine, is reputed to be one of the tastier components of green tea. Theanine accounts for more than half of the free amino acid content of green tea, and also plays a role in the biosynthesis of polyphenols. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| When the A and B strands of human insulin are twisted (wrapped) to form the hormone molecule insulin, a cystine bridge is formed between a specific amino acid on the A strand and a specific amino acid on the B strand. The disulfide that completes this bonding bridge between the amino acids, has 15 possible chemical positions along and A and B strands.
The A and B chains are bonded by two cystine bridges with one bridge located on the A chain for a total of three bridges. Six residues (amino acids) are found in the two (A and B) chains. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Theanine constitutes about half of the total amino acid levels in green tea, and its presence is said to correlate with tea quality. All of the amino acids are involved in the formation of tea's aroma; however, the unique amino acid, theanine, is reputed to be one of the tastier components of green tea. Theanine accounts for more than half of the free amino acid content of green tea, and also plays a role in the biosynthesis of polyphenols. |
David Wolfe
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 FATS
Fatty Fruits, Nuts, Coconuts, Seeds
The Elderly can center at 40:20:40
(Chlorophyll : Sugars : Fat)
Additionally, elderly people require more amino acids in their diet as the liver's amino acid pool (amino acid reserves) decreases with age. Therefore amino acid rich seeds (hemp, flax, pumpkin) and superfoods (spirulina, bee pollen, propolis) become more important in the diet with age.
Of special note, the two raw foods known to have superior longevity properties are royal jelly and wolfberries or goji berries. These should be eaten daily as part of a youthening program. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 What the brain is trying to accomplish by signaling a carbohydrate craving is increasing the manufacture of serotonin from the amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan has a difficult time getting into the brain because it competes with other amino acids for transport across the blood-brain barrier. After a high-carbohydrate meal, there are fewer molecules of amino acids that compete with tryptophan circulating in the bloodstream, thanks to our friend insulin. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 People with PKU cannot properly process the isolated amino acid phenylalanine, and they have to follow severely restricted diets. If they ingest a lot of products with phenylalanine, such as aspartame-sweetened drinks and foods, they could develop brain damage, become retarded or even die," Dr. Hull explains.
HOW IS ASPARTAME (NUTRASWEET OR EQUAL) MADE?
It's comprised of 50 percent L-phenylalanine (an amino acid), 40 percent L-aspartic acid (another amino acid), and 10 percent methanol. "Methanol is a wood alcohol that breaks down chemically into formic acid and formaldehyde," Dr. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Green tea contains several common amino acids, as well as an amino acid that is unique to it: theanine. Theanine accounts for about half of the total of amino acids in green tea, and the amount of theanine is said to correlate with the quality of the final tea product.
Green tea protects the digestive tract from carcinogens that could otherwise harm the stomach, intestine, or colon and could even influence cancer development throughout the body. Among these harmful carcinogens is a class of mutagens derived by metabolic oxidation of certain heterocyclic amines (HCA). |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| If you eat too much of one type of amino acid it is deposited in the amino acid pool. Then when there is too little of any of the amino acids in the food you eat, the body withdraws what it needs from the amino acid pool. You can begin to
79 understand where the idea of bacon and eggs for breakfast, cheese for lunch, and meat for dinner originated, especially considering that it was thought that animal products were our only reliable source of protein. We now know that even on a fruit diet adequate amounts of protein can be supplied to the body (refer to the charts at the back of the book). |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 Stone considered that vitamin C was not simply a vitamin, but that it was an essential nutrient, with the same status as an amino acid.
A similar process has affected the synthesis of niacin, providing humans with both evolutionary advantages and disadvantages. Niacin is not a true vitamin in the strictest sense of the term because it can be produced in the body from the amino acid tryptophan. Nevertheless, the synthesis of niacin from tryptophan is a very inefficient process: 60 mg of the amino acid are necessary to provide 1 mg of niacin. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| If you eat too much of one type of amino acid it is deposited in the amino acid pool. Then when there is too little of any of the amino acids in the food you eat, the body withdraws what it needs from the amino acid pool. You can begin to
79 understand where the idea of bacon and eggs for breakfast, cheese for lunch, and meat for dinner originated, especially considering that it was thought that animal products were our only reliable source of protein. We now know that even on a fruit diet adequate amounts of protein can be supplied to the body (refer to the charts at the back of the book). |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 Arthur Guy ton describes how this amino acid pool works. He states that under normal circumstances all cells contain more protein than they need. When amino acids are needed somewhere else in the body, the excess protein in the cell is reconverted to the protein building blocks called amino acids. These amino acids diffuse into the bloodstream and either go directly to the cells that need them or to the liver, where they are built into new proteins and sent out into the blood to be carried to the appropriate sites. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 Like all proteins, casein's molecular structure is very much like a long string of beads, with each bead being an amino acid. Normally, when proteins are digested, these amino acids come apart one by one and are absorbed into the bloodstream to be used to build body tissues and repair any damage to your body.
Casein behaves differently. As it breaks apart, it does not simply release individual amino acids. It breaks into short strings of amino acids—strings of perhaps four, five, or seven "beads. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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| Protein is made up of twenty-three (some textbooks say twenty-two) amino acids, eight of which our adult bodies cannot manufacture and that they need to obtain from our diet (babies need a ninth and some say a tenth amino acid, which are found in breast milk). Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. They form the different types of protein our bodies need, of which there are many thousands.
Originally it was taught that our bodies need to take in the eight essential amino acids at each meal. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 She showed Harley that this Sm B sequence bore a striking resemblance to an amino acid sequence that researchers had previously identified in the Epstein-Barr virus.
Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, is a common viral infection that ordinarily causes anything from low-grade fever and sore throat symptoms in children to mononucleosis in teenagers and adults. When Harley saw that the sequence of a part of EBV was so similar to the Sm B amino acid sequence, "bells went off in my mind," he recalls. "I thought that if that's really right, that would be really tremendous. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Researchers have discovered that the sulphur-containing amino acid homocysteine (HC) promotes the tiny clots that initiate arterial damage and the catastrophic ones that precipitate most heart attacks and strokes {Ann Clin & Lab Sci 1991; Lancet 1981). Be aware that HC is up to forty times more predictive than cholesterol in assessing cardiovascular disease risk. HC results from the normal metabolism of the amino acid methionine—which is abundant in red meat, milk, and dairy products. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| It's comprised of 50 percent L-phenylalanine (an amino acid), 40 percent L-aspartic acid (another amino acid), and 10 percent methanol. "Methanol is a wood alcohol that breaks down chemically into formic acid and formaldehyde," Dr. Hull explains. And neurosurgeon Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., who has spent a decade studying the effects of both aspartame and MSG, says that the formaldehyde makes aspartame "a dangerous neurotoxin which can damage the nervous system, and it is a significant carcinogen for many organs. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| A large protein molecule, many times larger and more complex than the human insulin molecule, can be changed by merely one amino acid to become the protein that causes sickle-cell anemia. We have no way of knowing what rDNA contaminants do to diabetics.
The pharmaceutical corporations are not only forcing insulin-dependent diabetics to take rDNA insulins of questionable purity—they are frequently introducing new analogs with "unnatural" amino acid placements. The risk to the diabetic, though unknown, may be significant. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Miitsch-Eckner M, Erdelmeier CAJ, Sticher O, A novel amino acid glycoside and three amino acids from Allium sativum. In: JNP 56(6):864. 1993.
Nagae, S et al., Pharmacokinetics of the garlic compound S-allylcystein. In: PM 60(3):241. 1994.
Reuter HD, 6. KongrefS der Gesellschaft fiir Phytotherapie.-Satelliten-Symposium "International Garlic Research". In: ZPT 17(1): 13-25. 1996.
Reuter HD, Chemie, Pharmakologie und medizinische Anwendung von Knoblauch. In: ZPT 10(4): 124. 1989.
Reuter HD, II. Internationales Knoblauch-Symposium. In: ZPT 12(3):83. 1991. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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| Food combining to get complete proteins at one meal is completely unnecessary for these three reasons: our amino acid/protein equilibrium system, our cellular protein storage, and the free flow of amino acids in our amino acid pool.
There Is Enough Protein in Vegan Foods
The biggest fear generated by pro-meat eaters and new vegetarians is about not getting enough protein. The real problem is just the opposite: We take in too much protein. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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 Persons with liver or kidney diseases should seek their doctor's approval before taking amino acid supplements.
For those who want to minimize their intake of supplements, MSM-sulfur (MSM stands for methylsulfonylmethane) could prove an alternative to taking amino acids. This is because MSM, a natural form of sulfur, combined with a good supply of vitamins and minerals, can boost the body's natural ability to create these sulfur-containing amino acids. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| It's comprised of 50 percent L-phenylalanine (an amino acid), 40 percent L-aspartic acid (another amino acid), and 10 percent methanol. "Methanol is a wood alcohol that breaks down chemically into formic acid and formaldehyde," Dr. Hull explains. And neurosurgeon Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., who has spent a decade studying the effects of both aspartame and MSG, says that the formaldehyde makes aspartame "a dangerous neurotoxin which can damage the nervous system, and it is a significant carcinogen for many organs. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| This particular string of eight amino acids, taken by researchers from what is known as the "Sm B amino acid sequence" was bound by the autoantibodies of lupus patients. It existed as a kind of smoking-gun evidence after a crime. Harley suggested James look at the sequence more closely. |
Victoria Boutenko, M.A.
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 Please look at the chart of the essential amino acid content in kale and lambsquarters. I have chosen kale because it is available in most produce markets. Lambsquarters is one of the most common edible weeds that grows in different climates. Most farmers should be able to identify lambsquarters for you.
In the left hand column you see the recommended amounts of essential amino acids for an average adult.18 In the right column you can see the amounts of those amino acids contained in lambsquarters and kale. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| Insulin, which is released when you eat carbohydrates, suppresses the circulating levels of most amino acids except that of tryptophan, the amino acid from which serotonin is made," Dr. Wurt-man contends. "About 20 to 30 minutes after you eat carbohydrates, the serotonin is made by the brain and starts its work at restoring good moods.
"All carbohydrates will do it except fruit, but, of course, from a nutritional standpoint, it's obviously better to eat healthy carbohydrates such as whole grains and sweet potatoes. |
Bruce H. Lipton
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 Figure B shows a close-up of an end amino acid. A signal, in this case a molecule with a very positive electric charge (white sphere), is attracted to, and binds with, the negative site on the protein's terminal amino acid. In our particular scenario, the signal is more positive in charge than the amino acid is negative in charge. After the signal couples with the protein, there is now an excess positive charge at this end of the backbone. |
Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton
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| Patients with cystinuria, a genetic abnormality which causes the defective absorption of the amino acid cystine, and can lead to the development of kidney and bladder stones, should not take it. Persons with liver or kidney diseases should seek their doctor's approval before taking amino acid supplements.
For those who want to minimize their intake of supplements, MSM-sulfur (MSM stands for methylsulfonylmethane) could prove an alternative to taking amino acids. |
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