Andreas Moritz
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 One of the liver's most ingenious feats is to remove the nitrogenous portion of amino acids, since nitrogen is not required for the formation of new protein. It forms urea from this waste product. The urea ends up in the bloodstream and is excreted in the urine. The liver also breaks down the nucleoprotein (nucleus) of worn-out cells of the body. The byproduct of this process is uric acid, which is excreted with the urine as well.
The liver filters more than one quart of blood per minute, leaving only the acidic carbon dioxide for elimination through the lungs (see Figure 7). |
Erich Grotewold
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 Reactive nitrogen species and inducible nitric oxide synthase
Reactive nitrogen species (RNS) also appear to contribute to the pathology of cardiovascular diseases. NO is one RNS produced by the action of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells, neurons, and other cell types. At the sites of inflammation, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is also augmented, and NO synthesis is further activated. Peroxynitrite, a potent oxidant generated by the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with superoxide in the vascular endothelium, induces LDL oxidation (Leeuwenburgh et al. |
Andreas Moritz
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 A blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the amount of nitrogen in the blood that comes from urea. This test is done to see how well the kidneys are working. If the kidneys are not able to remove all urea from the blood normally, the BUN level rises. A diet high in protein makes the BUN level higher, which can easily overtax the kidneys. Vegetarians whose source of protein is purely vegetarian, such as grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, etc. rarely have high BUN levels. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Blood urea nitrogen (BUN): This reflects the breakdown of protein (nitrogen containing compounds) and is eliminated by the kidneys. An elevated BUN level may be caused by kidney disease or by poor blood flow to the kidneys, as in congestive heart failure, dehydration, or hemorrhage into the gastrointestinal tract. A decreased level may be seen in liver failure, malnutrition, or anabolic steroid use.
Creatinine: This protein waste product is generated by muscle metabolism and eliminated by the kidneys. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 NITROGEN, COMPRESSED ? nitrogen, REFRIGERATED LIQUID ? nitrogen GAS
NITROGEN OXIDE_
Products and Uses: Utilized as an aerating agent, gas, anesthetic in dentistry and surgery; propellant for food and cosmetic products. Also used in simulated dairy products (whipped creams) and in wine.
Precautions: Moderately toxic by breathing. Effects on the human body by breathing are general anesthetic, decreased pulse rate without blood pressure fall, and body temperature decrease. An asphyxiant. Moderate explosion hazard.
Synonyms: CAS: 10024-97-2 ? DINITROGEN MONOXIDE ? FACTITIOUS
AIR ? |
Devra Davis
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 Chemists have learned how to put a positive charge on the nitrogen in ammonia, using extremely reactive compounds that allow polymers to be bound up by the negative charge of the keratin protein that makes up the hair shaft. The physical result of putting this charged nitrogen on the hair is that things look soft and shiny. But this compound is not simple to create. |
Michael Pollan
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 Indeed, he likened the role of protein in animals to that of nitrogen in plants: Protein (which contains nitrogen) comprised the essential human fertilizer. Liebig's elevation of protein dominated nutritionist thinking for decades as public health authorities worked to expand access to and production of the master nutrient (especially in the form of animal protein), with the goal of growing bigger, and therefore (it was assumed) healthier, people. (A high priority for Western governments fighting imperial wars. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Do you do nitrogen packaging of some foods, or how do you really handle the shelf life issue?
Wolfe: That's a great question. Sometimes, we do vacuum packing and sometimes we do nitrogen flushing of containers. We work with facilities like the Synergy Company where it has 70 percent of its money spent on quality assurance to make sure there's no microbes in any of its substances. That's the kind of quality that we're really into. That's what people want ultimately, even if they don't know consciously right now that's what they want. |
Michael Pollan
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| In the wake of Liebig's identification of the big three macronutrients that plants need to grow—nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK)—and Fritz Haber's invention of a method for synthesizing nitrogen fertilizer from fossil fuels, agricultural soils began receiving large doses of the big three but little else. |
Jeremy P. Tarcher
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 Using nitrogen fertilizers, farmers have been able to boost corn yields dramatically, making cheaper grain available for export and for animal feed. But there's a major drawback. Roughly half of all nitrogen applied by farmers never makes it into the harvested crops.6 Corn, one of the worst offenders, uses nitrogen for just a few months of the year, leaving many months for nitrogen to make mischief by leaching into groundwater and then into waterways.
"The water crisis was touching everybody here—the schools were even serving kids bottled water," Jean-Yves says. |
Erich Grotewold
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| Reactive nitrogen species and inducible nitric oxide synthase
Reactive nitrogen species (RNS) also appear to contribute to the pathology of cardiovascular diseases. NO is one RNS produced by the action of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells, neurons, and other cell types. At the sites of inflammation, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is also augmented, and NO synthesis is further activated. Peroxynitrite, a potent oxidant generated by the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) with superoxide in the vascular endothelium, induces LDL oxidation (Leeuwenburgh et al. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Chlorine, acetone peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, and nitrogen dioxide are the most common oxidizing agents used during white flour processing.
Did You Know?
The average American colon processes approximately 200 pounds of white flour each year.
People who regularly eat white bread, white rice, and processed potatoes are at increased risk for developing diabetes, but these foods can be easily replaced with whole grain alternatives. Carefully check labels when you are at the grocery store. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Haber, after all, had made his reputation in the years prior to his institute appointment by developing the Haber-Bosch process for the industrial synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen.51 This key discovery later freed Germany from dependence on the importation of ammonia feedstock, which was the lifeblood of both domestic fertilizer and munitions manufacture.
Fritz Haber came to chlorine as an applied chemist, not as a technician narrowly focused on the problem of bleaching. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 The root and root tuber have symbiotic bacteria, which bonds nitrogen from the air.
Habitat: The plant is native to the Indian subcontinent. It originated from India, Australia, South Africa and the U.S.
Production: Guar Gum is the powder extracted by milling from the endosperm of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba. A dry or wet milling process separates the endosperm from the seed shell.
Other Names: Aconite Bean, Calcutta Lucerne, Guar, Clusterbean actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS
Water-soluble polysaccharides: galactomannans (85%) Proteins (2 to 5%) Saponins (0. |
| Sokolova VE, Liubartseva LA, Vasilchenkoo EA, Effect of artichoke (Synara scolymus) on some aspects of nitrogen metabolism in animals. Farmakol Toksikol, 53:340-3, 1970 May-Jun
Wasielewski S, Artischockenblatterextrakt: Prevention der Arteriosklerose?. In: DAZ 137(24):2065-2067. 1997.
Arum
Arum maculatum description
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the root of the plant.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers are pale yellowish-green. They are surrounded by a bulbous spath and therefore are not visible. A violet or brown-red spadix emerges from the bract with 2 circles of bristles underneath. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Most diets provide more protein than the body needs, causing excess nitrogen to be excreted as urea in urine. The excess nitrogen has been linked in some studies with reduced kidney function in old age. Most, but not all studies have found that when people have impaired kidney function, restricting dietary intake of protein slows the rate of decline of kidney function.3
Excessive protein intake also can increase excretion of calcium (page 483), and some evidence has linked high-protein diets with osteoporosis (page 333),4 particularly regarding animal protein. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Effects on nitrogen balance, efficacy in infantile diarrhea, as well as an antiexudative, anticoagulant, and antiviral effects have been demonstrated. clinical trials
Hypercholesterolemia/Diabetes/Obesity
Using an ultrasound method, researchers investigated if the gastric emptying in healthy subjects could be influenced by adding locust bean gum or water directly into a nutrient semisolid test meal. The viscosity of a basic test meal (300 g rice pudding, 330 kcal) was increased by adding Nestargel (6 g, 2.4 kcal), containing viscous dietary fibers (96. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 The vehicles we drive burn fossil fuels, which give off carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide. Our driving habits contribute to global warming, which is cooking the planet; acid rain, which is killing our forests and polluting the water supply; and dramatic increases in cases of asthma and allergies among all segments of the population. Our children and our elders are especially susceptible to the effects of driving cars and trucks that run on petroleum products.
As stated earlier in the food addiction section, the very food we eat has been poisoned for years in the name of profit. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 It works hand in hand with other essential amino acids to maintain growth, lean body mass, and the body's store of nitrogen, an essential part of all amino and nucleic acids, both of which are necessary to all life. But when it comes to herpes, lysine has a strange relationship with another (very important) amino acid, arginine.
Herpes is less likely to reproduce when the ratio of lysine to arginine favors lysine—when there's too much arginine and not enough lysine, the virus likes to replicate. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| Up until his discovery, every other organic molecule that had been either synthesized or found in nature (and pulled apart to discover what it was made of) showed carbon linked to hydrogen, oxygen, or nitrogen, solely or in combination. Other elements, including sulfur, might also be present, but at least one of the big three, it seemed, was invariably present as a part of carbon-based substances.
Chemists were always on the lookout for novel compounds, and Herr Lampadius's weird sulfur hybrid did not go unnoticed. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| This interesting substance is usually considered a member of the B vitamin family, but it's not technically a vitamin (it contains no nitrogen) and it's synthesized by the human body. No matter. This terrific little compound has multiple uses, one of which is that it's absolutely terrific for inducing sleep. What's more, it has none of the side effects of sleep medications. You're not likely to wake up in your kitchen in the middle of an ice cream raid. And you're also not likely to feel drowsy and bleary in the morning.
Inositol is "nature's sleeping pill. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| The high baromet-ric pressure problem, due to nitrogen gas that dissolves in the blood under these conditions and later is released as toxic bubbles, was critical for underwater divers and for bridge and tunnel construction workers. Among underwater divers, the condition is known as the bends. Caisson disease, the name for the same condition when it occurs in bridge and tunnel construction wotkers, has actually claimed far more lives. Haldane's decompression tables to prevent the bends, developed in 1907, provided the first scientifically based guide for worker protection from this hazard. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| This effect was attributed to an increase in thermogenesis and in fat oxidation since urinary nitrogen losses did not differ between the 3 groups. Compared to placebo, carbohydrate oxidation significantly decreased (p<0.001) and fat oxidation significantly increased (41.5% vs 31.6% for placebo; p<0.001) with the consumption of Green Tea extract. Investigators concluded that these metabolic effects resulted from Green Tea components other than caffeine (Dulloo et al, 1999). |
| J Nat Prod Nov-Dec;50(6):1059 1987
Zorikov PS, Lyapustina TA, (1974) Change in a concentration of protein and nitrogen in the reproductive organs of hens under the effect of Eleutherococcus extract. Deposited DOC VINL732-774, 58-63: ref Chem Abstracts 86 (1977).
Silphium laciniatum
See Rosinweed
Silphium perfoliatum
See Cup Plant
Silybum mariamim
See Milk Thistle
Simaruba
Simaruba amara description
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the dried root bark.
Flower and Fruit: The flowers grow in small racemes with dense matte-white petals. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 According to some historians, however, this sacred character was mostly associated with the use of soybeans as a soil fertilizer because of their nitrogen-fixing properties: soybeans, like other legumes, including beans, string beans, peas, and lentils, are able to absorb the nitrogen present in the air and transfer it to the soil. Legumes are industrious and efficient plants, delivering benefits to both health and ecology: they enrich the soil in which they grow, producing highly nutritious substances over a relatively short period of time. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Selenoprotein P is capable of neutralizing nitrogen free radicals in the lining of blood vessels. Other minerals that are necessary components of antioxidant enzymes include copper, zinc, and iron.
SELENIUM AND THYROID HORMONES
Thyroid hormones exist as a storage form, thyroxine, with four iodide ions (T4), and as the active form with three iodide ions (T3). An enzyme that requires selenium removes the extra iodine ion to transform T4 into T3. Without selenium, the active form of thyroid hormone cannot be made. Thus, selenium and iodine are both necessary for proper thyroid function. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Air pollution, toxic waste, and pesticides introduce such free radicals as nitrogen dioxide into the body. Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can produce free radicals in the skin, for example. Many people introduce free radicals into their bodies through their behaviors. Each puff of cigarette smoke contains millions of free radicals, and each swallow of alcohol leads to the production of free radicals.
Third, free radicals can be formed from other free radicals in uncontrolled chain reactions. A free radical molecule is missing a vital part of itself: one of its electrons. |
Ray D. Strand
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 The thick mucous lining contains many antioxidants that then neutralize the inhaled pollutants like ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and fuel emissions. They provide a layer of protection that is so effective that most of the time these pollutants don't even come in contact with the underlying epithelial cells.
With ELFs as the first line of defense, the mucous, cilia, and immune response form a team that is extraordinarily effective in preventing infections in the respiratory tract. |
| The air that we breathe today is filled with ozone, nitrogen oxides, fuel emissions, and secondary cigarette smoke. In short: breathe in, cough out.
I will never forget my long journey to San Diego to start my internship at Mercy Hospital. I stopped along the way to see friends in Azusa. The smog was unbelievable, especially for a small-town boy from South Dakota. The next morning my friend took me outside in his yard to look at the magnificent San Bernardino Mountains. There was only one problem: we could not see them. |
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