Guest guest Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Hi, all. Long time readers may recall that Mr. Raba raised the above subject some time ago on the list. I was unable to think of an explanation at that time. Today he raised the subject on the Marshall Protocol list, and I suddenly got an idea that might explain this. After doing some digging on PubMed and in my books, I think this explanation might be viable. I'm posting my response to him here, since he raised this subject here some time ago. Here is is: " Hi, Mr. Raba. I recall your raising this issue some time ago on the Experimental list. Today I have come up with a suggested explanation for this phenomenon. This is off the topic of the Marshall Protocol, so perhaps the moderators will want to move this elsewhere, but since you asked it here, I will offer my explanation here. It is known that sperm cells contain proteins and protamines that are very high in their cysteine content. I suggest that ejaculation causes a significant loss of cysteine from the body of the male. It is also known that cysteine is usually the rate-limiting amino acid for the biosynthesis of glutathione. It is also known that many PWCs are significantly depleted in glutathione. Wulf Droege in Heidelberg has suggested that PWCs are low in cysteine, and that this causes their low glutathione status. I have hypothesized in the past that many PWCs are operating right on the ragged edge of having enough glutathione to maintain their functions, and that anything that depletes glutathione by a significant amount will push them into a crash. I suggest that what is going on after you ejaculate is that your testes present an increased demand for cysteine for a couple of days in order to regenerate new sperm cells to restock your inventory. This demand for cysteine in the presence of your deficiency of cysteine lowers the availability of glutathione to other organs, and this produces the crash. Of course, this is an untested hypothesis, and I can't guarantee that it is the correct explanation. If you want to test this hypothesis, try loading up with some N-acetylcysteine before your next episode, and take it for a couple of days afterward as well, and then let us know how it goes. I don't know what your mercury status is. If it might be high, it's best to limit your NAC intake to 300 mg per day to avoid moving mercury into your brain. Otherwise, you could probably double or triple that dose. Good luck! Rich Van Konynenburg " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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