A thanks to Sharon in regard to an amino acid source

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Dear Sharon:

In going over your post to me, the third web address you gave me was

very helpful to me

(http://www.nutramed.com/alphaaax/lowprotein_diet.htm). Once I

looked at the ingredient list on

http://www.nutramed.com/alphaaax/aaxingredients.htm I realized that

this is essentially a broad based amino acid preparation, and one

that even has tryptophan in it.... and nutramed has other free form

amino acid blends as well.

I am really glad to see any source on the internet that is selling

broad based free form amino acid preparations, with suggestions as

to how to use them, as nutramed.com is doing.

When I first started taking broad based amino acids in February of

1999, there were few such sources of broad based amino acid

preparations on the net. I actually had to come up with my own

blend that worked for me to get the results that I desired. This

blend I am using from 1999 to now is actually " a blend of two

blends " from www.jomar.labs... and one that I simply found through

experimentation on myself. And even these two blends are not

enough... as I have to buy tryptophan from another source to add to

it, as well as have to add carnitine, phophatidyl choline, and

vitamins and minerals as well.

The only negative I see with nutramed is that their amino acids are

all sold in powder form, and capsules are not an option. From

experience I know that powdered free form aminos can taste pretty

bad, if not awful. I greatly prefer capsules of aminos vs. powder

due to taste and convenience.

I will be contacting www.nutramed.com in the near future to try

their Alpha AAX (when I can afford it), along with carnitine and

choline. I generally add these two nutrients to any major dose of

broad based free form amino acids that I take. Doing so helps to

increase acetylcholine... and acetylcholine is the single

neurotransmitter that broad based amino acids miss in making as a

result of their supplementation (with vitamin and mineral cofactors

of course).

All the best,

Sharon

>

> Allyn...or

> Amino acids are critical, basic, to health. Taurine, methionine,

etc.,

> etc,. http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/bio/amino-

acids_en.html are

> all part of foods - basiclly amino acids make up protein. You

want to

> discern between amino acids and free amino acids. I just had my

Autistic

> son tested (blood work) for his amino acid levels - it isn't

something, imo,

> one should pursue supplementing without first having a solid

baseline from

> which to begin. There's some promising work being done out of

Cambridge,

> Mass, with taurine supplementation for bi-polar, etc., but like

everything

> else, it's a balancing act - too much of a good thing can be just

as bad as

> not enough. Here's a good study on amino acids:

> http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/education/AminoAcid/overview.html

>

> - do you run occasional blood panels to check your levels?

>

> There's a lot of biochemistry that goes on with amino

acids....here's

> another link with information which addresses this:

> http://www.nutramed.com/alphaaax/lowprotein_diet.htm

>

> Note....one of the benefits of eating sprouted

grains/seeds/legumes is that

> the amino acids are " freed up " through the sprouting process, so

if you want

> to go a " natural " source without supplementing, this is a great

area to

> begin, if you aren't doing so already.

>

> Sharon

>