Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Quoted from another site: " If you exert yourself beyond the ~20 minutes of ATP stored in the cell, the mitochondrial damage will prevent the oxygen exchange that would normally replenish the muscle cell with energy. The next step is cellular damage, and even cellular death - apoptosis. The body's reaction to apoptosis is to produce a great deal of uric acid, which halts the cell death. " If so, this would explain the crystals that make my urine look like soup! Thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Mike, I'm not sure where this quote came from. What we do know is that each one of us is different. Some can handle an hour or even more. Some a half hour - 20 minutes and even less. Our bodys are brilliant in that if we listen to them, we will be able to realize where that limit is. If we do more than we should, we build up lactic acid which is not a good thing. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid I'm not sure what you meant by your urine looking like soup. Do you mean it gets dark and this is happening after exertion? If you mean if by dark, you mean deeply orange, it may be that the you are dehydrated so the urine is concentrated -- the body's mechanism to conserve water. This is something to definitely run by your doctor but I do know that I seem to require more water than most. Alice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hi Mike, It would be interesting to know the context of this quote. Are they talking about exercise in healthy athletes or in a specific patient population? Based on what I've read elsewhere, I have questions about the accuracy of these statements, but hey, I'm no expert. Just wondered about the source. An academic site? A commercial site? Who is the author? B > Quoted from another site: > > " If you exert yourself beyond the ~20 minutes of ATP stored in the > cell, the mitochondrial damage will prevent the oxygen exchange that > would normally replenish the muscle cell with energy. The next step > is cellular damage, and even cellular death - apoptosis. The body's > reaction to apoptosis is to produce a great deal of uric acid, which > halts the cell death. " > > If so, this would explain the crystals that make my urine look like > soup! > > Thanks, > > Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Ain't true for everyone - depends on what wrong with the mitochondria. I (and certain others with mitochondrial disorders, according to studies done in TX) do well with aerobic exercise. Theory is that the extra ATP produced by aerobic metabolism allows me to exert myself, but the anaerobic metabolism that ends up supporting light activities like walking is not working right for me, so I get tired and lactic acid gets produced. YMMV is the rule with these types of disorders, only common thread is that many of us have muscle weakness, many of us have cognitive symptoms, and many of us respond very poorly to stress or other illness. Take care, RH > Quoted from another site: > > " If you exert yourself beyond the ~20 minutes of ATP stored in the > cell, the mitochondrial damage will prevent the oxygen exchange that > would normally replenish the muscle cell with energy. The next step > is cellular damage, and even cellular death - apoptosis. The body's > reaction to apoptosis is to produce a great deal of uric acid, which > halts the cell death. " > > If so, this would explain the crystals that make my urine look like > soup! > > Thanks, > > Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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