Elevated tryptophan in Plasma

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Thanks Mark and for your help.

Does anyone have any clues why tryptophan may be elevated in plasma?

Thanks in advance

, Australia

> Andy,

>

> One comment I saw from Crayhon is the use of carnitine to

remove

> ammonia.

>

> In health,

> Mark Schauss

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> [ ] Andy-Repost-Re: Plasma & Urinary Amino

> Acids-Andy

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> Yup.

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> The relative elevations of glutamate versus glutamine, and of

arginine

> versus ornithine in plasma suggest the possibility he may not be

> detoxifying ammonia properly. Supplementary manganese 5-10 mg a

day

> and a low protein diet might help with this, as might acidifying

the

> urine, e. g. by using acid form vitamin C rather than the buffered

> stuff.

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> If you want blood ammonia measured it pretty much has to be done at

a

> hospital lab (you can do it as an outpatient) where they put the

tube

> on ice immediately after drawing and do the analysis right away.

>

> If ammonia is high, anything that reduces it leads to great

improvement

> pretty quickly.

>

> Some supplementary taurine might help.

>

> I presume you are supplementing tryptophan. If not it is curious

why

> it is so high in plasma.

>

> The significant number of aminos being peed out at a much higher

level

> than they are present in plasma is consistent with heavy metal

toxicity

> and certain other kidney problems.

>

> Andy . . . . . . . .

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