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Amino Acids for Super Humans. Part II - Arginine, Citrulline and Ornithine: Nitric Oxide and Beyond

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This relevant for all of you - regardless of whether you can or cannot spare the time: Tune in live and listen to me @ Carl Lenore's Super Human Radio to learn that amino acids are far more than just the building blocks of the proteins of your body... Listen live to SHR @ 12:00PM ET Amino Acids for Super Humans. Part II (update: click here to download podcast ) Arginine, Citrulline and Ornithine: Nitric Oxide and Beyond In the second installment of the show we are going to look at the purported and busted NO Booster l-Arginine, its metabolites citrulline and ornithine, malic acid or alpha ketoglutarate binding of this amino acids and their largely overlooked effects on glucose homeostasis, protein synthesis and detoxification . As usual, I will do my best to provide relevant examples and relate the theory to practical advice. The magic of individual amino acids will be tackled in the shows to come. Update: The show is now available for down...
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AKG as in Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate for GI Health

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For many of us, our gut is like our feet. We ignore it as long as it appears to be working properly. I think, I do not have to tell you that this is a mistake. Just like you cannot run without healthy feed, you cannot digest and use all the good food and supplements you consume without a healthy gut. This is why you should be interested in the findings of a recent review by scientists from the Hubei key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Wuhan 430023, China ( Hou. 2011 ). The scientists evaluation of related studies lead them to conclude that the conversion of Alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG), which is an intermediate of the Krebs cycle and bridges amino acid metabolism with glucose oxidation, into glutamate in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals is of particular interest in view of overall gastric functioning, "including regulation of cell function, neurotransmission, and gastric emptying". Translating the basic research into practice, results o...
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