Re: type of amino acid tests (ie blood or urine)

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TK--- do blood plasma

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> AI sems to infer plasma testing for amino acids (A.A)

> (page 92 I believe)

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> Question 1

> Great Smokies (Genova) does a urine amino acid tests

> which requires a 4 day avoidance of all supplements/drugs

> Is this better than the A.A. blood tests

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> Question 2

> However my dr's office uses Doctors data (I believe) for the

> amino acid blood tests WHICH apparently only requires a 12 hour

> fast. To me it seems weird that the blood tests would not require

any

> similiar 4 day avoidance of supplements/drugs.

TK--- you can avoid them longer if you wish to get a baseline without

supplementation - blood and urine testing is different because of how

the body process them.

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> Any thoughts or recommendations

> Thank you

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