Re: aminos question....Dana? ? or ?????

[Guest guest]

quick thought..what about phytic acid/related phytic(s)? Sounds like

you might have a rather largish amount in your diet...it could be

interfering with absorbtion.

wishing you the best answers

elizabeth

>

> I guess I am a bit dense...but I have a question that I can't seem

to

> understand. If most aminos come from meats and dairy and some

legumes,

> since my kids eat chicken, pork navy and green beans and

peas .....why

> are they still needing so many aminos.

>

> I keep wondering if there is a precursor or something or why we

aren't

> getting them from our diet...the taurine I understand as it mostly

> comes from eggs...but the rest kinda leave me wondering.

>

> Also we eat a lot of oatmeal...most breakfasts includes a big

> bowl...for the kids that is usually around 2 cups cooked...big

> eatters. Oatmeal is full of magnesium...so why am I having to keep

> upping their mag levels. I keep giving them magnesium malate,

because

> I understand it is very absorbable and it also helps with

muscles...but

> we are taking lots and lots of it....that and magnesium glycinate.

>

> Thanks

> Ronni

>

[Guest guest]

Nope not here...all grains and legumes are soaked at least 24 hrs

here, including split peas...am not sure what the issue is..but I

don't think that is it....been working on lectins and phytic acid for

over a year now. Don't see a lot of changes...but I imagine it

would show if we quit....and since it is just my time and effort...at

this point...why bother...

Thanks for posting for me.

Ronni

> >

> > I guess I am a bit dense...but I have a question that I can't

seem

> to

> > understand. If most aminos come from meats and dairy and some

> legumes,

> > since my kids eat chicken, pork navy and green beans and

> peas .....why

> > are they still needing so many aminos.

> >

> > I keep wondering if there is a precursor or something or why we

> aren't

> > getting them from our diet...the taurine I understand as it

mostly

> > comes from eggs...but the rest kinda leave me wondering.

> >

> > Also we eat a lot of oatmeal...most breakfasts includes a big

> > bowl...for the kids that is usually around 2 cups cooked...big

> > eatters. Oatmeal is full of magnesium...so why am I having to

keep

> > upping their mag levels. I keep giving them magnesium malate,

> because

> > I understand it is very absorbable and it also helps with

> muscles...but

> > we are taking lots and lots of it....that and magnesium

glycinate.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Ronni

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

> I guess I am a bit dense...but I have a question that I can't seem to

> understand. If most aminos come from meats and dairy and some legumes,

> since my kids eat chicken, pork navy and green beans and peas .....why

> are they still needing so many aminos.

Well, as one example, my son needed over a year of carnitine, as high

as 2000mg 3x per day. He needed 3000mg 3x per day lysine for quite a

few months. There is no way he could have obtained that high of a

dose, even if he ate an entire cow per day for a year!

> I keep wondering if there is a precursor or something or why we aren't

> getting them from our diet...the taurine I understand as it mostly

> comes from eggs...but the rest kinda leave me wondering.

Some of the aminos are " non-essential " , meaning they can be converted

from other aminos. And some are required to be eaten, they can't be

converted.

> Also we eat a lot of oatmeal...most breakfasts includes a big

> bowl...for the kids that is usually around 2 cups cooked...big

> eatters. Oatmeal is full of magnesium...so why am I having to keep

> upping their mag levels. I keep giving them magnesium malate, because

> I understand it is very absorbable and it also helps with muscles...but

> we are taking lots and lots of it....that and magnesium glycinate.

Do you take any other supps that require magnesium for proper

absorption? I remember you giving a lot of biotin, that requires

magnesium. And so do EFAs. And a few other things.

Dana