Amino Acids Protein Substitute

Protein is made up of the elements of Hydrogen, Oxygen & Carbon; but it also contains, Nitrogen, and this element is what allows protein to repair and build cells. [Braverman] Amino acids are the molecules that make up protein; these contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen together with molecules that contain, nitrogen.

The Liver produces about 60% of the amino acids needed by the body, which leaves 40% to be supplied by diet, the Essential Amino Acids. Some of the non-essential aminos made by the body can in some cases be conditionally essential (for example, Histidine, Tyrosine and Taurine are conditionally essential during early growth), cases of disease or stress.

How Much?
The starkest example of the body's need of protein can be seen in starvation cases (distended bellies, atrophied muscles, mental retardation), which cases prove the vital importance of protein and amino acids.

There is no standard measure of the daily requirement for protein. To determine the need for essential amino acids requires determing how much protein we need. Minimun requirements would be the sum of all essential aminos, plus sufficient Nitrogen for protein metabolism and synthesis. The body excretes nitrogen in the metabolism of protein and bodily discharges as well as in the hair and nails; protein metabolism (break down & assimilation)requires a balance between nitrogen excreted and nitrogen assimilated (the balance in MAP/SON is 1:99).

WHO recommends 3 - 4 g. per kilo of body weight per day (30 - 40 g for an adult man of 150 lbs.). But this measure is not self-explanatory: it assumes the protein is of the highest quality, containing all or most of the essential amino acids. Deficiencies of Vitamins and Minerals, especially vitamin C and B6 important to the absorption & delivery of amino acids can also contribute to deficiencies of essential amino acids.

Amino Acids should be consumed everyday. In fact, one writer states that Protein should be included in every meal, including snacks [Perricone]. This makes sense: protein provides power for regeneration & repair. Deficiencies in essential amino acids lead eventually to disease or death. Animal protein is considered "high quality" because it contains all the essential amino acids, plus some non-essential ones [Braverman]. But, eating a Variety of different vegetable & fruits can also provide all the essential aminos; one obviously has to select for amino acids content.

The whole hen's egg comes closest to the combination of amino acids needed for a healthy body (and the protein is 48% utilizable, the highest percentage in nature). Eggs are so "perfect", they are used as the standard by which to measure the Net Nitrogen Utilization (or Net Protein Utilization) of other protein sources. And, contrary to marketting myths, eggs do not contribute problems with serum cholesterol [Braverman, Perricone, Ravsnkov].

Amino Acid Metabolism
The Liver does this job. It stores diet-derived amino acids & those re-cycled from other proteins. About 3/4 of amino acids in adults are used for making body protein & non-essential aminos, while excess aminos are broken down into sugar (glycogenic aminos) or fat (ketogenic aminos) for energy.

Vitamin B6 is the most important vitamin for metabolizing amino acids (co-factor); then come B2 and B3. Amino acids run the brain; the CNS (central nervous system) is almost totally regulated by amino acids & their peptides (amino combos). But the body is also run by amino acids: muscle is very high in protein & aminos.

Where would you be without sufficient essential amino acids? In a hospital bed, or a death bed.

Amino Acids are the constituent elements of Protein - they make up all protein. Obviously, we eat Protein because our body needs it for the amino acids content. This content is then used by the body to make its own endogenous (internal) protein material to be used for the building and repair of all cells and body tissue.

Research indicates that our selection of the right kind of protein is innate: our built-in "Survival engine" has a "Protein Detector". Like all other animals, we humans know instinctively what food to avoid for lack of protein and which food to eat for sufficient protein. This ability has evolved over eons of time.

Protein is the raw material of cellular activity: it is made up of strings of Amino Acids. There are 20+ of these acids: but 8 of these are Essential because they must be obtained from food (essential amino acids). They are so essential that a drop in a steady supply in the diet will force our body to feed on its own tissue for nourishment! These essential amino acids cannot be stored and the body cannot make them: you HAVE to eat to get them.

Your body tells you which food to eat for protein and which to reject when you need protein. The feeding habits of lower animals demonstrate this best; they will eat/drink the foulest tasting stuff to get at what they need in order to avoid nutritional disaster.

But for humans, this Protein Detection can sometimes be overridden by too much non-protein food, or by addictions. Not all cravings are addictions; you may simply be craving protein that is lacking. For example: chocolate is loaded with amino acids; maybe that is why you might crave it, especially if your diet is overloaded with carbs & fats.

Addictions will disrupt your Protein Detector, which is why addicted persons suffer from poor nutrition or develop deleterious conditions. This is also why when you stop smoking, you gain weight: your Dectector is adjusting itself and indicates that protein is lacking (but then again, you might be stuffing yourself with carbs & fats instead).

If your diet is deficient in the Essential Amino Acids, now you can safely provide these with MAP/SON Formula (SON Formula).

Here are the eight ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS and what they do for you in the ratio found in SON Formula:

Refs.
The Amino Revolution, Robert Erdmann, (ISBN 0-671-67359-9)
Heal with Amino Acids and Nutrients, Sahley & Birkner (ISBN 1-889391-20-4)
The Healing Nutrients Within, Braverman, et al. (ISBN 1-59120-037-7)

L-Phenylalanine 1.289g
Food sources: beef, chicken, fish, eggs, cottage cheese, milk and other protein. Acts as the parent molecule for hormones known as, neurotransmitters (which relay brain messages from nerve cell to nerve cell throughout the body). Phenylalanine in partnership with Tyrosine are particularly useful as part of weight control.

L-Tryptophan 0.368g
Parent molecule for absorption of zinc (which maintains skin & muscle tone, lung elasticity & enzyme production), but most of all creates neurotransmitter, serotonin (which calms, relaxes & induces sleep)

L-Methionine 0.699g
Found in most diary products and meat (low in vegetables & legumes, which is why vegetarians benefits from Methionine supplementation), should be taken with magnesium. An excellent chelator for heavy metals

L-Lysine 1.429g
Found mostly in meat & dairy products. Required for the formation of collagen, cartilage & connective tissue and is a carrier molecule for calcium. Lysine suppresses herpes. One of 3 branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) with Leucine & Valine, it metabolizes in the muscles rather than in the liver. The three are found in nuts & seeds.

L-Isoleucine 1.483g, L-Leucine 1.964g, L-Valine 1.657g
Should be taken as a group of BCAA and are important for muscle & skeletal health; they produce muscle energy under stress. Leucine helps stop muscle-wasting (especially in the elderly). When there is a deficiency of this group, the body is "worn out" and there is a loss of muscle mass & bone density.

L-Threonine 1.111g
A precursor to brain Glycine (non-essential amino), it is needed for proper digestion & intestinal tract function. A deficiency causes immune system suppression. Food sources include meat, wheat germ, cottage & ricotta cheese.

(L-Histidine - not included in MAP/SON Formula - is a hybrid considered essential & non-essential. Dietary requirement for Histidine is high in infancy & childhood, but less in adulthood. The body can make it in the liver from Glutamic Acid and Carnosine. Histidine is abundant in hemoglobin and is needed for growth & repair of tissue. Food sources are meat, wheat germ, ricotta & cottage cheese. Excess Histidine is linked with psychiatric disorders, while low levels are linked to auto-immune disorders.)

Co-Factors
These are nutrients needed to aid amino acid absorption & metabolism. The principal ones are: vitamin B6 and Magnesium.

This Product is not protein or a protein supplement. MAP/SON Formula is a supplement of Amino Acids that is used to substitute protein.

We eat food protein because our body needs the amino acid content of that protein. The eight essential amino acids that make up MAP/SON Formula are aminos we can only get from food or in supplemental form (unlike other, non-essential aminos that the body can synthesize internally).

Our intake of protein seems to be regulated internally - our body tells us when we need protein (specifically, it signals a lack of essential amino acids). If we treat our urge to eat protein by eating carbs & fats instead (as in processed & junk foods), you'll still be amino deficient (and you'll be fatter & unhealthier).

The amino acids that are extracted by metabolism of food protein are used by the body to repair, regenerate, re-build or build body tissue needed to construct our body cells. This is why we eat. Nutrition therefore becomes paramount. We suffer greatly if our body doesn't build enough muscle for the body to walk, talk, run, read or for any external or internal function necessary to life.

Muscle is obviously extremely important. Even more so as we age! We become weak not because of old age but because old age hampers us from using protein to keep our muscles strong & healthy. Digestion and metabolism of food protein becomes more difficult as we age because liver & kidney function decline with age. These organs have a tough time handling the metabolic waste that comes from protein metabolism.

What to do? MAP/SON Formula is the obvious protein substitute. It is a formulation of metabolized amino acids in prefect ratio (as exists in nature) that produces virtually no metabolic waste (1% only): its contents are available to the body with 23 minutes.

Anyone interested in keeping up sufficient strength for daily life should use this product & combine it with some form of exercise (walking is easiest & better than most) after 23 minutes of ingestion. Lift small weights, use your muscles for any kind of task, no matter how small, that puts some strain on them (this makes them harder & stronger). Repeat the exercise and your strength will return and grow.

Advancing age does not mean shuffling & grunting & straining to do the simplest things. To spare your body the fatigue of metabolizing food protein & wasting muscle, use MAP/SON Formula to re-generate muscle & refresh your life

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