Research related to amino acids

[ViewsAskew]

I have not read this in detail and skimming isn't an option unless you're in the medical field. (At least not for me!). The gist, I think, is that this doctor claims that nutritional deficiencies are key in WED (and many other diseases). And that many treatments make these deficiencies worse. He advocates specific amino acids to help. Some of them are ones people here have used successfully. He uses specific definitions of the words nutrient and drug and makes the point that many substances can cause harm and we don't realize they are causing abnormal system performance (with optimal or normal performance meaning that the body is working as it should).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355850/

And his Website - he's giving away all the info, which I find refreshing! (it's a bit hard to follow on his site - he's primarily providing a data dump for those who can decipher it)

http://new.neurosciencemyths.com/

[Yankiwi]

This could be interesting (if I could understand it) but rls is only mentioned once, to say patients with it hadn't been tested.

Excluded from the data were patients suffering severe postsynaptic dopamine injury, such as Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome.

[ViewsAskew]

This could be interesting (if I could understand it) but rls is only mentioned once, to say patients with it hadn't been tested.

Excluded from the data were patients suffering severe postsynaptic dopamine injury, such as Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome.

Thanks for finding that!

Hmmm - I wonder why? Because it didn't work????

[bird]

Another web site: http://www.steinorthopedic.com/ mentions some of the information in the research paper cited in the previous post. It seems like it takes 2-5 days of testing with urinalysis to find a "balanced" level of amino acids listed. Then you have to take specific amounts at precise times to be effective or you have to start over.

I'm not clear then what the ongoing procedure would be once you have found your individual balance. Has anyone taken this amino acid treatment or know of anyone who has? The testimonials given at the web site above are not too convincing for me. It appears that $20 per dose is charged among other costs and none is covered by Medicare.

[ViewsAskew]

I tried to follow the protocol for myself, based on what was given in the original results but I couldn't get any tests, of course, so had no idea of my levels. I didn't see any change. It was hard to get some of the supplements in the stated form, too, so in at least one case, had to make a substitute (which could have invalidated the whole thing).