An idea that has been floating around is that the sanguinarian condition
is due to an imbalance in amino acids in the body. All well and good, and
actually does have possibilities, but most in the community are not very familiar
with the concept of amino acids and what they do. Amino acids serve in many
functions in the body: building blocks of protiens, transport signals in the
nervous system, bases for making the bodies energy, and even in making hormones.
I am not going to go into the chemistry of amino acids (since that in itself
is a three credit course!) but just say that all amino acids can be basic
negative charge) or acidic (positive charge) and that can effect what they
do in the body.
There are 28 amino acids used in various functions, of these, in a normal
body, only eight are "essential". Amino acids are divided into two general
groups: essential and non-essential. Essential amino acids have to be eaten
through the diet because the body has no way to make them. Non-essential amino
acids can be made by the body in one way or another. There are several diseases,
however, where the body is unable to manufacture one or more amino acids or
has not injested sufficient amounts of a required amino acids. Depending on
the amino acid, the symptoms vary... if it was an amino acid that was aprt
of nerve signaling, the person may experience tetnus (locking) or the muscle,
or inability to move a muscle, if neurological (of the brain) the person's
thoughts may become difficult, or fall into a coma. etc. etc. Because there
are so many different symptoms of and amino acid imbalance, it is possible
that this could be the cause of the "symptoms" a sanguinarian experiences
and why injesting blood works! Since the need for amino acids, especially
the essential amino acids decreases with age, it may also explain the decrease
in Thirst with age that a Sanguin experiences.
All the information below was found in The Healing Nutrients Within
(Eric R. Braverman, M.D.). Included is the name of the amino acid,
where it typically functions, required amounts, blood concentrations in the
typical person, and symptoms of imbalance. Again, as with all other medically
related things on these pages, if you think this is a possibility, your doctor
alone can run the tests for the imbalances. All blood levels are for adults
only and in umoles/100ml.
~Sarasvati
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
Have to be ingested through the diet because the body has no way to
make them.
- Cystine (sis-TEEN)
Mostly protien formation, possibly works to break down body toxins as well.
- Disease: Mostly rare genetic diseases.
- Blood levels: Male: 3-9, Female: 3-9
- Requirement: Unknown
- Foods with highest concentrations: Duck
- Isoleucine (eye-sew-LOU-seen)
Similar to both Valine and Leucine
- Disease: Muscle tremors
- Blood levels: Male: 6-16, Female: 5-14
- Requirement: 16 mg/kg
- Foods with highest concentrations: Wild game
- Leucine (LOU-seen)
Stimulates muscle protien synthesis and insulin release
- Disease: Pellagra psychosis
- Blood levels: Male: 11-23, Female: 8-19
- Requirement: 14 mg/kg
- Foods with highest concentrations: Wild game
- Lysine (LIE-seen)
Possible immune effects, important in muscle production
- Disease: Growth depression
- Blood levels: Male: 14-34, Female: 12-31
- Requirement: 12 mg/kg
- Foods with highest concentrations: Pork
- Methionine (meth-EYE-o-neen)
Essential for protien synthesis.
- Disease: Folate dissorders and depression.
- Blood levels: 1-4
- Requirement: 10 mg/kg of body weight per day (this in actually
methionine and cystine)
- Foods with highest concentrations: Sunflower seeds
- Phenylalanine (fehn-ill-AL-ah-neen)
Precursor for tyrosine, functions in pain suppression and brain function.
- Disease: Phenoketoneuria
- Blood levels: Male: 4-12, Female: 4-9
- Requirement: 16 mg/kg of body weight per day (this in actually
phenylalanine and tyrosine)
- Foods with highest concentrations: Meat and dairy products (high
protien foods)
- Taurine (TAW-reen)
Essential amino acid for infants. Serves in brain protection and normal functioning
of heart, gallbladder, eyes, and vascular system.
- Disease: Mostly related to malfunction of organs it serves.
- Blood levels: Male: ?, Female: ?
- Requirement: Unknown
- Foods with highest concentrations: Meat and fish
- Threonine (three-OH-neen)
Can be converted into glycine, serine, and glucose (sugar), may play role
in immunity
- Disease: Neurological problems
- Blood levels: Male: 9-22, Female: 8-25
- Requirement: 8 mg/kg of body weight per day
- Foods with highest concentrations: Meat and cheese
- Tryptophan (tript-OH-fan)
Brain function, seritonin activation (sleep hormone).
- Diseases: Hartnup's disease, Carcinoid Syndromeand Pellagra.
- Blood levels: Male: 4-8, Female: 4-8
- Requirement: 3 mg/kg of body weight per day (this in actually
phenylalanine and tyrosine)
- Foods with highest concentrations: Turkey, Ham, beef, salted
anchovies, eggs, almonds, Parmesian and Swiss cheese
- Valine (VAHL-een)
Metabolized to energy with glucose
- Disease: distinct neurological problems
- Blood levels: Male: 16-42, Female: 14-38
- Requirement: 12 mg/kg
- Foods with highest concentrations: Wild game
SEMI-ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
The body can synthesize some, but not enough for proper functioning.
- Histidine (HISS-teh-deen)
Important in anti-inflamitory (swelling) responses
- Disease: Drug-resistant seizures, low levels
can confirm of heptitis with other symptoms
- Blood levels: Male: 6-9, Female: 3-11
- Requirement: 20 mg/kg
- Foods with highest concentrations: Pork
NON-ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
Can be made by the body in one way or another.
- Alanine (al-AH-neen)
Important in DNA replication and synthesis (copying and creating)
- Disease: Drug-resistant seizures, low levels can confirm of heptitis
with other symptoms
- Blood levels: Male: 26-55, Female: 29-51
- Requirement: Made from breakdown of other amino acids and DNA
break-down
- Foods with highest concentrations: fowl meat (low in livers)
- Arginine (Are-JEH-neen)
Is essential for birds and cats, is important for growth, estrogen production,and
control of blood sugar through insulin, also important for urea production
from ammonia by the kidneys
- Disease: Neonatal Retardation
- Blood levels: Male: 7-16, Female: 5-14
- Requirement: Unknown
- Foods with highest concentrations: Meat, nuts, eggs, milk and
cheese
- Asparagine (asp-PARA-jean)
Serves to excite nerves (trigger), works in brain energy metabolism
- Disease: Immune problems
- Blood levels: Male: 6-11, Female: 7-10
- Requirement: None, easily synthesized from glutamine
- Foods with highest concentrations: Cheese and meats
- Carnitine (carn-EH-teen)
Important in providing energy to tissues, especially the heart
- Disease: Drug-resistant seizures, low levels can confirm of heptitis
with other symptoms
- Blood levels: Unknown
- Requirement: Made from breakdown of lysine
- Foods with highest concentrations: Animal hearts
- Glutamine (gloot-AH-mean)
Major part of brain signals, is part of "MSG"
- Disease: Infant seizures
- Blood levels: Male: 45-105, Female: 40-90
- Requirement: None, easily made from other amino acids
- Foods with highest concentrations: Ham and Wild Game
- Glycine (GLIE-seen)
Inhibitor of nerves, important to light perception of the eye, possibly important
to wound healing
- Disease: Young illness, retardation
- Blood levels: Male: 15-41, Female: 18-45
- Requirement: 3-5g/kg body weight, easily made from other amino
acids, is the simplest amino acid
- Foods with highest concentrations: Wheat germ, fowl meat
- Ornithine (orn-EH-theen)
Functions as precurser to Arginine, important for tissue
growth
- Disease: Rare, possibly insomnia due to
decreased melatonin production
- Blood levels: Male: 5-14, Female: 5-12
- Requirement: Unknown
- Foods with highest concentrations: Unknown
- Proline (PRO-lean)
Stored in collegen (stuff holding body together)
- Disease: Hypercalcemia (high blood calcium
levels), fatty stools, splenomegaly
- Blood levels: Male: 13-40, Female: 10-36
- Requirement: None, easily synthesized
- Foods with highest concentrations: High
amounts in processed meats (deli meats)
- Serine (SEHR-een)
Cell membrane function, precursor to porphyrians and
hemoglobin, can be used to produce energy
- Disease: Hypertension (high blood pressure),
convulsions
- Blood levels: Male: 10-21, Female: 10-20
- Requirement: Easily made from other amino
acids
- Foods with highest concentrations: Pork
and game
- Tyrosine (tie-ROW-seen)
Brain function, synthesis of signling compounds in the body, possibly some
thyroid function.
- Disease: Has been suggested an imbalance in tyrosine causes schizophrenia
due to tyrosine being a precursor to dopamine, a brain hormone. Possibly
also involved in Parkinson's disease for this reason.
- Blood levels: Male: 4-6, Female: 2-9
- Requirement: 16 mg/kg of body weight per day (this in actually
phenylalanine and tyrosine)
- Foods with highest concentrations: Meat products (high protien
foods)
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