ANTIAGING-AMINO-ACID-ISOLEUCINE

WHAT IS: ANTIAGING-AMINO-ACID-ISOLEUCINE

20% OF AMINO ACIDS ARE ESSENTIAL (e)


BENEFITS FOR ANTIAGING-AMINO-ACID-ISOLEUCINE:
*Stablizes and regulates blood sugar and energy levels
*Enhances energy, increases endurance, aids in healing and repair of muscle tissue
*Needed for nitrogen balance in adults
*Needed for optimal growth for the young

WHAT IS ISOLEUCINE:
One of the three branched-chain amino acids
Needed for hemoglobin formation
It is metabolized in the muscle tissue

FOOD SOURCES ARE:
Almonds, cashews, cereal grains, chicken, chickpeas, cottage cheese, eggs, fish, lentils, Liver, meat, milk, pork, rye, seeds, soy protein
Also available in a supplement called L-isoleucine and should be taken with the other two, Branched-chain amino acids, L-leucine and L-valine
A combination providing all three are available

ISOLEUCINE:
Is an essential amino acid
Must be taken in through the diet as the body does not produce it in sufficient quantities

TOXICITY:
MSUD or Maple Syrup Urine Disease is caused by a deficiency of the metabolic enzyme BCKDH, however it leads to a build up of leucine, isoleucine and valine, and toxic by-products in the blood and urine.

DEFICIENCY
Normally found deficient in people who suffer from physcial and mental disorders

DEFICIENCY SYMPTONS:
In infancy there is a precence of sweet smelling urine
Symptons of MSUD are poor eating, vomiting, dehydration, lethargy, hypotonia, seizures, Ketoacidosis and neurological decline starting in early infancy

MAY BE BENEFICIAL
To be monitored by a dietician for those with MSUD

Antiaging-Amino-Acids ALANINE (ne), ARGININE (ne), ASPARAGINE (ne), ASPARTIC ACID (ne), CARNINTINE (ne), CITRULLINE (ne), CYSTEINE (ne), CYSTINE (ne), GABA (ne), GLUTAMIC ACID (ne), GLUTAMINE (ne), font color = "FUSCHIA">GLUTATHIONE (ne), GLYCINE (ne), HISTIDINE (e), HOMOCYSTEINE (ne), ANTIAGING-AMINO-ACID-ISOLEUCINE(e), LEUCINE (e), LYSINE (e), METHIONINE (e), ORNITHINE (ne), PHENYLALANINE (e), PROLINE (ne), SERINE (ne), TAURINE (ne), THREONINE (e), TRYPTOPHAN (e), TYROSINE (ne), VALINE (e)