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Amines
Amino Acids
While not an amino acid itself, an amine groups are parts of amino acids and proteins, and can be made by modifications to aminos (such as histidine) by fermentation and other natural processes.
Technological Factors Affecting Biogenic Amine Content in Foods–A Review.2016
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Yellow Urine
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What Makes Urine Yellow?
“A lie repeated enough times becomes a truth”. Most of us have heard that what makes urine yellow when we take supplements is the B vitamins, specifically the B2 or riboflavin. Is this true?
Turns out NOT. What makes urine yellow is a molecule called “urobilinogen”, a bile-related chemical that helps carry away certain toxins. Bile make urine yellow in a similar that it makes poop brown. People who do not make sufficient bile (certain liver and gallbladder diseases) have yellow poop, not brown, due to lack of bile-related molecules.
In conclusion, when we take our supplements and make bright yellow urine, it means that we have increased our urobiliogen output, which means we are carrying our more toxins. A GOOD thing!.
Furthermore, the opposite argument may also be true. If the urine is not yellow enough (other than drinking lots of water), then it can suggest a problem eliminating certain toxins. When we take a supplement and the urine turns yellow, it tells us that we have absorbed the proper nutrients to enable the increased production of urobilinogen.
Finally, if you take supplements once a day and your urine doesn’t stay yellow, it suggests you need MORE vitamins in the 2nd half of the day (especially the water-soluble ones).
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Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
Labs and Tests
LDH is an enzyme synthesized mostly by the liver and found in numerous tissues. Its role is to remove a hydrogen from a molecule, often part of a detoxification process, which then makes the molecule more receptive to other processes.
Low levels are usually ignored, but may represent under-production in some cases.
Normal levels imply that the containing tissues (liver, kidney, muscle, ) are functioning properly.
Elevated LDH levels can be a sign of damage (higher elevations) or simply increased metabolic activity (usually lower elevations).
Lactate dehydrogenase – Wikipedia