 | Amino Acids, Building Blocks of Life, Building Blocks of Healing What are Amino Acids? They are the most important, powerful and significant nutrients we can consume. However, Medicine, and society at large, has not yet grasped their power and importance. Did you know that your body, minus water, is 75 percent amino acids? Or that all neurotransmitters, except one, are amino acids? That 95 percent of hormones are amino acids, and 100 percent of all protein is amino acids? And that amino acids govern and participate in every chemical reaction in the body?  Cutting, Burning, and Medicating - Standard Medical Treatment! Given the numbers, the sheer weight and volume of amino acids, how is it possible that modern (allopathic) medicine has largely ignored their role and has relied exclusively on medication, surgery, and radiation therapy as its primary tools?  The Strengths & Weaknesses of Western Medicine Let's go back to Traditional Western Allopathic Medicine for a moment, and review its strengths and weaknesses...  |  |  |  | The Therapeutic Role of Amino Acids Amino acids account for 75% of dry body weight. (Vitamins and minerals account for only 1.5% of dry body weight). Amino acids make up all neurotransmitters except for one. 100% of hormones are made up of amino acids. DNA and RNA, our genetic material, require amino acids. Protein IS amino acids. Amino acids influence every system in the human body and every endocrine gland. A few examples of amino acid dynamics within endocrine functions are  Amino Acid Tour Classifying amino acids helps us break them down into smaller byte-size pieces so that we can better mentally ingest them. When we mentally understand amino acids, it becomes obvious why one should not just mentally ingest them, but should take them by mouth in order to enhance our energy, concentration, performance...  Amino Audio Listen to interviews from the Roger Mazlen CFS Radio Show. (Real Player required) |