greenshots
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Greenshots, remember I have 18 defects out of 30 so I cant speak for ANYONE else but I do not have ANY ammonia issues. I had two serum ammonia tests run - one eating 40 g of protein which is a fairly typical day fr me and another eatinng 80g protein...I did not have elevated ammonia in either case and I was taking a daily broccoli and cruciferous supplement, plus eating a daily egg, plus taking milk thistle - all containing sulfur.
I think well of Yasko. She is the pioreer or the method, but it does not mean we cant improve it for ourselves. I had no intention of eating charcoal (a carcinogen) and yucca (abraids your innards) so I tested my ammonia - voila - no problem. Also, Dolo has 12 of the same genes as me, including the critical ones like CBS and those in the methyl cycle (I think she was missing the diabetes/high bp genes I have) and she ran that sulfite/sulfate test -- no problem. I have never noticed any problem with sulfur - my system seems to crave it. I thought about running the test but it costs more than I thought it was worth since I don't think it is a likely problem for me...I am always wanting to put my money toward the study most likely to pay off for me, you know?
But Yasko is the pioneer and despite that I do not take the supplements she recommends, I listen to her as she
helps me understand so that I can tweak.
Rydra
Hi Rydra,
you're right, your ammonia might be fine on blood tests but this is where Yasko is controversial because she only gets urine amino acids tests with urine ammonia levels and I'll bet that level would be high for you. Some beleive her urine ammonia may reflect compensation by the kidneys (as in the post by Susan Owens, by Danny) but I know thatmy doctor tested this hypothesis out since I was one of her study participants. She got urine & blood ammonia levels and without exception, those who had high ammonia always had the CBS whereas those who didn't have the CBS always had normal ammonias. She also reiewed us all for things that cause kidney disease or acidosis or alkalosis (this is where my ICU training helped me). She still found the same findings Yaso did, though her sample was only 25 people with autism and CFS. She was told not to report these findings (I don't know who) even though they would support Yasko so to my knowledge, she hasn't. But those of us in the study knew the results & since she won't lie, she'll tell any patient who asks her about it.
So you may feel safe that ammonia isn't an issue and maybe it isn't but you need urine ammonia levels done a few times, not blood. See those links I hae above for my docs site and you'll see the side effects she listed from high ammonia levels. i'll just bet you have many of them. Sluggish blood, as you mentioned before, is definitely one of several paths to high BP. The ACE is also huge as is waste build up (ammonia) since the NOS can't clean up like it should. When that happens, it can't make nitric oxide either and this keeps blood vessels dilated, or open, preventing plaque build up as well. This means lower BP. I know the NOS defect is a huge predictor for pregnancyinduced high BP known as eclampsia, pre-eclampsia. This area is critical so if you have the CBS dumping poison into it rapidly but can't even clean up what you have, you're in trouble.
Angela