Hi @
caledonia,
I tried taking the L-ornithine as hydrochloric acid but, within hours, I felt so weak, and whatnot. I have not taken it ever since. I still feel pretty weak, and my head hurts pretty bad now. I believe the reason I felt really weak after taking the L-ornithine is, for ornithine to create citrulline, it must also need carbamoyl phosphate (which consists of ammonia and 2 ATPs, and perhaps something more but, my memory is not the greatest). So, I think the carbamoyl phosphate synthetase sucked most of my remaining ATP, aha. I am only trying to go by what I (sort of) remember reading last time. Though, this is not the reason why I am writing to you.
Weeks ago, I randomly dipped one of the sulphate strips into a cup of water, and the strips showed a reading so low that even the mg guidelines on the bottle does not display the reading I saw. Then a couple of days ago, after being so frustrated with trying to get my sulphate levels (800), to an optimal level, just before I went to bed, I measured my sulphate levels and they were less than 200. The lowest I have ever measured on those strips. I (unintentionally) drank a bottle of water a hour prior to the testing, and my urine was also pretty clear so, perhaps the colour of my urine can also can effect the sulphate readings in some way. Normally, once a week, I would always test my sulphate levels the moment I wake up. Anyway, this peaked my curiosity.
So, the following the day, I decided to measure my sulphate levels 5 different times of the day. I kept a log because my memory is so poor. Anywho, I'll paste the log in here...
1. As usual, I tested my sulphate levels, and it was 800 >. I was not surprised as my urine was pretty yellow.
2. After I ate my breakfast (which consisted of 10 chicken wings), hours later I measured my sulphate level, and it was < 200 for sure - And my urine was in the middle of being clear and being yellow
3. Hours later, I tested again, and it was a reading of < 1200 and, I barely drank any water since the last test.
4. Hours later, I measured my sulphate levels again, and the reading was a little hard to read so, I'll just say it was 800 or even less. And, I whizzed onto the strip this time, rather dipping it into urine (which I normally do). Though, in the past, I compared a sulphate strip that was whizzed onto to one which dipped - the dipped strip proved to be more of an accurate reading.
5. Three hours after I had dinner (which was brown rice, homemade tomato soup and plantain, with assorted meats
), I measured my sulphate levels, and I barely drank any water (besides the bottle I had with my dinner), the reading was a clear reading of 400.
Now, this brings me to my next two questions, when you were measuring your sulphate levels, what time of the day did you measure them? and, according to the Heartfixer website, the goal is to lower sulphate levels to 400mg or to at least 800mg? What do you think I reckon I should do?
I do apologise for this extensive post, and many thanks in advance.