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2-Amino-4-(Methylthio)Butyric Acid
Description
Methionine is an essential amino acid and should be part of your daily diet. This sulfur-containing amino acid is important for many functions in the body. It promotes healthy skin, nails, and hair, protects cells from free radical damage, and slows the aging process within cells.
Methionine helps detoxify the body from dangerous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury. It also aids in digestion. Methionine exerts a lipotropic effect and helps prevent excess fat accumulation in the liver, heat, and artieries. It is needed for the assimilation and transportation of zinc and selenium.
Ailments / Situations Where Used
Methionine is considered a lipotropic agent and works with choline and inositol to help prevent excess accumulation of fat and cholesterol in the liver. It helps prevent muscle weakness, radiation damage, and is good for people with chemical allergies. It may also prove useful as part of a weight loss strategy.
Methionine is known to prevent or help treat brittle hair, cataracts, Gilbert's syndrome (a liver function anomaly), osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. It may benefit women who use contraceptive pills as it promotes estrogen excretion. Methionine may also help prevent liver diseases and is often used in combination with other treatments for liver diseases.
Source
Methionine is found in amaranth, beans, chicken, cottage cheese, eggs, fish, garlic, lentils, red meat, sardines, seeds, soy, and yogurt. Animal sources are typically higher than non-animal sources.
It is also available as part of a multi-amino acid complex and may be available in isolated form.
Optimal Absorption
For best absorption, do not overheat foods.
Take 800 to 3,000mg daily. Consult with your naturopath or other health practitioner for higher doses.
Contraindications / Precautions / Warnings
There is no known toxicity.
It is not recommended to take a single amino acid for an extended period of time without supplementing with other amino acids as well. Long-term isolated amino acid supplementation can create an imbalance in the body.
Ailment / Situation Listing
| Aging | Brittle Hair | Cataracts |
| Chemical Allergies | Detoxification | Gilbert's Syndrome |
| Heavy Metal Poisoning | Liver Diseases | Muscle Weakness |
| Obesity | Osteoporosis | Parkinson's Disease |
| Radiation Damage | Schizophrenia | |
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