From owner-btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Mon Oct 15 08:55:54 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC5217ACA for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:55:54 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE52D17AD6 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:55:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (niobium [193.62.192.41]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B43717ACA for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:55:44 +0100 (BST) Received: (from news@localhost) by niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.8) id IAA04099 for btk-mca-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:45:49 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk: news set sender to using -f X-Newsgroups: bionet.metabolic-reg From: Teo Sze-Hau Stanley Subject: Amino Acids supplements Message-ID: <191C91BDFE8ED411B84400805FBE794C198324CE@pfs21.ex.nus.edu.sg> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:34:51 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 10 X-Newsreader: Microsoft (R) Exchange Internet News Service Version 5.5.2653.11 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sender: owner-btk-mca@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hi, i took metabolism years ago and gathered that supplements of single amino acids is bad as whatever breaks down the boosted levels of that amino acid will also break down the other amino acids present. Net result is lower availability of the other amino acids in the system. but i don't recall completely. please help me to clear this up. thanks. .