BioBuilde: Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP): The True "Building Blocks" of Life

Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP): The True "Building Blocks" of Life

— By David I. Minkoff, M.D. and Director of BodyHealth.com.

Protein Synthesis Basics

In a minute, I will illustrate why normalizing protein synthesis plays a fundamental role in maintaining health and supporting healing processes. But first, a brief review of amino acid basics:

There are eight essential amino acids from which the body can make the other amino acids needed to build the different proteins of the body.

The body cannot store amino acids in the way it stores fat or glycogen. The amino acid "storehouse" is the tissue structure of the body itself. When dietary protein or amino acid requirements are not met, the body will be unable to synthesize sufficient proteins to adequately replace those body proteins that have been catabolized.

Even minor amino acid deficiencies or imbalances can compromise health and become the underlying cause of many health complaints, particularly as we age. A significant factor contributing to a loss of performance and health is the gradual loss of lean-body mass (the mass of living cells that make up muscles, organs, skeleton, antibodies, enzymes, etc).

Each type of dietary protein has a different amino acid profile. Hence, the amounts of amino acids from each type of dietary protein that can be used by the body to build protein can vary. The percentage of amino acids from a dietary protein that are used as "building blocks" in protein synthesis represents the dietary protein's nutritional value. This nutritional value is known as "Net Nitrogen Utilization" (NNU).

Amino acids that are not used by the body to build lean-body mass are catabolized and release harmful nitrogen waste that has to be processed by the liver and kidneys. (Excess nitrogen waste can stress liver and kidney function and contribute to urinary calcium loss.)

The Net Nitrogen Utilization (NNU) of dietary proteins and amino acid formulas vary. Even concentrated sources of protein in the form of meat and fish have only a 28% to 32% NNU. Protein powders that use soy, whey or casein as a protein source have an NNU of less than 18%. Other amino acid formulas also have an NNU of less than 18%.

Hence, the majority (at least 83%) of the amino acids from protein powders and other amino acid formulas are not used in the body's protein synthesis and result in the release of nitrogen waste.

MAP's Formula

MAP's amino acid formula contains the eight essential amino acids in the correct proportions. Uniquely, it has an unprecedented 99% Net Nitrogen Utilization. Virtually no nitrogen waste or calories are released.

These amino acids in tablet form require no digestion and are absorbed into the blood stream in 23 minutes after ingestion with water, juice or food. These characteristics make it the safest, most effective protein substitute or complement.

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