BioBuilde: Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) and The Discovery of the Ideal Amino Acid Pattern for Human Nutrition

Master Amino Acid Pattern (MAP) and The Discovery of the Ideal Amino Acid Pattern for Human Nutrition

What Determines Which Pathway Amino Acids Follow?

Only essential amino acids available in the correct proportion follow the anabolic pathway. This proportion is very specific. Even the slightest change in the proportion of the amino acids in a dietary protein or amino acid formula can affect is nutritional value.

To better understand why a minimal change in an amino acid pattern can be significant, consider that a tree, bird, or human being are composed of amino acids. However, each is different in accordance with its own amino acid pattern. Each species in the animal kingdom has its own specific nutritional amino acid pattern.

The amount of the correct proportion of amino acids is also important. There is no storage mechanism for amino acids analogous to that for lipids or carbohydrates. If the amino acids are not in the correct proportion, or if there is an excess, then the amino acids are metabolized with their carbon skeletons converted to glucose or to fat, and their amino groups converted to ammonia.

Why Protein Nutritional Value Is So Important

As people age, inadequate nutrition in quantity or quality becomes more common and can compromise protein synthesis. To date, many health disorders have been misinterpreted as "natural" consequences of the aging process. In reality, it is not the aging process itself but the inadequate nutrition associated with it that can cause many health challenges.

During the aging process, the lean-body mass ( the living cell mass that makes up muscles, organs, skeleton, antibodies, enzymes, etc.) usually decreases — up to 25 percent in the average 70-year-old individual. During the same period, fat-body mass usually increases, up to 100 percent.

Until now, achieving adequate nutrition during the aging process has been a nutritional dilemma.

During the aging process, kidney function decreases. As a result, average 70-year-old individuals may retain only 30 percent of their juvenile kidney function. Under these circumstances, even an adequate daily protein intake could be contraindicated because it could provoke an increase of nitrogen catabolites such as ammonia or Blood Urea Nitrogen (B.U.N.).

It is now possible to provide protein nutritional support that releases virtually no nitrogen waste. As a result, individuals at any age can safely meet their daily protein requirements without stressing kidney and liver functions.

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