In my never-ending quest to find out what's wrong with me, I've done a lot of different lab work. More for curiosity's sake, I requested an amino acid test. The 3 that were out of range were: arginine (low) and histidine and taurine (both high).
The arginine piques my interest, though. It came back at 30 (ref range: 40-160 umo/L).
Even before I put on all the weigh that I did, I noticed my minimal vascularity disappearing. Even though I've never been all that vascular, I still had the brachials showing very well and raised and I always had some good forearm veins raised (especially while lifting). Even when lifting (heavy weight or high volume), I have no veins raised. I can see them, but that's it.
Between that (the relation to NO) and arginine's relation to the immune system (I have Hashimoto's and my TPO-Ab are still through the roof), this interests me. There was little I could come up with when digging around for low arginine, but this link seemed to be relevant:
http://www.ajiaminoscience.com/~/media/Files/Articles/Arginine_in_Disease.ashx
Anyone have any knowledge in this field (from a medical/chemistry/biology background)?
Should I start supplementing with arginine? If so, which form? or citrulline?
The arginine piques my interest, though. It came back at 30 (ref range: 40-160 umo/L).
Even before I put on all the weigh that I did, I noticed my minimal vascularity disappearing. Even though I've never been all that vascular, I still had the brachials showing very well and raised and I always had some good forearm veins raised (especially while lifting). Even when lifting (heavy weight or high volume), I have no veins raised. I can see them, but that's it.
Between that (the relation to NO) and arginine's relation to the immune system (I have Hashimoto's and my TPO-Ab are still through the roof), this interests me. There was little I could come up with when digging around for low arginine, but this link seemed to be relevant:
http://www.ajiaminoscience.com/~/media/Files/Articles/Arginine_in_Disease.ashx
Anyone have any knowledge in this field (from a medical/chemistry/biology background)?
Should I start supplementing with arginine? If so, which form? or citrulline?