Vitlök

Nyss käkade jag 6 klyftor vitlök. Jag surfar på webben för att se vad det var jag stoppade i mig egentligen.

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Minerals
Calcium, Ca mg 33 Iron, Fe mg 0.31 Magnesium, Mg mg 4 Phosphorus, P mg 28 Potassium, K mg 72 Sodium, Na mg 3 Zinc, Zn mg 0.21 Copper, Cu mg 0.054 Manganese, Mn mg 0.301 Selenium, Se mcg 2.6 Vitamins Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 5.6 Thiamin mg 0.036 Riboflavin mg 0.020 Niacin mg 0.126 Pantothenic acid mg 0.107 Vitamin B-6 mg 0.222 Folate, total mcg 1 Folic acid mcg 0 Folate, food mcg 1 Folate, DFE mcg_DFE 1 Choline, total mg 4.2 Vitamin B-12 mcg 0.00 Vitamin B-12, added mcg 0.00 Vitamin A, IU IU 2 Vitamin A, RAE mcg_RAE 0 Retinol mcg 0 Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg 0.01 Vitamin E, added mg 0.00 Vitamin K (phylloquinone) mcg 0.3
Amino acids Tryptophan g 0.012 Threonine g 0.028 Isoleucine g 0.039 Leucine g 0.055 Lysine g 0.049 Methionine g 0.014 Cystine g 0.012 Phenylalanine g 0.033 Tyrosine g 0.015 Valine g 0.052 Arginine g 0.114 Histidine g 0.020 Alanine g 0.024 Aspartic acid g 0.088 Glutamic acid g 0.145 Glycine g 0.036 Proline g 0.018 Serine g 0.034

Aminosyrorna är intressanta. Dem skall vi ta reda på om. Jag ströantecknar lite från Wikipedia.

Tryptophan g 0.012
"For some time, tryptophan has been available in health food stores as a dietary supplement, although it is common in dietary protein. Many people found tryptophan to be a safe and reasonably effective sleep aid, probably due to its ability to increase brain levels of serotonin (a calming neurotransmitter when present in moderate levels) and/or melatonin (a sleep-inducing hormone secreted by the pineal gland in response to darkness or low light levels)."

Threonine g 0.028
Hittar inte mycket info än att det är essentiellt för kroppen, att kroppen inte pallar tillverka det själv utan man får det i kosten.

Isoleucine g 0.039 (Samma som ovan)

Leucine g 0.055
"As a dietary supplement, leucine has been found to slow the degradation of muscle tissue by increasing the synthesis of muscle proteins. Leucine is utilized in the liver, adipose tissue, and muscle tissue. In adipose and muscle tissue, leucine is used in the formation of sterols, and the combined usage of leucine in these two tissues is seven times greater than its use in the liver."

Lysine g 0.049
"It has been suggested that lysine may be beneficial for those with herpes simplex infections. However, more research is needed to fully substantiate this claim. For more information, refer to Herpes simplex - Lysine.
There are Lysine conjugates that show promise in the treatment of cancer, by causing cancerous cells to destroy themselves when the drug is combined with the use of phototherapy, while leaving non-cancerous cells unharmed."

Methionine g 0.014
Förvandlas i kroppen till Homocysteine. För mycket sånt i kroppen kan leda till hjärtsjukdom och benskörhet(?)

Cystine g 0.012
Light-version av Cysteine. Antioxidant.

Phenylalanine g 0.033
En beståndsdel i DNA. Bildar dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline). D.v.s. en massa skoj."Dopamine has many functions in the brain, including important roles in behavior and cognition, motor activity, motivation and reward, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation), sleep, mood, attention, and learning."

Tyrosine g 0.015
Kan joxa en massa. Omvandlas till Dopamine i hjärnan.

Valine g 0.052
Gör ungefär samma saker Leucine.

Arginine g 0.114
Gör mycket!!! :-O
"The benefits and functions attributed to oral ingestion of L-arginine include:
Precursor for the synthesis of Nitric Oxide (NO)
Stimulation of the release of the most important anti-aging hormone in the body, growth hormone.
Improves immune function
Reduces healing time of injuries (particularly bone)
Reduces risk of heart disease
Increases muscle mass
Reduces adipose tissue body fat
Helps improve insulin sensitivity
Helps decrease blood pressure
Alleviates male infertility, improving sperm production and motility
Increases circulation throughout the body, including the sex organs"

Histidine g 0.020
Essentiell aminosyra viktig för barn.

Alanine g 0.024
Omvandlas till bränsle i muskler och vävnaden. Stimulerar urinproduktion, som hjälper till att balansera hela det systemet.

Aspartic acid g 0.088
Prestationshöjande?
"NeurotransmitterAspartate (the conjugate base of aspartic acid) stimulates NMDA receptors, though not as strongly as the amino acid neurotransmitter glutamate does. It serves as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain and is an excitotoxin.
As a neurotransmitter, aspartic acid may provide resistance to fatigue, and, thus, leads to endurance, although the evidence to support this idea is not strong."

Glutamic acid g 0.145
Bra för det kognitiva."Glutamate is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system. At chemical synapses, glutamate is stored in vesicles. Nerve impulses trigger release of glutamate from the pre-synaptic cell. In the opposing post-synaptic cell, glutamate receptors, such as the NMDA receptor, bind glutamate and are activated. Because of its role in synaptic plasticity, it is believed that glutamic acid is involved in cognitive functions like learning and memory in the brain."

Glycine g 0.036
Neurotransmitter, och potentiell antipsykotisk medicin.

Proline g 0.018
Kroppen tillverkar det själv. Det är en s.k. "osmoprotectant", hindrar cellerna att torka ut, eller något dylikt. Ingrediens i sportdrycker uppenbarligen.

Serine g 0.034
Bildar många andra aminosyror.

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Ja, det är ett helt apotek man får i sig. :-P

En av vitlöksätandets effekter som jag upplevt (antingen jag upplevt det eller inbillat mig det), är att jag känner mig mer skärpt, samtidigt som jag känner mig lugn. Svårt att förklara.

Men, nu har jag alltså ett möjligt svar på varför jag känner så, nämligen att Vitlök innehåller en massa aminosyror som fungerar som signalsubstanser. Yay! :-P

Inte behöver man dyra droger.