I am considering buying arginine alpha-ketoglutarate and I'm trying to decide between brands.

Which brand is better in terms of product quality, Nutricost or Bulk Supplements?

Tagging with #WeightLifting and #fitness since AAKG is most often used as an ergogenic.

#Supplements #AAKG #Arginine

Jenerise launches creatine with SGS verification

Founded in 2024 by father-daughter duo…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2647796/jenerise-launches-creatine-with-sgs-verification/

The brief highlights a straightforward amino acid supplement that appears to lessen neuropathological processes linked to Alzheimer's disease in preclinical models. For mental health professionals, the relevance lies in the potential connections between neurodegenerative pathology and cognitive-behavioral outcomes, as well as the possibility of approachable, low-cost interventions that may influence brain inflammation and protein aggregation. This content may prompt reflection on how emerging translational research could inform future integrative care approaches for clients at risk of cognitive decline or mood changes associated with neurodegenerative processes.

Article Title: This simple amino acid supplement greatly reduces Alzheimer’s damage

Link to Science Daily Mind-Brain News: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260504075512.htm

#alzheimers #arginine #neuroinflammation #amyloid #cognitivehealth #neuroscience #aging #mentalhealth #research #mindbrain

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Those flare-ups are usually life-long and can be demoralizing. One idea that may help you to reduce the outbreaks and severity:

Eat foods with a high lysine/arginine ratio. Foods high in the amino acid arginine can promote herpes virus replication, while foods high in the amino acid lysine can inhibit it.

Some good food choices:
milk, cheese, eggs, fish, lentils, beans, sweet potatoes....

#HSV #herpes #lysine #arginine

Does anyone know what to mix high-dose #arginine powder with, to make a palatable drink? (By "high-dose", I mean 7.5 grams twice a day, for a total daily dose of 15 grams.)

High-dose arginine appears to have certain health benefits I'd like to take advantage of. It also has a guanidino group in its side chain, which makes it decidedly alkaline. As to how it tastes and smells, note that the name "guanidino" is derived from "guano". If you're familiar with the aroma of the antidiabetic drug metformin, that will give you an idea of what we're up against; metformin is a "biguanide".

I tried mixing arginine with Ocean Spray cranberry-raspberry-lemonade cocktail. I thought that ought to provide sufficient acidity. I underestimated the opponent. Upon mixing, the cocktail's cheerful rose-red color changed instantly to deep purple. Purple like Welch's grape juice. Some of the cocktail's fruit pigments must be acid-base indicators. The taste was tolerable, but no more than that. The guanidino group: winner and still champion.

I intend to continue experimenting on my own, but if anyone knows a good solution to this problem, I'd be appreciative.

Self experiment: Leucine and arginine vs my blood sugar levels

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I’ve been working on getting my blood sugar levels down. With mixed results. So I figured that I would look into what my body needs to make insulin. That’s where I found out about leucine and arginine.

Working on the idea that leucine and arginine are the two food things that are well-known stimulators of insulin release, I figured I’d try to eat more foods high in them. I found a paper that suggested that leucine was the hero of the two. I found a random post (a sure sign of quality) that suggested that both may result in higher energy levels during high-intensity training.

From my uneducated reading of stuff, it seems leucine is not made by the body, whereas arginine is. Arginine is, I am told, made by your body from citrulline. In turn, citrulline comes from melons, squashes, cucumbers, and pumpkins.

I had Chat GPT start a table of foods high in leucine and arginine, which I have added to because it missed some. I’m fairly sure this table is accurate but no experts were consulted in its construction.

My takeaway from this is – eat more salads with meat and dairy. Keep the cucumber in there because it tastes okay and might help.

I will report back when I have some data on how that worked out for me.

#arginine #bloodSugar #citrulline #healthyEating #leucine #protein

#DeepSea corals are home to previously unknown #bacteria with extremely small genomes https://phys.org/news/2024-11-deep-sea-corals-home-previously.html paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53855-5 #genomics

"the bacteria are the dominant #symbionts of these #corals and live in a gelatinous layer of tissue that forms part of their immune system and transports nutrients... These bacteria don't even carry genes for obtaining energy from carbohydrates... their only source of energy is the amino acid #arginine, provided by the #coral."