{"id":21484,"date":"2021-09-01T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/?page_id=21484"},"modified":"2021-09-06T16:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T14:51:36","slug":"ornithine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/home\/sport-nutrition\/nutrients\/focus-on-macronutrients-and-micronutrients\/macronutriments\/protein\/amino-acids\/list-of-amino-acids\/ornithine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ornithine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21484\" class=\"elementor elementor-21484\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f7da3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f7da3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32382d5\" data-id=\"32382d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f94c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"31f94c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p>\r\n      Ornithine is a non-proteinogenic amino acid, in other words it is an \r\n      amino acid not encoded by the genetic code that does not enter into the \r\n      composition of proteins and is therefore not one of the <strong>20 standard \r\n      amino acids. <\/strong>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <p>\r\n      It is part of the urea cycle, a cycle that converts toxic ammonia into \r\n      urea.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <h2>\r\n      FUNCTIONS\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <ul>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Precursor to arginine and citrulline\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Helps accelerate wound healing\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Helps strengthen the immune system (stimulates white blood cell \r\n        formation)\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Converts fat into energy\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Promotes muscle development and protects ligaments and tendons\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Promotes healthy liver function through detoxification\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Regulates acid-base balance\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Increases production of growth hormone\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Improves erectile capacity\r\n      <\/li>\r\n      <li>\r\n        Fights insomnia\r\n      <\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n    <h2>\r\n      ORNITHINE AND SLEEP\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <p>\r\n      Scientists believe that insomnia is primarily related to ammonia \r\n      toxicity in the brain and acidosis. As an amino acid that converts toxic \r\n      ammonia into urea and as a regulator of the acid-base balance, ornithine \r\n      is very effective in combating insomnia.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <p>\r\n      The treatment consists of taking 1g at bedtime on the first day, 2g on \r\n      the second, 3g on the third and 4g on the fourth. This dosage (4g) is \r\n      then maintained until the sleep disturbances cease.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <h2>\r\n      COACTIVE AND METABOLICALLY USEFUL ELEMENTS\r\n    <\/h2>\r\n    <p>\r\n      Arginine, Glycine, Citrulline, Serine, Valine &gt; Omega 3 &gt; Chrome\r\n    <\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ornithine is a non-proteinogenic amino acid, in other words it is an amino acid not encoded by the genetic code that does not enter into the composition of proteins and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":29366,"parent":20798,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_UK.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21484"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21771,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21484\/revisions\/21771"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericfavre.com\/lifestyle\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}