Ornithine: optimise energy utilisation.
Episode notes
Ornithine is not used for making proteins, but has many roles important roles in daily metabolism and supporting an active lifestyle. As a high demand amino acid, it is used in multiple metabolic pathways to form key components in the body and it is also lost in great quantities in sweat.
Ornithine plays a very important role in the removal of waste nitrogen, helping the body to form urea. If this removal of waste nitrogen does not occur efficiently, it can leave to the build-up of toxic ammonia in the body which leads to fatigue and poor brain function.
Scientific investigations have shown that supplementation with ornithine can reduce fatigue, increase the efficiency of energy consumption, suppresses appetite and stimulates the utilisation of fats.