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I am a healthy 41 year old women with no major health issues. Recently took a complete blood panel - iron, thyroid, kidney, liver, vitamins, etc all normal.
However, I just took the Micronutrient Cellular Assay test which showed a deficiency in L Lysine and severe deficiency in Taurine. I find these results conflicting as I have none of the symptoms of either deficiency.
Taurine deficiency causes: high blood pressure, high resting heart rate, obesity, and hypothyroid and kidney problems. My thyroid and kidney levels were very good on my complete blood panel just done 2 months ago. My blood pressure is actually on the low side - 100/70 or so. And my resting heart rate is 60 so def not high. I am 5'1 105 lbs so def nowhere near overweight.
Lysine deficiency causes: hair loss, high blood pressure, nausea, and anemia. My hemoglobin level was on the high side, no anema, high iron level, no nausea, thick lushess hair, and low blood pressure.
The problem is I am a health fanatic. After this test, I think if I don't take these supplements I will get health problems. Problem is both these supplements have side effects of lowering your blood pressure! I do not want to lower my blood pressure further. And if high blood pressure is a symptom of both why am I even taking the supplement in the first place!
Most minerals and vitamins were fine besides minor lower levels of Vit A, zinc, magnesium, and iodine. I eat a ton of iodized salt, tons of carrots and potatoes and cheese, and magnesium and zinc were actually above normal on my complete blood panel.
I need advice as my doctor doesn't believe in micronutrient tests and said that my blood panel was almost perfect. Does anyone believe this test to be oversensitive? Are they possible estimating ideal amino acids levels on a 300 pound man when I am a little petite 5 foot women? So confused here.
I would go ahead and take some L Lysine and Taurine in small amounts. You took the test, so it makes sense to me to use the results. Did the test results provide an actual value for each? If so, you could first do some searches on-line to find out the acceptable range that is expected for the values. Often there is variation in the ranges, depending on the source. You could just snack on some beef jerky, or some type of protein source, as it may bring up the Taurine and L Lysine levels without the supplements.
About ten years ago I did all the genetic testing and learned I had a gene that meant taurine could be problematic for me. I'm sorry but I can't remember what it was, but I stopped taking taurine. I have not had my taurine level tested but it might be low, and it might not be a bad thing for me. You may want to look into this, if you haven't already, before taking taurine.
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