I Finally Found Out Why I've Been So Tired

(Trying to find information regarding glycine on youtube and so forth is very frustrating.  All they do is promote glycine.  No one even discusses possible ill effects of glycine.  It's just one promotion after the next for glycine in the searches.  I had to once again ask AI.)

Whey protein would increase my energy levels, and whey protein is low in glycine.  Yet, pea protein isolate makes me 'comatose,' and pea protein isolate is high in glycine.  Meat makes me comatose as well, which is also high in glycine.  

When I consume whey protein at night, I get insomnia.  So, a glycine-rich meal can be consumed in the evening before bed.  All the rest of the meals in the day need to be low in glycine.  (Now I know why I had such a tendency to eat so much dairy.  My body was trying to tell me to go low in glycine, as all dairy sources are low in glycine.)

Glycine acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system similar to GABA, but the supplement N-Acetyl-Tyrosine can negate this effect.  So, if a meal high in glycine is eaten in the day, NAT could be taken along with it to not feel so tired.

Possible causes of glycine causing me so much fatigue:

– Imbalanced methylation pathways

– Enzyme deficiencies to break down glycine 

– Unstable blood sugar, which a high glycine meal can aggravate, causing a crash afterward

– General sensitivity to glycine

– Poor internal glutathione support, which over-stresses the liver when glycine-rich foods are consumed

Additionally:

Whey protein is also low in arginine.  Pea protein isolate, however, is extremely high in arginine, having 7.5-8.7g per 100 grams.  Chicken has 4.2-5g per 100 grams.  Whey protein has 2.3-2.7g per 100 grams.  

Insomniacs take arginine supplements to help them sleep at night, because arginine has a sedative effect.  No wonder pea protein isolate has been making so ridiculously tired!  It's the 3rd richest source of arginine on the planet!  (Collagen is the richest source (8.5-9.6g per 100g), while soy protein isolate is about the same a pea protein isolate, having 7.8-8.5g per 100g.)

It's the combination of high glycine and high arginine foods causing so much tiredness.  Now I know why alternating between meat and pea protein isolate with meals = debilitating tiredness. 

Comments

  1. But doing dairy all the time makes the phosphorus go really high! I'll just have to take that chance. One thing's certain - I will not quit. I will have my energy levels back.

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  2. I used to take mag glycinate at night thinking it was going to help me relax, and it was giving me one of the worst insomnias of my life. Relaxed, but wired!!!!! And then wake up from my "sleep" like a zombie.
    Even taking it in the morning let me like a zombie.
    Not for me! To the garbage bin!!

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    1. Yeah, magnesium glycinate is high in glycine. I had adverse effects from this supplement too. Made me super tired in the day. Even magnesium oxide and magnesium malate did the same thing. Heart palpitations too.

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