For more information, check out Denise Minger’s awesome presentation, where she discusses this very issue. Those eating lots of animal protein need adequate glycine to balance out the methionine from meat, and you’ll get that from gelatin.

We don’t want high homocysteine in our blood because homocysteine is a significant risk factor for serious diseases like heart disease, stroke, mental illness, and fractures. (This might even explain why researchers sometimes find a correlation between high meat intake and various diseases.) Muscle meats and eggs are high in methionine, an amino acid that raises homocysteine levels in the blood and increases our need for homocysteine-neutralizing nutrients like vitamins B6, B12, folate, and choline. Here’s why! #healthyskin #paleodiet #optimalnutrition 1. Gelatin Balances out Your Meat Intake. Whether you eat meat or not, you’ll want to make sure you’re getting some gelatin in your diet. The following five reasons will explain why nearly everyone – even vegetarians – should be eating gelatin on a regular basis!

This means that we’re eating a lot less gelatin than our ancestors, if any at all. We’ve lost the practice of whole-animal eating, and vegetarians typically don’t eat many (or any!) animal products. Traditional diets are typically much higher in gelatin than our modern diets, because these cultures wisely practiced nose-to-tail eating and consumed parts of the animal that are high in gelatin, such as skin, tendons, and other gelatinous cuts of meat. Plus, gelatin can be used to make a yummy, all-natural dessert that’s actually good for us. Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Febiger 1990: 201–241.There are so many amazing benefits that can come from eating gelatin, including improvements in digestive, skin, and mental health. In: Liberman HA, Lachman L, Schwartz JB, eds. The mechanical and failure properties of griseofulvin granule formulations. The effect of temperature on the frictional, cohesive and electrical conducting properties of powders. An evaluation of tablet binding agents: Part-I solution binders. The compressibility and compactability of powder systems. Some of formulation factors affecting the tensile strength, disintegration and dissolution of uncoated oxytetracycline tablets. Density-pressure relationship in powder compaction. Physical properties and compact analysis of commonly used direct compression binders. Comparison of granule strength and tablet tensile strength. Universal friability test of tablet granules. Prelimiary evaluation of Leucaena leucocephala seed gum as a tablet binder. Effect of particle size on the compaction mechanism and tensile strength of tablets. Delhi, India: The Controller of Publications 1996. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone 1988:17–37.Ĭontroller of Publications. The effects of binder film characteristics on granule and tablet properties. The effects of waxes, hydrolyzed gelatin and moisture on the compression characteristics of paracetamol and phenacetin. Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Febiger 1987:293–346.

The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy. In: Liberman HA, Lachman L, Kanig JL, eds. Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology.

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