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An article from Chris Masterjohn on balancing methionine and glycine with a “Glycine-to-Methionine Ratio” searchable food database.
https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/balancing-methionine-and-glycine-in-foods-the-database/
“......Methionine helps prevent fatty liver disease, which affects an estimated 70 million Americans. It makes us mentally more flexible, and can help cool our anxiety or lift us from depression when our minds are rigidly ruminating on negative thoughts. Glycine helps stabilize our blood sugar. It helps stabilize our mind, to prevent us from drifting into endless distractions. It promotes healthy sleep, and it revitalizes our skin and bones.”
How Much Glycine Do We Need?
“Estimates of how much dietary glycine we need range from 10 grams per day to 60 grams per day. Our needs are probably closer to 10 when we are in good health and closer to 60 when we are in poor health. In terms of what has been studied in humans, we can say the following:
How Much Glycine Do We Need to Balance Methionine?
“We do not have any rigorous human studies showing how much glycine we need to eat to make up for a given amount of methionine. We know, however, from biochemistry that methionine depletes glycine, and we know that our ancestors consumed much more glycine than we do.
The biochemistry predicts that every gram of methionine would increase our needs for glycine by 0.5-1 gram.”
https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/balancing-methionine-and-glycine-in-foods-the-database/
“......Methionine helps prevent fatty liver disease, which affects an estimated 70 million Americans. It makes us mentally more flexible, and can help cool our anxiety or lift us from depression when our minds are rigidly ruminating on negative thoughts. Glycine helps stabilize our blood sugar. It helps stabilize our mind, to prevent us from drifting into endless distractions. It promotes healthy sleep, and it revitalizes our skin and bones.”
How Much Glycine Do We Need?
“Estimates of how much dietary glycine we need range from 10 grams per day to 60 grams per day. Our needs are probably closer to 10 when we are in good health and closer to 60 when we are in poor health. In terms of what has been studied in humans, we can say the following:
- 3-5 grams of glycine before a meal helps stabilize blood sugar.
- 3 grams of glycine before bed helps improve sleep.
- 15 grams of gelatin before a workout helps improve collagen synthesis in our joints.
- 20 grams of glycine per day is used to treat some rare metabolic disorders.
- 60 grams of glycine per day has been used to treat schizophrenia.
How Much Glycine Do We Need to Balance Methionine?
“We do not have any rigorous human studies showing how much glycine we need to eat to make up for a given amount of methionine. We know, however, from biochemistry that methionine depletes glycine, and we know that our ancestors consumed much more glycine than we do.
The biochemistry predicts that every gram of methionine would increase our needs for glycine by 0.5-1 gram.”