RE: That smell of ammonia... (correction)

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At Thu, 21 Apr 2005 it looks like Bill Schoolcraft composed:

 

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> At Thu, 21 Apr 2005 it looks like jeannie_rose_13 composed:

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> > This afternoon, after arriving back home from my walk to the market, I sat

> > down in front of the computer for a breather, and noticed that I smelled

> > like ammonia!!! I could only smell it around my shoulders, and perhaps my

> > underarms, but it was there! And it only lingered for a few minutes, but I

> > kept smelling and sniffing and noticing that there was this strange hint of

> > ammonia. Isn't that crazy?!

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> <humbly_snipped>

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> That smell of ammonia is uric_acid, it's a common smell in

> weight lifting gyms when one digests too much protein.

 

Actually I should have said that when one " ingests " too much

protein, the excess protein that the body cannot process gets

converted into uric_acid and is rushed to the exit points in the

body, the quickest and most utilized is of course the skin.

 

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> Actually it came to help me when I was trying to decide how much

> protein I really needed in my diet.

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> Being a practicioner of " Bikram Yoga " which is done in a heated

> studio I am lucky in the fact that I get to sweat alot and

> detect this much easier.

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> I have gotten to the point of noticing that having just one item

> too many in a day will push me over my protein limit.

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> It never fails and it's an extremely accurate system if one can

> actually sweat alot and be aware of the odor coming from them.

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> I actually can smell my workout shirt and detect, after the

> fact, how my diet is doing.

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