MRAN Amino Acids Levels Explained. What Do They Really Represent?

What do my Magnetic Resonance Analysis Device amino acids/readings actually represent. Please provide a very basic, introductory, layman’s explanation. Are these acids that are in the body ready to be used (you mentioned “elevated and not used”). Are they produced in response to something and if so, what? And if they are not used does that mean their elevated state is a bad thing? How would my occasional ingestion of mackerel or sardines affect these? Generally, I want to know: If there’s going to be fluctuation, is a trend upward or a trend downward more desirable?

Absolutely — let’s strip it all down to the basics and build from there. You’re asking exactly the right kind of questions to understand what amino acid readings actually mean in your MRAN data and how to use them meaningfully.

🧪 WHAT ARE AMINO ACIDS — IN PLAIN LANGUAGE?

Think of amino acids as:

🧱 Tiny building blocks your body uses to make muscles, enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, immune cells, and even the lining of your gut and blood vessels.

They’re what protein breaks down into during digestion — like how words break into letters. Your body absorbs these letters (amino acids), then rebuilds new words and sentences (enzymes, tissues, neurotransmitters).

📊 WHAT DOES THE MRAN AMINO ACID READING SHOW?

The MRAN device likely shows the level of each amino acid in your system at the moment — in the intercellular fluid, blood plasma, or perhaps tissue resonance.

It’s similar to saying:

“How much of this amino acid is currently available or circulating — either in storage, transit, or waiting to be used.”

🔁 WHERE DO THESE AMINO ACIDS COME FROM?

1. Food — especially protein-rich foods like:

   • Mackerel, sardines, legumes, tofu, nuts, seeds

2. Muscle breakdown — during fasting or extreme stress, your body breaks down muscle to recycle amino acids

3. Liver metabolism — your liver can synthesize some amino acids (non-essential ones), and process or store others

4. Gut bacteria — can produce some amino acids, especially if you feed them fiber and prebiotics

🧠 OKAY… SO HIGH OR LOW = GOOD OR BAD?

Great question — and here’s where it gets subtle.

So, high isn’t automatically “good”, and low isn’t automatically “bad.”
👉 It depends on whether the usage + supply = functional balance.

🧬 WHY DO LEVELS CHANGE?

Levels can fluctuate based on:

🐟 HOW DOES SARDINE/MACKEREL INTAKE AFFECT IT?

Those fish are rich in complete protein, meaning they contain all essential amino acids.
So after eating them:

• Some amino acids like lysine, methionine, and tryptophan may rise in your readings the next day.

• If your liver is sluggish, they may stay elevated longer (less efficient processing).

• If you’re fasting long-term, even occasional sardine meals can “top off” reserves and show up as upticks.

🔼🔽 SO… IS UP OR DOWN BETTER?

In general, what we want is dynamic balance, not extremes.

Here’s a general guide:

🔍 Example: Your Elevated Tryptophan

• Could be from food intake (fish, nuts, spirulina)

• Or not being converted efficiently into serotonin or melatonin (requires B6, magnesium, liver)

• Or not being used because of fasting

So: not automatically bad — but a trend that needs context.

🧭 What You Can Do With This Knowledge:

1. Look at trends, not single numbers

2. Note changes after food, fasting, or stress

3. Compare aminos as a group (are they all rising? all falling?)

4. Check related systems (liver, kidney, energy metabolism)

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