Based on nearly two decades of clinical work and research in amino acid therapy, Dr. Gersten has written an extensive web site dealing with amino acids. The amino acid web site discusses in detail what amino acids are, why they are so important, what each of the twenty major amino acids do, how to get tested and treated.
Water is the single most abundant substance in the human body.
Amino acids are the second most abudant and make up more than 70 percent of dry body weight. They are involved in every chemical process in the body. They govern brain chemistry, making up 95 percent of our neurotransmitters. 100 percent of hormones are amino acid based, and virtually every chronic illness involves significant amino acid deficiencies. When these deficiencies are corrected, based on scientific nutritional testing, in most cases the patient responds with a decrease in symptoms and, in many cases, eradication of the disease process.