BioBuild: The True “Building Blocks” of Life

© Copyright 2003 by David I. Minkoff, M.D. and Director of Bodyhealth.com Inc., USA
(Explore Issue: Volume 12, Number 5)

I have just completed my 27th Ironman Triathlon, achieving my best time in over 5 years! (An Ironman is race consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike, followed by a 26.2 mile run. The clock starts when all 2000 participants jump in the water [in a mass rush] and ends when each finishes the run.)

Just five months ago this achievement would have seemed impossible. I am fifty-five-years-old, and unfortunately, for the last five years my completion times were getting longer. After five years of diminishing results, I began to fear that age was catching up with me, and that, though I was still eager of mind, my body was wearing down. Despite my efforts and knowledge as a medical physician with an interest in anti-aging, my goal of being in top physical condition at age 60 was slipping away.

Then I discovered BioBuild.

After starting to take these essential amino acids, my strength and endurance increased. My maximum heart rate jumped ten points to 186. My 3-year-old chronic hamstring problem healed. I could do a 6-hour workout and have very little soreness the next day. It seemed too good to be true.

Then only two weeks after my 27th Ironman Triathlon, I raced at the Los Angeles Triathlon, again with great results. A very fast time, and no injury.

It wasn’t a dream. I simply was experiencing the benefits of proper amino acid nutrition and of real anti-aging processes in action. I was surprised; I never thought I had not been meeting my essential amino acid requirements.

Let me explain.

The body’s component parts are constantly being broken down and rebuilt. If the essential nutrients required to repair and rebuild the body are not available, diminishing physical performance, vitality and health can result.

This is the crux of aging.

We have known for some time that amino acids provide the essential components for the body’s structural foundation and the molecules that sustain life. Until recently, however, we didn’t know the correct proportions required for human nutrition.

The essential amino acids must be available in the correct proportion for protein synthesis to occur.

Inadequate protein/amino acid intake in the correct proportions may result from restricted diets, reduced appetite, illness, skipping meals, poor diet choices, or physically demanding work or exercise, etc., and can compromise health by affecting:

• bone cell synthesis
• pH balance
• red blood cell production
• organ function
• heart cell turnover rate
• enzymes/hormones
• neurotransmitters/mood
• skin elasticity/muscle tone
• sense of well-being/stamina
• mobility/joint integrity
• immune function/antibodies, etc.

To a degree never before possible, we can now provide the body daily with the correct amounts and proportions of amino acids and better help normalize protein synthesis and enhance performance in both the sick and the well.