What is Nitrogen?
A highly reactive atom.Can explode like dynamite.
Needed for life
Our active immune system is based on nitrogen
Soil nitrogen is bound to a carbon by plants
plants bind nitrogen with the aid of sunshine <photosynthesis>
Animals cannot bind nitrogen to carbon
Animals cannot bind nitrogen to carbon
Nitrogen + carbon can be in two forms
- bound-nitrogen; protein
- free-nitrogen, available to the immune system
Animals can store bound-nitrogen in protein
Animals cannot store free-nitrogen
We must ingest nitrogen daily for immune function.
Urea and hydroxy-urea are free-nitrogen, never make proteinsAnimals cannot store free-nitrogen
We must ingest nitrogen daily for immune function.
Nitrogen is like an explosive gun powder that cells use to kill germs.