Positive Nitrogen Balance

Positive nitrogen balance is a symptom of anabolism and muscle growth. You’ll hear about it in the future very often; so, let’s find out what it is.

Nitrogen balance is the ratio of the quantity of nitrogen coming to our organism with the food we eat and to the quantity of nitrogen excreted from it. Since proteins appear to be the main nitrogen source of our organism, it’s possible to consider the ratio of proteins that our organism gains and destroys in accordance with its nitrogen balance; and this information is necessary to know whether muscle growth takes place.

There is a certain connection between the amount of nitrogen that our organism consumes with food proteins and the amount of nitrogen that our organism excretes. Increase of protein intake automatically increases the quantity of excreted nitrogen. In case of correct nutrition, an adult’s organism, as a rule, excretes the same amount of nitrogen it gains. This state got the name of nitrogen balance. You should remember: we mentioned before that our organism always strives for constancy (homeostasis). That’s why this kind of balance is a normal state for most people. If you increase the amount of food proteins nitrogen balance will soon be recovered but at a higher level. So, the actual result of nitrogen balance lies in the fact that our body always strives for such a sate when nothing happens: we neither grow nor lose weight.

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