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Low Blood Protein? It Will Shorten Your Life, Study Shows  In 1989, a study was published in the Lancet, a prestigious British medical journal that looked at 7,735 middle aged men over a nine-year period. The researchers were looking for a marker that would foretell death or disease. The results indicated that men with low blood albumen levels developed diseases and died at a higher rate than those with normal levels. The lower the albumin rate, the higher the tendency for early disease and death. What is albumin? Albumen is the major protein in the blood. It is produced in the liver and is the main protein that circulates in the bloodstream. It is actually a lipid-protein mixture, and high levels of it indicate good liver, kidney, and immune function. While albumin carries out at least sixty-five important biological functions, its primary role is as a transport protein to carry fatty acids, sex and thyroid hormones, vitamins, and minerals. Amazingly, it is the most powerful antioxidant in our bloodstream. It also binds and carries away heavy metals, drug residues, and chemical toxins for disposal by the liver and kidney. Albumin's other function is to maintain correct fluid balance within the bloodstream and other tissues. Low albumin leads to water pooling (edema) in dependent body areas. If albumin is so important, then how do we keep the levels high or raise them up if they are low? Here are two ways: 1. Increase Hygiene. Albumin levels in the blood are in a teeter-tooter relationship with another group of proteins called immunoglobulins. These proteins are the antibodies that fight off disease. When we have a high exposure to noxious organisms, the immunoglobulin level will rise and the albumin level will fall. Many of the organisms that we are exposed to come to us when we self-infect ourselves by touching our eyes, ears, nose, and mouth with our unclean hands. The fingertips and area around the fingernails contain tens of millions of germs. One simple method around this is to keep one's hands away from the face, to wash carefully before eating and after going to the bathroom. By lowering our exposure to these microbes, our antibody levels will go down, and consequently the albumin levels will rise. 2. Ensure Protein Nutrition. The other method to improve albumin levels is to make sure protein nutrition is optimized. BioBuilde is an amino acid supplement that produces the best response in the body for making protein, albumin included. Since BioBuilde does not need to be digested, and is found in the bloodstream in a mere 23 minutes after ingestion, it is the best way to boost low albumin levels when the cause is poor dietary sources. Five BioBuilde tablets a day for the average person would be a good starting dose for this. You can order BioBuilde, from our BodyHealth.com website. (In fact, we're currently giving away free athletic socks when you order three bottles!) I also suggest that blood test for albumin and globulin be done by everyone at least once a year. If the levels are not adequate, then protein supplementation and a personal hygiene program should be done to correct it.
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