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Why Viruses Are Crucial To Life On This Planet, The Link Between Air Pollution, Glyphosate & Pandemics, Loss Of Biodiversity (& What We Can Do About It) & More With Dr. Zach Bush.

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Role of Glycine in the Building of Proteins

Glycine is a critical amino acid that builds proteins. It can decrease the body's core temperature, it keeps your appetite satiated at night. I actually make coconut water jello with a little bit of gelatin, which is chock full of glycine and have a square of jello every night before dinner to get glycine. And so isn't it interesting that we might put a chemical out there that disrupts the essential amino acids that would help to build the very scissors that put us in a balance with viruses? The virus has had to express themselves more frequently because they are the machinery of adaptation.

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