Dr Lalitha Badul

Ornithine is an amino acid produced by the body. Ornithine can be found in food sources like meat, fish, dairy prod¬ucts and eggs.

It is highly effective at stimulating muscle growth and is a key ingredient found in many muscle building protein shakes and supple¬ments used by body builders.

Ornithine promotes healing and tissue repair and speeds up the proc¬ess of building muscle tissue. It also stimulates the production of growth hormones.

Because muscle loss is a natural part of the ageing process as we get older, Ornithine can be taken as a supplement to combat the effects of ageing. Ornithine is also found as in most natural anti-ageing crèmes where it is used to improve the skin’s elasticity and repair and rebuild skin tissue.