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0:00.0	So today we're going to talk about why your urine may give off a strong ammonia odor
0:27.1	when you're on keto.
0:28.7	Now ammonia is the byproduct of protein.
0:31.5	Now what normally should happen is when you consume protein, some of it goes to the tissues,
0:36.9	some of it is used as fuel, and the rest goes through waste, through your urine, okay,
0:42.1	as urea.
0:43.2	So ammonia is the intermediate step between protein and urea.
0:48.5	Now if you have liver damage, let's say you have cirrhosis, this cycle here gets interrupted
0:54.0	and you start building up too much ammonia, and that can back up in the blood and be very
0:58.2	toxic.
0:59.2	However, there is another condition where you can have ammonia in the urine, and it's
1:02.6	not toxic.
1:04.3	And here's why.
1:05.8	Acidic urine triggers the production of ammonia, and I'll put a link down below, but when
1:10.7	your blood becomes slightly too acidic, you trigger the production of ammonia.
1:16.8	Sometimes up to 5 to 10x, and why is that?
1:21.0	Because ammonia is extremely alkaline, it's 11.7.
1:25.6	So neutral is 7, as you go lower, becomes more acidic, as you go higher, becomes more
1:31.4	alkaline.
1:32.4	Now just to give you more reality on the pH scale, 7 is neutral, 6 is acidic, 8 is alkaline.
1:40.3	When you go from 7 to 8, 8 is 10 times more alkaline, and 6 is 10 times more acidic, so
1:50.6	it's by a power of 10.
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