The Claim
Consumption of cowpea for 15 days is associated with significant changes in metabolites within the carnitine pathway, including tiglylcarnitine and acetylcarnitine, in both urine and dried blood spots of children and pregnant women.
What the research says
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Eating cowpeas for 15 days is linked to measurable changes in carnitine-related metabolites, such as tiglylcarnitine and acetylcarnitine, in the urine and dried blood spots of children and pregnant women.
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Cowpea consumption for 15 days is associated with significant changes in metabolites within the carnitine pathway, including tiglylcarnitine and acetylcarnitine, in both urine and dried blood spots of children and pregnant women.
Eating cowpeas introduces amino acids that the body uses to make more carnitine compounds, which carry fatty acids into energy-producing parts of cells, causing excess intermediates to show up in urine and blood.
What the research says
1 studyEating cowpeas for two weeks changed specific body chemicals related to energy use in kids and pregnant women, and scientists found those changes in their pee and blood spots.
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