Ammonia Like Smell In The Shower.

[PANTS]

Anyone else getting this?:

I have been getting an "ammonia smell" coming off me in the shower straight after a workout.
I read in some else's post that it's a sign of Protein being burned for energy?
Could it be hypoglycemia?

Thanks,
P

 

[testalot]

i have hypoglycemia, i have had 3 glucose test done over a 6 year period, all came back hypoglycemia. and i have never experienced that. it may be caused by hypoglycemia, but i have never had that happen

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

It could be that you are eating such large quantities of protein that your body is excreting high amounts or deamylated protein and ureic acid. Your skin functions as a waste disposal organ as well as a defense barrier against external pathogens.

Perhaps your gyms plumbing system cesspol is back washing and sewage gasses are escaping through the drains in the floor.

 

[Twitched]

It's also could be a sign of overtraining . When your body breaks down muscle protein, that's an effect people seem to experience.

Could just be your body breaking down your dietary protein however.

 

[Enigmaxxx7]

That's just your FONK.

You'll know if you have hypoglycemia. Dizziness, irritable, indecisive, lightheaded.

 

[muslhead]

When amino acids are "burned" as a fuel, ammonia (NH3] is the waste product. Ammonia must be carried to the liver, converted to urea and excreted by the kidneys. One of the penalties of amino acid excess is ammonia excess, a potential cause of body malfunction following a high protein meal. The blood measurement of urea nitrogen (BUN) shows the balance between urea production by the liver and excretion by the kidneys. The BUN rises in kidney failure and serves as a measure of ammonia or nitrogen. In liver disease, reduced ability to synthesize urea leads to ammonia accumulation

Since each person is different and their body reacts differently to the use of protein as a fuel source, the amount of ammonia produced is different. This could be why you smell it and others dont.
MH

 

[alien amp pharm]

You're not peeing in the shower are you?

Seriously though, I agree w/Enigmaxx - you'd have other symptoms if it were hypoglycemia.

 

[argent]

Thats happened to me before to bro. It alway happens when I am dieting very hard. I always took it as a sign of protein being burned like the other bros said. Hope this helps.

 

[hawaiid]

I don't smell it coming off of me in the shower, but when I take off my shirt I can smell it. It is rather distrurbing, but I asked my wife if she smelled it and she said no-so probably nobody else is smelling your stink ass either BTW, I always pee in the shower, and it always stinks because I take ALA about half and hour before I shower-glad that smell doesn't eminate from my skin

 

[Swoleyoley]

The nasty ass B-12 smell sometimes comes out when i take a piss, are u pissing in the shower?