Thursday, November 15, 2012

Glutamine - What Is It, Why You Want It

"Take glutamine to prevent food cravings and maintain optimal body composition over the holidays. Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in the body and in addition to helping you avoid unhealthy food cravings, it can regulate blood sugar and nutrient metabolism. Taking a large dose of glutamine has also been found to help trainees break through muscle building plateaus and improve body composition.

"The cool think about glutamine is that it is involved in so many functions in the body that, by giving your body a larger pool to play with, you can improve health, brain function, physical performance, and metabolism. Here's how it works: First, glutamine is used along with the amino acids cysteine and glycine to make glutathione, which is a powerhouse antioxidant that needs to be made internally by the body rather than supplemented to be most effective. Glutathione regulates the immune system and helps you avoid everything from a cold to cancer."

http://www.charlespoliquin.com/Blog/tabid/130/EntryId/1685/Tip-477-Take-Glutamine-To-Prevent-Cravings-and-Maintain-Body-Composition-Over-the-Holidays.aspx

Read more at the link - very interesting!  This supplement is also recommended by Dr. Ron Rosedale (The Rosedale Diet) to help folks make the low carb transition.

3 comments:

  1. Do you have a brand of Glutamine that you recommend?

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  2. Star, I don't, but have good results with "Now Foods" products overall

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  3. Good post, thanks for using this web space to discuss this optimal body composition subject.
    Fortunately this topic is also presented in your blog, assuring a decent coverage.
    Keep up the good work !

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