Nelson Vergel
Founder, ExcelMale.com
Here is some good info on glutamine:
http://defymedical.com/resources/health-articles/170-amino-acid-l-glutamine
From the book "Built to Survive":
Glutamine
For any loss of muscle, Judy Shabert, M.D., M.P.H., R.D., asserts that supplementing with high doses of the amino acid L-glutamine, will help reduce the catabolic process of breaking down muscle tissue,http://www.excelmale.com/#_edn1 and a recent study of wasting HIV patients by Prang showed that this might be true. (See Dr. Shabert's article in the August 1997 issue of POZ magazine.) For frank wasting, HIV(+) people are using between 12 and 36 grams per day of L-glutamine. (One tablespoon is 12 grams.) I have friends who have halted their random diarrhea and improved their lean body mass using these kinds of L-glutamine doses, and in Prang's study wasting and diarrhea and were checked by using 30 to 40 grams of glutamine per day. Glutamine too, has been shown to have a powerful effect on improving glutathione production,[ii] and glutamine improves insulin sensitivity.[iii] [iv]
http://www.excelmale.com/#_ednref1 Hickson, RC, et al. Glutamine prevents down regulation of myosin heavy chain synthesis and muscle atrophy from glucocorticoids. Am J Physiol [Endo Metab] (1995) 269(31):E730-E734.
[ii] Hong, RW, et al. Glutamine preserves liver glutathione after lethal hepatic injury. Ann Surg (1992) 215(2):114-119.
[iii] Opara, EC, et al. L-glutamine supplementation of a high fat diet reduces body weight and attenuates hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in C57BL/6J mice. J Nutr (1996) 126(1):273-279.
[iv] Borel, MJ, et al. Parenteral glutamine infusion alters insulin-mediated glucose metabolism. J Parenter Enteral Nutr (1998) 22(5):280-285.
http://defymedical.com/resources/health-articles/170-amino-acid-l-glutamine
From the book "Built to Survive":
Glutamine
For any loss of muscle, Judy Shabert, M.D., M.P.H., R.D., asserts that supplementing with high doses of the amino acid L-glutamine, will help reduce the catabolic process of breaking down muscle tissue,http://www.excelmale.com/#_edn1 and a recent study of wasting HIV patients by Prang showed that this might be true. (See Dr. Shabert's article in the August 1997 issue of POZ magazine.) For frank wasting, HIV(+) people are using between 12 and 36 grams per day of L-glutamine. (One tablespoon is 12 grams.) I have friends who have halted their random diarrhea and improved their lean body mass using these kinds of L-glutamine doses, and in Prang's study wasting and diarrhea and were checked by using 30 to 40 grams of glutamine per day. Glutamine too, has been shown to have a powerful effect on improving glutathione production,[ii] and glutamine improves insulin sensitivity.[iii] [iv]
http://www.excelmale.com/#_ednref1 Hickson, RC, et al. Glutamine prevents down regulation of myosin heavy chain synthesis and muscle atrophy from glucocorticoids. Am J Physiol [Endo Metab] (1995) 269(31):E730-E734.
[ii] Hong, RW, et al. Glutamine preserves liver glutathione after lethal hepatic injury. Ann Surg (1992) 215(2):114-119.
[iii] Opara, EC, et al. L-glutamine supplementation of a high fat diet reduces body weight and attenuates hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in C57BL/6J mice. J Nutr (1996) 126(1):273-279.
[iv] Borel, MJ, et al. Parenteral glutamine infusion alters insulin-mediated glucose metabolism. J Parenter Enteral Nutr (1998) 22(5):280-285.
