I often write about glutamine, an important supplement for those who train the body hard. The amino acid glutamine provides a form of nutrition to your immune system. This nutrition prevents muscle loss and takes the stress off muscles during dieting and healing. Glutamine can also be used to produce bicarbonate, which was recently recognized for its muscle-preserving effects. Much like creatine, glutamine also has a cell-volumizing effect, helping muscle cells stay swollen when glycogen and insulin levels are low (such as during a diet). By loading muscle cells with water, glutamine helps the muscle cells stay stretched and tight, which prevents protein-destroying enzymes from switching on and devouring muscle. Glutamine can also cause growth hormone (GH) release, and helps keep muscle-building processes humming along.
I suggest that one take 10 grams of glutamine a day if you weigh up to 200 pounds. Those weighing over 200 pounds may take up to 15 grams of glutamine a day.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law
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