Many individuals supplement with arginine for its ability to increase blood flow. The amino acid arginine is a known nitric-oxide (NO) booster. Arginine is readily converted to NO in the body. NO helps expand blood vessels, allowing more blood flow to skeletal muscles for improved delivery of oxygen, anabolic hormones and nutrients such as amino acids. This accelerates muscle recovery and growth in response to training. In fact, research has found that arginine supplementation may reduce body fat while increasing muscle mass. Preliminary findings from a study conducted at the University of Athens Medical School in Greece suggests that when vitamin C is taken with an arginine supplement, it results in noticeably greater levels of NO than arginine taken alone. Vitamin C functions as an antioxidant, which may protect NO from the degradation caused by free radicals.
Gregory Chandler
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