Lumberg
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Dun duh duh:
I posit the following:
Glutamine peptides and pure glutamine are approximately the same price per kilo (about $45 is considered a pretty good deal for either). Please post and tell me if I am wrong.
Glutamine peptides are at the MOST 1/2 Glutamine, but probably closer to 1/3. That's because each Glutamine molecule is bonded to at least one other peptide. Again post if you have more detailed information.
It is generally believed that Glutamine peptides are absorbed into bloodstream/muscles better than pure Glutamine. This is especially relevant when you are mixing Glutamine into shakes because the gut supposedly "selectively absorbs" just about any protein before pure Glutamine. It has also been posited that the digestive tract itself is what ends up using most of the L-Glutamine to build itself up, which, according to some pundits, is why Ronnie Coleman's, and other pro BBs to a lesser extent, guts are so distended. Others argue this distension is due to GH. Post if you have good info on this.
Some say Glutamine should only be taken on an empty stomach but you know what? I don't have time to have an empty stomach. If my stomach's empty, I'm gonna eat or drink a shake and get 50g of protein. I'm not going to replace a meal with 10g of Glutamine.
HOWEVER, can anyone prove that Glutamine peptides are absorbed at least TWICE as well than pure L-Glutamine?
Until somebody proves that
one scoop of Glutamine peptides WITH a shake = more Glutamine in my muscles than 1 scoop Pure L-Glutamine with a shake,
ceterus paribus,
I will purchase L-Glutamine exclusively.
You can replace "scoop" with "heaping tablespoon," "portion," whatever, I just happen to use a scoop.
We will leave gustatory (taste) considerations out of this discussion.
JC
Dun duh duh:
I posit the following:
Glutamine peptides and pure glutamine are approximately the same price per kilo (about $45 is considered a pretty good deal for either). Please post and tell me if I am wrong.
Glutamine peptides are at the MOST 1/2 Glutamine, but probably closer to 1/3. That's because each Glutamine molecule is bonded to at least one other peptide. Again post if you have more detailed information.
It is generally believed that Glutamine peptides are absorbed into bloodstream/muscles better than pure Glutamine. This is especially relevant when you are mixing Glutamine into shakes because the gut supposedly "selectively absorbs" just about any protein before pure Glutamine. It has also been posited that the digestive tract itself is what ends up using most of the L-Glutamine to build itself up, which, according to some pundits, is why Ronnie Coleman's, and other pro BBs to a lesser extent, guts are so distended. Others argue this distension is due to GH. Post if you have good info on this.
Some say Glutamine should only be taken on an empty stomach but you know what? I don't have time to have an empty stomach. If my stomach's empty, I'm gonna eat or drink a shake and get 50g of protein. I'm not going to replace a meal with 10g of Glutamine.
HOWEVER, can anyone prove that Glutamine peptides are absorbed at least TWICE as well than pure L-Glutamine?
Until somebody proves that
one scoop of Glutamine peptides WITH a shake = more Glutamine in my muscles than 1 scoop Pure L-Glutamine with a shake,
ceterus paribus,
I will purchase L-Glutamine exclusively.
You can replace "scoop" with "heaping tablespoon," "portion," whatever, I just happen to use a scoop.
We will leave gustatory (taste) considerations out of this discussion.
JC