arginine-akg question

[smizack]

Can someone tell me what the differance is between arginine and arginine alpha-ketoglutarate?

Some guy at gnc said not to take arginine regularly, and that 500mg was an excessive ammount. I've been taking about 3 grams per day. (2g akg, and 1g arginine). But he didn't seem to know anything about akg, or how much to take other than pointing at an N02 bottle.

 

[ZKaudio]

first rule:

don't listen to people who work at gnc.

 

[d3track]

i don't see any reason not to take it regularly
i have a short article on it some were, i will have to find it, cause i don't remember it exactly
i think it recomended roughly 1-2g and it is supposed to work very well with creatine

and most guys at gnc are dipshits, i actually haven't even seen a gnc employee who looks like they workout......at all

 

[smizack]

Yeah gnc, I know. There is one old lady there that seems pretty knowledgable, but she's the only one.

d3track, were you talking about arginine or akg? And what's the differance between the two?

 

[ZKaudio]

it's just a more absorbable chemical form of arginine. Kinda like how glutamine peptides are considered superior to l-glut pure b/c of higher absorbtion efficiency

 

[smizack]

it's just a more absorbable chemical form of arginine. Kinda like how glutamine peptides are considered superior to l-glut pure b/c of higher absorbtion efficiency

Gotcha. Thanks.