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Glutamine a waste?
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diamonddiceclay
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yes -buy it seperate
riskybizz007
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If you are dieting it can help you preserve muscle. If you are bulking it is a complete waste IMO.
FitnessFrk
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Geez....has anyone on here actually even read a medical book or taken a class on sports nutrition ?
Glutamine is one of the most important non-essential amino acids to any serious athelete !
During strenous weight training Glutamine is one of the first amino acids used along with the BCAA's leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Glutamine helps with proper digestion, immune system functions and recovery. So you can see why gluatmine supplementation is vital no matter what type of training the athelete is involved in.
The free form of glutamine is easily digested by the portal blood system and the peptide bonded is more stable in liquids as it is mainly absorbed throught the GUT.
Glutamine is one of the most important non-essential amino acids to any serious athelete !
During strenous weight training Glutamine is one of the first amino acids used along with the BCAA's leucine, isoleucine, and valine. Glutamine helps with proper digestion, immune system functions and recovery. So you can see why gluatmine supplementation is vital no matter what type of training the athelete is involved in.
The free form of glutamine is easily digested by the portal blood system and the peptide bonded is more stable in liquids as it is mainly absorbed throught the GUT.
riskybizz007
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Hey wsup gymtime? Good to see ya on the boards again. Well here's my take on glutamine....
Fitnesfrk you're right in the sense that glutamine is one of the first aminos to go along w/ the BCAA's. I supplement w/ BCAA's whether bulking or cutting. All articles i've read concerning glutamine point to how little of it actually makes it to your muscles. The majority of it is lost in the stomach, that's where you'll get the "proper digestion from." A very very very small amount of glutamine will actually make it to your muscles. That's why i say it's a waste IMO, and considering it's so damn expensive as well.
If you're cutting glutamine can be readily used as energy, in this sense it can help preserve muscle. But not a big portion of the glutamine will go to the muscle and protect it, that's not how it works. It will be used as energy, and as an energy source, again i say it is quite expensive.
If you're bulking and eating the proper amounts of protein there is no need for supplementation w/ glutamine. For 1 you have an excess amount of protein in your system and if more glutamine is required it will take from the excess. And if you want to believe in the theory of glutamine competing w/ other aminos for absorption, glutamine would be a waste if you were bulking b/c of the excessive amount of protein in your system.
Fitnesfrk you're right in the sense that glutamine is one of the first aminos to go along w/ the BCAA's. I supplement w/ BCAA's whether bulking or cutting. All articles i've read concerning glutamine point to how little of it actually makes it to your muscles. The majority of it is lost in the stomach, that's where you'll get the "proper digestion from." A very very very small amount of glutamine will actually make it to your muscles. That's why i say it's a waste IMO, and considering it's so damn expensive as well.
If you're cutting glutamine can be readily used as energy, in this sense it can help preserve muscle. But not a big portion of the glutamine will go to the muscle and protect it, that's not how it works. It will be used as energy, and as an energy source, again i say it is quite expensive.
If you're bulking and eating the proper amounts of protein there is no need for supplementation w/ glutamine. For 1 you have an excess amount of protein in your system and if more glutamine is required it will take from the excess. And if you want to believe in the theory of glutamine competing w/ other aminos for absorption, glutamine would be a waste if you were bulking b/c of the excessive amount of protein in your system.
FitnessFrk
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bizz...you are correct about the absorpton which is why high doses of glutamine is neccessary for it to really be beneficial....you really need to take between 30-60 grams a day
riskybizz007
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and that's where money can be an issue. Glutamine is not very cheap, i wish it was. If i had the money to supplement w/ that amount of glutamine i would.
