Why Glutamine should be a part of every BB'S arsenal...
The term 'bodybuilding' is somewhat of a misnomer.Although that is the end result we are striving to achieve,for the most part what we,as athletes are doing is 'bodytearingdown'.Weight training itself is a catabolic process in a direct sense,as we are tearing down muscle fibers,and putting our nervous system and immune system under tremendous stress.Proper nutritional feeding mechanisms following these traumatic events is CRUCIAL to our success in undoing the damage and forwarding our systems into adaptation.One key element in forwarding these adaptative processes is an often overlooked and underappreciated non-essential(although it should be classified as essential to athletes,lol)amino acid-GLUTAMINE.What makes glutamine so important to us as bodybuilders?Well,just off the top of my head I will list several actions of glutamine that will have direct impact on your bodybuilding progress/recovery/overall health.Here's some of this powerful macronutrients influences in the human body:
*Increases T-Lymphocyte cell(immune-system boosting)cell proliferation...
*Augments the bacterial-killing functions(known as phagocytosis) of neutrophins,also known as leukocytes,which have a voracious appetite for microbial bacteria...
*Enhances liver GLUTATHIONE(which is a very potent anti-oxidant)stores and lowers hepatic(liver)enzyme elevations(which will obviously be of tremendous benefit to all oral 17aa consumers)...
*Promotes glycogen synthesis and storage within the muscle cell.
*Stimulates protein synthesis/inhibits protein degradation...
*Acts as a muscle cell volumizer(increases fluid/macronutrient capacity within the cell)...
Outside of Creatine Monohydrate,this nutrient should be second of importance on the 'to-purchase' list for physical augmentation.It does not give the dramatic,instant-gratification effects like creatine,but as you can see,it's overall mechanisms toward improving health/recovery/cell processes vital to bodybuiling are far reaching...I would recommend the peptide forms over the L forms as they are pre-digested,and pass the intestinal wall into the blood stream much more efficiently.