Is it true not to take gluta w/protein

[ripper911]

one of my friends told me not to take glutamine with my shake cause it damages the receptors he said to take the glutamine first and then later drink the protein cause i have been putting it in my shakes after my workout

 

[sirperry1]

I put it in my shakes!! I never heard that??

 

[The Terminator]

Most shakes on the market these days are packed full of glutamine anyway so I don't see why someone would even say that. You'd be surprised how little some people, who look great no less, actually know about diet/training.

 

[Trevdog]

No it isn't true. I put it in my postworkout shakes also, it is a great time to take glutamine.

 

[Dr.X]

I've also heard you shouldn't mix glutamine with protein because the glutamine uptake will be out-competed by the other amino acids. If this happens you waste your gluatmine.

 

[The Iron Game]

Glutamine is just another amino acid, by having a broader range of aminos you are making it more user friendly. Get new friends.

 

[obpower]

That statement has no validity. Use it with a shake. The only drawback with mixing it with a shake would be that in some shakes, alot of the material sticks to the side of the blender/mixing device and you may not get all of your glutmaine. Be concious of that.

 

[Rio 2001]

Doesn't matter. Glutamine is absorbed, transformed in other aminos and will be resinthesized when and where it becomes necessary.Seventy percent of plasma glutamine comes from de novo synthesis , mostly from glutamate but also from various other aminos. Mix it, don't mix it, it will still be the most abundant aminoacid running through your veins.