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Posted by: musclepump

How much Glutamine do you all take? Right now I'm at about 45g a day including my pills and what's in my shakes; but what's in my protein is the less-desireable L-Glut Acid. Anyways, I'm just wondering if I'm taking enough.

Posted by: busyLivin

most i've taken in a day is 20g. I take 10g -15g/day now.

Posted by: fizox

i take 5grams post training, 5 grams before bed in my shake.

Posted by: 19-chief

5 grams when i wake, 5 grams before my work out, 5 grams after, 5 grams before bed (...but most of the time this serving gets replaced with 1/2 cup cottage cheese)

Posted by: Tha Don

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Originally Posted by 19-chief

5 grams when i wake, 5 grams before my work out, 5 grams after, 5 grams before bed

same here

Posted by: musclepump

Guess I'm just way over the top

Posted by: rrgg

No, I think gopro and some others mentioned using 40 per day at times (do a search).

Posted by: gopro

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Originally Posted by rrgg

No, I think gopro and some others mentioned using 40 per day at times (do a search).

ASIDE from whats naturally occurring in my protein drinks and food, I will take in anywhere between 30-40 extra g of powdered glutamine per day.

Posted by: ChrisROCK

What's glutamine's purpose/function exactly? What brand pills does everyone recommend?

Posted by: ChrisROCK

anyone, anyone??? see above.... thx!

Posted by: 19-chief

"Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid found in the muscles of the body. Because it can readily pass the blood-brain barrier, it is known as brain fuel. Within the brain glutamine is converted into glutamic acid, which is essential for cerebral function and vice versa. Glutamic acid is also a precursor of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric-acid), an important neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Glutamic acid helps transport potassium into the spinal fluid and is itself an excitatory neurotransmitter.

Glutamine is considered by most athletes to be an essential part of their nutritional program. Glutamine improves mental alertness, clarity of thinking and improves mood. Glutamine regulates protein synthesis, along with inhibiting protein degradation and stimulating glycogen synthesis. Due to these effects, glutamine plays an important part in your body by aiding recovery of muscle cells. Intense weight training has been shown to uniformly decrease glutamine levels by 50%, taking several hours to return to normal levels.

In athletes, glutamine has been used as a marker to indicate over training. In this condition research shows glutamine levels are significantly reduced, taking up to one month to return to baseline. These athletes have increased susceptibility to infection, resulting from impaired immune functions. This is the reason that informed athletes are supplementing their diets with additional amounts of glutamine, also believed to trigger growth hormone release."

Posted by: 19-chief

personally, i use MRM's powder L-Glutamine.

Posted by: ChrisROCK

are pills as effective? How many times a day, and how many grams is adviseable?

Posted by: 19-chief

i find those horse pills hard to swallow but if you can hack it, be my guest. stcik with 5g at a time... at least before the work out and after... if you are doing any kind of post w/o insulin spike, take this at that time to force feed those muscles some glutamine!

Posted by: ChrisROCK

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if you are doing any kind of post w/o insulin spike, take this at that time to force feed those muscles some glutamine!

excuse my ignorance?

Posted by: 19-chief

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/sh...ad.php?t=21277
do some searching... but it is basically a way of taking advantage of the anabolic affects of consuming high glycemic carbs to better shuttle nutrients needed for recovery from an intense workout... i mostly do this during my phases of training when i'm trying to gain and i'm not too concerned with some fat gain... par example -when i'm "ON" something... ph/ps's.

Posted by: 19-chief

sorry if i caused you any confusion.

keep it simple. train smart. train hard. eat smart/clean. eat often. sleep 8 hours every night.

then, watch the monster grow!!!

Posted by: DOMS

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Originally Posted by ChrisROCK

excuse my ignorance?

Nutrient Timing

Posted by: ChrisROCK

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Originally Posted by 19-chief

sleep 8 hours every night.

This is a virtual impossibility

Thanks for the good info!

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