L-Glutamine Powder

Did you know that L-Glutamine is my all-time favorite amino acid?

I could spend an entire episode of Know the Cause talking about this incredible nutrient.

Glutamine works in virtually every part of the body. It's the most abundant amino acid in the body, and the third most abundant in the brain and blood.

Glutamine is known as a "conditionally essential" essential amino acid. That means that when you're eating right, you're supplementing, and you're in shape, the body can make glutamine on its own. But when the body is under a lot of stress - like when you're sick, or undergoing surgery, or even when you're dieting - the body just can't make enough glutamine for normal function. The only way to get enough at that point is through diet and supplementation.

So why is this such a special amino acid? Dr. Billie Shaley reports that glutamine assists the kidneys and liver in removing toxins from our bodies. Studies have shown that the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation are enhanced when cancer patients supplement with glutamine, while the toxicity of the treatments is diminished. Dr. Shaley also reports that glutamine strengthens the immune system, speeds wound healing, and even supports the growth of pancreas cells.

One of the side effects of aging is that each year we tend to lose muscle. But glutamine can help that, too. Bodybuilders have long known that glutamine is essential for preserving muscle tissue, and most supplement with it every single day.

But perhaps the most popular reason why people take glutamine is for intestinal support. In 1970, the National Institutes of Health said that glutamine was the most important nutrient for the intestinal tract because of its ability to repair intestinal tissue. You've heard Doug talk about yeast getting into the gut and literally poking holes in the lining of the stomach. This is called Leaky Gut Syndrome, and it causes a huge number of symptoms in people. Food particles literally seep through the lining of the stomach and this is known to be the starting point for food allergies. If you're like me, you'd definitely want to take good antifungals to take care of the yeast overgrowth. But then, its essential to repair the lining of the gut, and the main nutrient that does this is glutamine.

And because glutamine is so inexpensive, virtually tasteless, and mixes so easy in water, I take it every single day.

Would you like to know more about how glutamine can help you? Call my office or visit the L-Glutamine web page.

I'm Guy Evans, and now you know!