DC question

[jerkbox]

I have just changed my training and started this DC training (lovin it so far btw)

I know everyone screams that it is absolutely neccessary to follow these programs to a T, otherwise you won't get the full benefit of the program.

My question is in regards to Glutamine. For those of you doing DC training, do you use Glutamine as he instructs?

I've read varying opinions concerning Glutamine, and haven't really used it.

I'd like to hear some opinions.....Thnx.

 

[guldukat]

I have just changed my training and started this DC training (lovin it so far btw)

I know everyone screams that it is absolutely neccessary to follow these programs to a T, otherwise you won't get the full benefit of the program.

My question is in regards to Glutamine. For those of you doing DC training, do you use Glutamine as he instructs?

I've read varying opinions concerning Glutamine, and haven't really used it.

I'd like to hear some opinions.....Thnx.

I haven't used glutamine, and I wish I HAD!

It's fairly expensive to take in the kind of quantities you really need, so just look for a good deal online. That's what I'm going to do.

I've only heard good things about its ability to enhance your recovery. Dogg has a good track record in my book, so I tend to think he wouldn't recommend it if it wasn't worthwhile. He doesn't, after all, have a contract with EAS or Twinlabs (that I know of, or yet anyway ), so he has no reason to encourage its use other than its efficacy.

 

[louden_swain]

I haven't purchased any due to a budget, but rather I focus on eating more food.

 

[casualbb]

Don't take glutamine thinking you'll get bigger muscles. This is what Bryan Haycock has to say on it (he worked in the supp industry for years):

"Here are the reasons to take glutamine.

1) Immune support. Supplemental use of glutamine, either in oral, enteral, or parenteral form, increases intestinal villous height, stimulates gut mucosal cellular proliferation, and maintains mucosal integrity. It also prevents intestinal hyperpermeability and bacterial translocation, which may be involved in sepsis and the development of multiple organ failure. One study reported that athletes reported fewer incedences of upper respiratory tract infections while supplementing with glutamine (2 grams) after they ran.

2) Gastrointestinal support. 70-80% of orally administered glutamine is absorbed into the cells of your GI tract. It remains there and is metabolised by those cells without ever reaching the blood stream (see second image). In sicknesses such as sepsis it has been shown to help improve survival because of improved GI tract function.

Thats pretty much it.

There is no real benefit for someone looking to build bigger muscles. That 10% of dietary glutamine that gets past the GI tract is taken up by the liver where it is converted into sugar (gluconeogenesis) and stored as glycogen in the liver."

-casualbb