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L-Glutamine

Legion Kreinak2

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Okay, I was thinking of buying a thing of L-Glutamine from Netrition.com for 46.95, 200 servings per contained. I'm currently bulking though, and wasn't sure if it's useful for that still, or really only for stopping the catabolic effect of cardio during cutting.

5gs is a serving... how many servings should I take a day? I know at least one post-workout.
 
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MS as you might know, the debate about glutamine will never end; however, L-glutamine is absolute useless, in my view, unless you use it for its immunological boosting properties.

The simple reason for the above statement is because glutamine has to get into the blood stream one way or another.
As we know, roughly 61% of the AA pool in the blood is glutamine. That is approximately 5g of amino acids in the blood at one time. In addition, close to 90%(probably more) of the ingested glutamine is destroyed by the stomach acids. After the beforehand fact, it is probably safe to assume that not even 1% gets to the blood--less I imagine.

The immunological boosting properties can be explored, I am one of the people that saw this early on and started getting the "ANIMAL" glutamine created by the infamous Animal. What the major contribution in the mix is Potassium Citrate, which should act as a buffering agent. A more prominent way to do this is by adding baking soda to the mix with Glutamin; thus, creating a stomach acid buffer and, maybe, increase some absorption.
 
I've read a few studies on it as well... didn't specify the percent estimated to reach muscles, but it was so minimal it didn't make a difference anyway. IMO BCAA'a are better for catabolism.
 
What are BCAA's and are they expensive? Where can I get 'em? Good for use post-workout even during bulking or just when cutting (with all that cardio)?
 
BCAA= Branched Chain Amino Acids

Expensive? No

BCAA's are building blocks od muscle mass and size... they assist other aminos in repair and rebuilding.
 
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