Glutamine Kyowa 500 g.
Over the past two decades, the Glutamine has become an important supplement present in the arsenal of every bodybuilder, with which the immunological function is ensured, the recovery times of the musculoskeletal system are reduced after strenuous workouts and endurance is improved. Athletes, numerous university professors, sports doctors and coaches also agree that the Glutamine it is an amino acid of crucial importance and usefulness, necessary to ensure optimal health and the activity of the immune system.
Glutamine (also L-glutamine) is a non-essential amino acid whose synthesis occurs starting from other amino acids (arginine, ornithine and proline) in the muscle tissue, where it is particularly abundant (in the muscles glutamine represents about 65% of the amino acids present).
The vast majority of glutamine present in the bloodstream is muscle-made. to a lesser extent it is produced by the liver and other organs. it is used by our body as a precursor of other non-essential amino acids and can provide energy in conditions of high catabolism. In neurons it is converted into glutamic acid by the enzyme glutaminase.
Glutamine is used as an adjunct in the therapies of mental fatigue due to its important functions at the nervous and cerebral level. it is also important for nitrogen control. In the world of sport, supplements based on this amino acid enjoy considerable consideration. as with many other supplements, the spread of this substance comes from the world of body building.
The properties of glutamine
Let's try to shed some light on the "properties" of this substance. According to supporters of supplementing with this amino acid, glutamine:
1) prevents muscle catabolism (property dear to body builders, discovered in a crisis situation in the surgical field where it has been seen that high doses of glutamine helped restore muscle tissues: in "normal" situations this does not happen, on the contrary, it prevents the muscle catabolism means removing one of the alternative energy sources).
2) promotes recovery.
3) stimulates the growth hormone (but the experiences conducted outside clinics on "normal and trained" subjects did not replicate the results on "clinical and elderly" subjects).
4) it strengthens the immune defenses (if this were significantly true, since there are individuals who never get the flu due to their high immune barriers, why is it not suggested to take glutamine instead of the vaccine?).
5) increases the volume of muscle cells, pumping water (but this affects a body builder, much less other categories of athletes where weight is often a handicap).
6) it has a detoxifying, hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory action (certainly there is some truth, but it is better to turn to specific products).
7) enters the formation of glutathione, an antioxidant consisting of cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine (this is also true, but what if the other components are missing?).
In essence, the promotion of glutamine is similar to that which generic nutritionists make of various foods: every food has properties, contains vitamins, etc., but this does not mean that it is a panacea against diseases or against physical decay. It is advisable to take glutamine with carbohydrates because it is better absorbed in conditions of elevation of the glycemic load (only to state that to stimulate growth hormone it must be taken in conditions of low glycemic load).
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