L-Glutamine

The research on this stuff says it can help with depression but to be careful as it can trigger mania. I already get lots of exercise and don't need a PT but thanks for the suggestion????????

check this link
http://www.thewayup.com/newsletters/041501.htm

three years before i got diagnosed with crohns i used glutamine powder after workouts with protein.....if you use too much your stomach becomes irritated...might have been the crohns in early stages maybe not....i did notice it helped with muscle healing and i did have more energy. be careful with what you intake.....you just dont know how it can affect the crohns

I have heard from more than one source that taken with food glutamine is great for bodybuilders because it helps to build muscle. But taken on an empty stomach glutamine helps repair intestinal tissue.

According to Dr. Robert Atkins, the Atkins diet guru, not only is glutamine effective for healing the digestive tract, (which is what IBDers like us need), but that it also snuffs out cravings for sugar.

On page 168 in his book, 'Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution', he talks how glutamine "maintains the structural integrity of the intestines to such an extent that it is dubbed 'intestinal permeability factor.' No other nutrient is as important for gastrointestinal integrity."

Page 169 (look it up the next time you are browsing a B&N bookstore) Atkins says he uses 12 grams (3 teaspoons) daily to curb alcohol cravings and 1-2 grams to curb cravings for sweets.

One heaping teaspoon of powder is 4-5 grams. I prefer powder to avoid the fillers that are found in pills. (I take too many pills with fillers as it is). I cannot vouch for Atkins but I have heard about the benefits of glutamine from other sources as well.

Post Edited (BabeintheWoods) : 7/3/2011 7:33:09 AM (GMT-6)

Thanks all for your responses. I think I will try it on the empty stomach to see if it brings me some improvement. Not that I am doing to badly right now but ALWAYS room for improvement. Thanks Nanners for the action you took. I thought I was being insulted and was going to reply in kind but decided instead to assume that the poster meant it in the best possible way. :) I don't understand what about my posting caused that response?

Sniper if you are using it for your feet and yet you still are having gut issues then I feel less confident about the stuff. But still I am going to try it.

Thank you. If I get that lucky I am going to eat some serious heat! Mexican, Thai, Indian........

I am doing fairly well right now on the Remicade so I am not sure that I will be able to REALLY put this stuff to the test but I sure will let everyone know what I experience.

While we are on the subject of L-G , how do you guys take the powdered form . I stir it up in lemonade just enough liquid to swallow. I find it gritty and it does not dessolve . How do you take it ?