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17-08-2006, 08:19 PM
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| Making Progress  Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 243 Rep Power:  |  L - Glutimine noticed alot of posts with this added in to ur plans and just wondered the benifts of it ive bought sum in tabs as thought would be easer to take, there 500mg tabs does that sound rite? ive googled it but seems to tell me what it is not what it does :? thanks for ya advice in advance jamie |
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18-08-2006, 10:44 AM
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| Moderator Musclechat Icon  Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,984 Rep Power:  | please anyone correct me if im wrong on anything here... glutamine is basically an amino acid... a building block of muscle tissue... an essential requirement for building muscle.... you get glutamine from the food you eat... with many amino acids... if your body does not get them direclty from food.. it can actually manufacture them from other nutrients within the body... glutamine is different because your body can not manufacture it.. so if it needs it then it has to use its own stores.... i.e. muscle tissue! so basically if your body needs this nutrient at any point.. if you havent eaten it then it will break up (destroy) muscle tissue to get it. so we supplement with glutamine in order to stop this from happening... there are many suggested ways to use it... personally i use it when dieting (and sometimes whilst not dieting) and i would take 5-10g before breakfast then 10g before any cardio exercise and then 10g before training. hope this helps! ______________________ If your not a part of the greatest... you got to be the greatest yourself! For the best supplements: www.extremenutrition.co.uk |
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