Guest guest Posted November 22, 1999 Report Share Posted November 22, 1999 Mann wrote: > From: " Mann " <jmann@...> > > Can anybody tell me what glutamine is? Is it a medicine or a supplement? > A previous post said that it is a preferred intestineal nutrient. Thanks, > > Hi , L-Glutamine is an amino acid. Its a supplement available at health food stores.. I wouldn't be without it. Its food for the brain and the immune sytem, the intestinal value was news to me! You must take it on a empty stomach, I do it before bed. Started with 500mg and went up to 1500mg. Its recommened in Klatz's book on HgH as a natural growth hormone realeasor. Also one of the few things that is still CHEAP! Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 1999 Report Share Posted November 22, 1999 > > Can anybody tell me what glutamine is? Is it a medicine > or a supplement? Konlee strongly recommends glutamine for gut healing. He suggests 10 - 20 grams/day. I buy it in powder form and eat it by the spoonful. Konlee's web address is: http://www.execpc.com/~keephope/ Not sure if its doing anything, but medline articles about glutamine are very impressive. Patti -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 At 11:59 AM 12/08/1999 -0800, you wrote: >From: Hess <pchess@...> > >Does anybody know about reliable brands of glutamine? Hopefully it is pure, without other ingredients, and it gives you results. I am interested in intestinal and muscle repair. > ====== the boston buyer's club has this product in a one kilo jar for about $68.00 plus shipping. it is JARROW powder, a good brand. will post the website to list. nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 > >Does anybody know about reliable brands of glutamine? Hopefully > it is pure, without other ingredients, and it gives you results. > I am interested in intestinal and muscle repair. > > ====== > the boston buyer's club has this product in a one kilo jar for > about $68.00 plus shipping. it is JARROW powder, a good brand. I just ordered 1kilo for $47.50 from beyond-a-century. I don't know the brand name, but I do know that most companies buy from the same source and just put their label on. The only affordable way to take the quantities recommended in some of the literature is to buy bulk powder and take it by the spoonful. Patti -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 At 05:54 PM 12/8/99 -0700, you wrote: >From: " Skari, M " <SkariPM@...> > > >> the boston buyer's club has this product in a one kilo jar for >> about $68.00 plus shipping. it is JARROW powder, a good brand. > >I just ordered 1kilo for $47.50 from beyond-a-century. I don't >know the brand name, but I do know that most companies buy >from the same source and just put their label on. The only >affordable way to take the quantities recommended in some >of the literature is to buy bulk powder and take it by the >spoonful. > Patti and , Do you notice improvements and how much do you take? I have tried cheap internet stuff and it bothered me. The one I liked some of the time was Bronsons. >-- > >>This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment discussed here, please consult your doctor. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 > Do you notice improvements and how much do you take? Yes. I notice I hardly have any gas or bloating when I take it. I think I'm able to digest proteins better (doesn't feel like a ball of lead in my stomach). A friend of mine has crohn's in addition to CFIDS/FM/MCS and she has noticed a lot of benefit. Helps her calm a crohn's attack. I think she takes 15 grams/day. I take 5 or 10 grams/day. I may increase when I get my order comes in. I found that one very rounded teaspoon equals a little less than 5 grams. I take one rounded teaspoon at night, but I often forget to take it in the morning. Since I'm taking more things in bulk powders I bought a nifty scale to check how much I'm taking. I don't measure every day, I just find measure out a container, like a teaspoon, and then calculate how many teaspoons I need to take. I love my little scale. It has a 10mg to 10 gram capacity. Patti -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 1999 Report Share Posted December 8, 1999 At 07:04 PM 12/8/99 -0700, you wrote: >From: " Skari, M " <SkariPM@...> > >> >Yes. I notice I hardly have any gas or bloating >when I take it. I think I'm able to digest proteins better >(doesn't feel like a ball of lead in my stomach). >I love my little scale. > >Patti, Thanks for the excellent info, it gives me hope and I will try Jarrow from the store tomorrow. About your scale: It is nice to have little objects of affection that also make you feel more in control of things! Healthy regards, >-- > >>This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment discussed here, please consult your doctor. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 At 05:40 PM 12/08/1999 -0800, you wrote: >From: Hess <pchess@...> > >Do you notice improvements and how much do you take? >I have tried cheap internet stuff and it bothered me. The one I liked some of the time was Bronsons. >>-- paul, jarrow is a brand that is REASONABLE through boston buyer's but is expensive in a store, so i do not put it in the same category as a CHEAP INTERNET STUFF BRAND. i have been using jarrow products, and i like them, so this bottle, when i open it, i assume is also good. by the way, i know people who love NUTRICOLOGY AND ALLERGY RESEARCH GROUP products, so i take exception of your critique of a week ago. thanks, nancy mcfadden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 Hi, Mike & Jo, >L-glutamine is stimulating. I can only take a small amount (maybe 100 >to 200 mg) at a time. And I take it in the morning so it doesn't affect >sleep. Good luck, jo >> > >Jo, are you sure you don't have L-glut mixed up with something else? >Dr. >Salvato >recommends 10-20 grams per day, and I have seen it recommended elsewhere >in those amounts for PWCs. I take 5 grams per day w/ no problems. l-Glutamine will spontaneously hydrolyse to l-glutamate; glutamate is the excitatory neurotransmitter that in high concentrations _in the brain_ becomes excitotoxic. (The glutamate-responsive neurons essentially fire themselves to death responding to the high levels.) Glutamine will hydrolyse faster if wet (doesn't keep in solution well at all), and if pH becomes acidic (as willl happen when a solution is allowed to stand in air, or starts growing contaminants.) For that reason I recommen that any glutamine that you buy be in dry form (powder or capsules) and be stored somewhere besides bathroom or kitchen. But there are, at least in most people, very tight controls on the amount of glutamate that is allowed into the brain; that should keep even high levels of oral intake of glutamine safe (glutamate too, altho glutamine is more beneficial) . There may be some people who are sensitive to lower levels of glutamate (like Chinese restaurant headache some get when MSG is used), so I would advise starting at low levels before going to this high glutamine intake. Jerry ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 After writing last night that glutamine didn't act like a stimulant on me, I went into the kitchen and mixed about 5 grams in juice and drank it. I barely slept all night. So I will only be taking it in the morning from now on. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2000 Report Share Posted June 6, 2000 :-) A very big smile... Confession is good for the soul (and hopefully good for the insomnia!) Ken Lassesen 2 @ 2 ft PWC, 2 @ 4ft PWC2 ft PWC: http://www.folkarts.com/idef/4 ft PWC: http://corgi.folkarts.com/Fax: (520) 832-6836 ICQ #: 2122097 (also Netmeeting with Video) Re: Glutamine After writing last night that glutamine didn't act like a stimulant on me,I went into the kitchen and mixed about 5 grams in juice and drank it.I barely slept all night. So I will only be taking it in the morning fromnow on.Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 why are some people taking glutamine? susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I have been taking it for about two years. When I first started taking it, almost everything I ate caused discomfort, now I experience very few noticeable symptoms and when I do, I usually uncover a supplement as the cause. I used to take 3,000 - 4,000 mg a day. After I started feeling better, I lower the dose to 1,500 - 2,000 mg per day. I cannot recommend it though because I have read conflicting info on whether people with cfs/me should take it. It seems glutamate is to me avoid it, I cannot remember why, so I think you should wait to hear from another source who is better informed before acting. A few other items that helped me were, aloe juice, boswella, ginger, betain hydrochloride and digestive emzymes Tracey From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of thescriptfiles Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:43 PM Subject: glutamine I guess most cfs/me people have a gut that could function better, I heard that glutamine is supposed to be great for leaky gut and helping gut function and supposedly lots of other good functions, I just cant seem to fing many cfs/me people who use it who could give me advice, any one use it???? cheers JIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Hi Jim, I read a book by Dr. Russel Blaylock, " the Taste that Kills " regarding excitotoxins. Glutamine is needed by the brain for memory and other important function but excess glutamate from the various sources, glutamine, glutamic acid, aspartates, and other sources) can cause excitotoxicity in the brain. The glutamate is a stimulant while the reverse GABA is inhibitory. The brain can control both as needed but when the diet is high in excitotoxins (the worst being MSG) then the nerves are stimulated and experience early death. This is a cumulative effect and isn't noticeable until a particular level is reached. There are some You Tube videos of Dr. Blaylock giving a presentation or you can read his book. The autistic population limits glutamates and increases GABA. I did the same for years (or so I thought). Eating processed foods exposes one to high levels of glutamate as it is/can be in natural flavors, artifical flavors, and other sneaky way that mfgers get it in there. Having said all of that, I have heard good reports on healing leaky gut with glutamine. I have considered do a month or two but I have not been comfortable with the price tag associated with it.(meaning long term effects) HTH, Marti > > I guess most cfs/me people have a gut that could function better, I heard that glutamine is supposed to be great for leaky gut and helping gut function and supposedly lots of other good functions, I just cant seem to fing many cfs/me people who use it who could give me advice, any one use it???? > cheers JIM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 PS: I also take Gaba now, which marti mentions in the post that follow mine, From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: RE: glutamine I have been taking it for about two years. When I first started taking it, almost everything I ate caused discomfort, now I experience very few noticeable symptoms and when I do, I usually uncover a supplement as the cause. I used to take 3,000 - 4,000 mg a day. After I started feeling better, I lower the dose to 1,500 - 2,000 mg per day. I cannot recommend it though because I have read conflicting info on whether people with cfs/me should take it. It seems glutamate is to me avoid it, I cannot remember why, so I think you should wait to hear from another source who is better informed before acting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm really sleeply and tired from work. I forgot another important supplement. I also took extremely high doses of probiotics and rotated them From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: RE: glutamine A few other items that helped me were, aloe juice, boswella, ginger, betain hydrochloride and digestive emzymes Tracey From: <mailto:%40> [mailto: <mailto:%40> ] On Behalf Of thescriptfiles Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:43 PM <mailto:%40> Subject: glutamine I guess most cfs/me people have a gut that could function better, I heard that glutamine is supposed to be great for leaky gut and helping gut function and supposedly lots of other good functions, I just cant seem to fing many cfs/me people who use it who could give me advice, any one use it???? cheers JIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 L-glutamine is a plentiful amino acid that is very good for growth, especially the growth and repair of the intestinal lining, but all over too. all good, Duncan > > Sol,what kind of results with l glutamine? Deb > --aliano > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 does glutamine have to be taken on an empty stomach? thank u > > > > Sol,what kind of results with l glutamine? Deb > > --aliano > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Glutamine is the major amino acid of milk, so, no, Elaine, it doesn't have to be taken on an empty stomach but is part of a food regimen. Duncan > > > > L-glutamine is a plentiful amino acid that is very good for growth, especially the growth and repair of the intestinal lining, but all over too. > > > > all good, > > > > Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 I am referring to L-glutamine supplementation, not intake from food/diet. I'll just try to take it on an empty stomach if possible to be safe. > > > > > > L-glutamine is a plentiful amino acid that is very good for growth, especially the growth and repair of the intestinal lining, but all over too. > > > > > > all good, > > > > > > Duncan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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