Micronized Glutamine Concern/Question

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

So I recently started adding in a lot more glutamine into my daily supplementation. Aside from the amount I get from a few servings of EAAs daily and also what’s included in my whey protein complex I’ve added solely a micronized glutamine supplement I’ve been taking pre, Intra, post workout, and before bed totaling around an extra 30g daily and day one of it had some serious stomach issues. Gave me the shits for a whole day and gas like I don’t think I’ve ever had before in my life. Stuck it out and instead of adding 10g each time I had a shake or drink cut it down to 5g more frequently and that seems to be helping a lot more. Has anyone else very experienced this withglutamine supplementation?

 

[Xlgx]

With almost any powder or compound one would newly introduce

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

With almost any powder or compound one would newly introduce

Well cutting down the intake seemed to make things smooth out. That first day was absolutely rough. No BS caught me completely off guard. It’s been about 3 days though now and adding in smaller 5g doses seem to be alright. A little higher pre and post but that’s about it.

 

[candudeballer]

Thats a lot of glutamine. I only add it to my bcaa and betaine anhydrous for post wo

 

[candudeballer]

So I recently started adding in a lot more glutamine into my daily supplementation. Aside from the amount I get from a few servings of EAAs daily and also what’s included in my whey protein complex I’ve added solely a micronized glutamine supplement I’ve been taking pre, Intra, post workout, and before bed totaling around an extra 30g daily and day one of it had some serious stomach issues. Gave me the shits for a whole day and gas like I don’t think I’ve ever had before in my life. Stuck it out and instead of adding 10g each time I had a shake or drink cut it down to 5g more frequently and that seems to be helping a lot more. Has anyone else very experienced this withglutamine supplementation?

Why so much glutamine? What else do u take

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

Why so much glutamine? What else do u take

Supplementation right now is just 3 servings of EAAs daily (Intra, post, and before bed), Whey twice a day, daily vitamins, fish oils, vitamin C couple times a day, now glutamine. Try to keep it simple for the most part and not over complicate shit. Since that first day I cuz the daily intake literally in half. It was an experiment that ended quickly to see if it helped with recovery and muscle soreness any faster... also I have GI issues so wanted to see if it would help in that aspect as well due to its functions with the immune system. Since I’ve cut it down a lot it’s been fine. No issues actually it has seems to help my stomach somewhat as well. Also, I want taking into consideration the glutamine I was already getting from fruits, protein sources, etc.. once that clicked I was like well good job dumbass haha.

 

[candudeballer]

Just sounds like overkill on the glutamine. I take way too many different things i guess lol. U dont like creatine? And betaine anhydrous?

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

Honestly I’ve never used creatine. I mean yeah sure it’s probably is some supplements I’ve used in the past but I’ve never used it solely by itself and same for the betaine anhydrous mainly because my body is already sensitive to retaining water weight so I tend to stay away from supplements that lean towards that. One other supp I do use regularly too I forgot to add is L-Citrulline. I’ve been using that consistently for the last 6 months and vascularity has definitely increased plus pumps increase as well. I rarely use pre workouts. Just on days I’m lagging energy so the l citrulline alone actually works well as a preworkout pump agent.

 

[candudeballer]

Ya i like citruline malate as well.

 

[Ironlord]

I do 10-20g of glutamine daily.

 

[FourOneDeuxFitt]

I do 10-20g of glutamine daily.

Since that first day I’ve just used 5pre, 5intra, and 5 before bed. Really didn’t take into consideration the glutamine I’m getting from proteins/fruits/etc...

 

[Ironlord]

Since that first day I’ve just used 5pre, 5intra, and 5 before bed. Really didn’t take into consideration the glutamine I’m getting from proteins/fruits/etc...

I don't normally count what I get from food. Do you count the omegas you find when you eat nuts, fish etc? Or the creatine in your red meat? Same deal...

Supplements are made to do exactly that... Whether to make up for something you're missing, or bring you above and beyond your needs...

 

[Eman]

Glutamine powder is really a waste of money...

 

[Docd187123]

Glutamine powder is really a waste of money...

Somebody gets it...

 

[Ironlord]

Glutamine powder is really a waste of money...

Most likely... Explain.

 

[Eman]

Most likely... Explain.

It's not been shown to be that effective of a supplement in any studies or research that I've seen...

The only exceptions being: trauma or burn victims, lactose intolerant folks, vegans and vegetarians. It has been shown to improve some health markers, immune function being one thing, but not enough to be statistically significant. It can improve gut health, but I can tell you a handful of other things that will do an even better job of that. It can help with endurance for a marathon runner or a similar athlete due to its effects on ammonia in the body.

Don't get me wrong, glutamine is a very important amino acid in the human body. But unless your not getting it in your diet, which you should be unless you're a vegan, you don't really need to spend money on it.