Glutamine

[MaNiAk]

I read that taking glutamine 15-20 min after your PWO shake is the best. Is this true or would it be better to take the 5g's of glutamine with my pre-sleep meal?

[XenoWang]

You can take glutamine however many times as you like. Go ahead and take glutamine 15 minutes after the start of your PWO timing as well as before bed.

[malsI]

Exactly.


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Post-Workout

Post workout is the most essential time for glutamine supplementation. As displayed above, this will enhance glycogen storage, reduce exercise-induced oxidative stress, strengthen the immune system, promote myofibril hydration and protein synthesis, and decrease protein degradation, among other benefits. At this time of the day, such factors as hydration are absolutely vital to your success.


Pre-Sleep

The goal here is to try to sustain as high a plasma glutamine level as possible. Fasting for several hours at night puts your body in a highly catabolic state, and glutamine levels are quickly depleted. By supplementing with GLN here, you will promote its preservation, and proper immune function. I would recommend you utilize OldSchool’s sleep stack (which includes glutamine) for maximum results. See Enter The Z Factor.


Post-Sleep

If you were to have a massive carbohydrate meal before sleep, your glycogen stores would still be diminished, and catabolism prevalent after fasting for several hours at night. This is why breakfast is one of the most vital meals of the day. The same applies to glutamine. Even if you supplement the night before, your stores will still be diminished in the morning. Several studies have displayed glutamine concentrations are severely reduced (around 500 to 750 mumol/L) after a night of sleeping [65, 143]. As such, I recommend taking glutamine in the morning as well, to get your body back into a state of anabolism.


Pre-Workout

Another logical time to supplement with glutamine would be pre-workout. Due to its gluconeogenic effects, you would help spare muscle mass during a training session. Additionally, maintaining high GLN concentrations would promote glutathione preservation, enhancing your body’s defense against oxidative stress, among immune benefits. Moreover, in theory you would help maintain a stable pH, which is raised during exercise due to lactic acid.

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Make sure you read Yu's Glutamine—The Conditionally Essential Amino Acid article.

[HB]

At all these ideal times to take glutamine... will each serving be the same? IE: 1 teaspoon four times during the course of the day to make it a total 4 teaspoons per day?

This could make it quite expensive?

[malsI]

Yes, that is if you can afford it.

Otherwise, the most important time is Post-Workout

[Venom]

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Otherwise, the most important time is Post-Workout

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Definitely!

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Make sure you read Yu's Glutamine—The Conditionally Essential Amino Acid article.

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Yes, "Yu" wrote a great article there lol. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [img]/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]