If you can read that stuff and come to the conclusions that
they do then perhaps you ought to follow their advice and
buy a commercial product that will, in the end, do nothing
at all. Moreover, if you believe some of the articles on the
purity and safety of exercise supplements there can be some
downsides as well.
As for me this sort of reminds me of Marvel Mystery Oil -
"Rebuild your engine while you drive!"
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> Tom Kunich <
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>
> > "warren" <
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> >
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> > >
> > > "You can look it up" and/or try it for yourself.
> >
> > "Evidence for a shortage of glutamine: you get ill."
> >
> > Now there's some research you can sink your teeth
> > into. (<-
> >
> > Actually the research indicates that exogenous glatamine
> > may be of some assistance to your body if you are
> > extremely stressed such as cancer patients under
> > chemotherapy or burn victims with a great deal of
> > damage.
>
> I think it's worth considering the catabolic state of an
> athlete who trains and races hard and what might help them
> recover more rapidly.
>
> > There's no evidence to support the idea that a NORMALLY
> > healthy
individual
> > can achieve any desireable effects from l-Glutanine.
> >
> > There are very few athletes that can train to the point
> > where they suffer from significant shortages of this
> > amino acid.
>
> Here's a link from the top of a Google search.
>
>
http://www.afpafitness.com/articles/GlutamineAthletes.htm
>
> Here's another that may be of interest.
>
>
http://www.athletesadvisor.com/nutrition/jeffstout.htm
>
> Like I said before, if you're training and racing on the
> edge of recovery on a regular basis it's worth doing the
> many little things that may help you recover faster so you
> can train and race harder sooner, and/or make yourself
> less likely to get sick. In the case of glutamine, it's
> cheap insurance.
>
> -WG