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Glutamine not usefull for endurance exercise

EastBeast

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Addition of glutamine to essential amino acids and carbohydrate does not enhance anabolism in young human males following exercise.

* Wilkinson SB,
* Kim PL,
* Armstrong D,
* Phillips SM.

Exercise Metabolism Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.

We examined the effect of a post-exercise oral carbohydrate (CHO, 1 g.kg(-1).h(-1)) and essential amino acid (EAA, 9.25 g) solution containing glutamine (0.3 g/kg BW; GLN trial) versus an isoenergetic CHO-EAA solution without glutamine (control, CON trial) on muscle glycogen resynthesis and whole-body protein turnover following 90 min of cycling at 65% VO2 peak. Over the course of 3 h of recovery, muscle biopsies were taken to measure glycogen resynthesis and mixed muscle protein synthesis (MPS), by incorporation of [ring-2H5] phenylalanine. Infusion of [1-13C] leucine was used to measure whole-body protein turnover. Exercise resulted in a significant decrease in muscle glycogen (p < 0.05) with similar declines in each trial. Glycogen resynthesis following 3 h of recovery indicated no difference in total accumulation or rate of repletion. Leucine oxidation increased 2.5 fold (p < 0.05) during exercise, returned to resting levels immediately post-exercise,and was again elevated at 3 h post-exercise (p < 0.05). Leucine flux, an index of whole-body protein breakdown rate, was reduced during exercise, but increased to resting levels immediately post-exercise, and was further increased at 3 h post-exercise (p < 0.05), but only during the CON trial. Exercise resulted in a marked suppression of whole-body protein synthesis (50% of rest; p < 0.05), which was restored post-exercise; however, the addition of glutamine did not affect whole-body protein synthesis post-exercise. The rate of MPS was not different between trials. The addition of glutamine to a CHO + EAA beverage had no effect on post-exercise muscle glycogen resynthesis or muscle protein synthesis, but may suppress a rise in whole-body proteolysis during the later stages of recovery.

PMID: 17111006 [PubMed - in process]
 
It has some protective effects for colds and upper respiratory tract infections, thus stimulationg the immune system in endurance athletes.... not much, only in 10-15%, but if you´re the one of those, you win, the others suffer.^^

I agree if someone has a point of using a complete protein with some %% of highly processed amino acids in it, which might work as good or even better. (love my tp-custom mix :D )
 
"Scientists conclude that giving money to thesinner is just as effective as supplementing glutamine. " :study:
 
"Scientists conclude that giving money to thesinner is just as effective as supplementing glutamine. " :study:

Was that a double blind scientist study?
 
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