Why is arginine bundled with citrulline?
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L-Arginine was the first popular mainstream nitric oxide boosting ingredient and when L-Citrulline first started becoming known for being good for boosting NO levels, L-Citrulline was a lot more expensive than it is now days.
You used to see them included in the same supplements a lot, but now days you don’t see Arginine used in supplements nearly as much anymore, for a few reasons – the main one being that prices have come down a lot on L-Citrulline and L-Citrulline is considered better for boosting nitric oxide than L-Arginine.
L-Citrulline is efficiently converted to L-Arginine in the body and is more easily absorbed and metabolized in the body than L-Arginine. Also, some people experience gastrointestinal issues with high doses of L-Arginine.
Also, and this one is more taboo to talk about, but for people with the herpes simplex virus, whether it be cold sores or genital herpes, Arginine can cause outbreaks &/or make the severity of outbreaks worse because HSV needs arginine.
I hope that info helps.
You used to see them included in the same supplements a lot, but now days you don’t see Arginine used in supplements nearly as much anymore, for a few reasons – the main one being that prices have come down a lot on L-Citrulline and L-Citrulline is considered better for boosting nitric oxide than L-Arginine.
L-Citrulline is efficiently converted to L-Arginine in the body and is more easily absorbed and metabolized in the body than L-Arginine. Also, some people experience gastrointestinal issues with high doses of L-Arginine.
Also, and this one is more taboo to talk about, but for people with the herpes simplex virus, whether it be cold sores or genital herpes, Arginine can cause outbreaks &/or make the severity of outbreaks worse because HSV needs arginine.
I hope that info helps.
Drakee
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Because they work better together
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oral supplementation with a combination of L-citrulline and L-arginine rapidly increases plasma L-arginine concentration and enhances NO bioavailability - PubMed
Our data show for the first time that a combination of oral L-citrulline and L-arginine effectively and rapidly augments NO-dependent responses at the acute stage. This approach may have clinical utility for the regulation of cardiovascular function in humans.
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