what glutamine brand should I buy?

    Someone reccomended for me to take glutamine.  What is the most effective brand out there? I was thinking about buying the gnc powder El-glutamine? What do you think? 

dont waste your time with that stuff

i dont know what egsbike is talking about. glutamine plays a very important role. i personally use ON glutamine because its relatively cheap and i trust the brand!

Current: 18, 5'11", 194

bench:290 squat:405 deadlift:420

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dont waste your time with that stuff

 
fo sho.
 
Most whey has glutamine added to it already.

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dont waste your time with that stuff

fo sho.

Most whey has glutamine added to it already.

 
i agree.  i dont find it very necessary to have a glutamine supplement since most wheys have it.  even if its not in your whey, i still dont think its that great

a friend of mine takes glutamine pills and I believe these are what he takes; http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=VS-2086

Age-15; Height-5"11; Weight-185lb
NEW MAXES
Hang Clean- 235 lbs (8/11)
Bench Press- 205 lbs (8/8)

Taken from the HST FAQ Pdf. (Bryan Hay****). Section on supplements.

"In short, only 47-50% of orally administered glutamine can be expected to make it past the liver and other organs, into the blood stream. And only about 10% can be expected to reach extracellular spaces.[Bowtell JL, Gelly K, Jackman ML, Patel A, Simeoni M, Rennie MJ. Effect of oral glutamine on whole body carbohydrate storage during recovery from exhaustive exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology. 1999 Jun;86(6):1770-7] Now, this is the main argument against glutamine. 90% of the glutamine you take orally never even makes it to your muscles. This isn't to say it is wasted. Your Gastrointestinal tract loves glutamine from reasons explained earlier. If you are having intestinal problems nothing is better. If you are trying to increase protein synthesis by loading glutamine, it isn't going to work."

and more

"Don't let in-vitro research fool you into thinking oral glutamine will have an effect on a healthy individuals muscle mass. Yes, glutamine does regulate protein synthesis to a certain extent under some situations. However, you can't make it happen by taking it orally. Don't let ads with some pro-bodybuilder holding a bottle of glutamine fool you. Even if that pro-bodybuilder is taking it...it isn't doing anything for him either.
Here are a couple good "in-vivo" research studies to start with:
1. Candow DG, Chilibeck PD, Burke DG, Davison KS, Smith-Palmer T. Effect of glutamine supplementation combined with resistance training in young adults. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2001 Dec;86(2):142-9.
2. Antonio J, Sanders MS, Kalman D, Woodgate D, Street C. The effects of high-dose glutamine ingestion on weightlifting performance. J Strength Cond Res. 2002 Feb;16(1):157-60."

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-Francis Bacon

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Usually when I get to the top of my deadlift I'll do a reverse-grip curl.