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Long Periods of Stress and Not Eating
There are occasions when people are unable to eat for extremely
long periods of time because of an illness such as inflammatory
bowel disease, chemotherapy, or radiation.
Under these conditions, the ability of the intestine to maintain itself
starts to wane. Because demand exceeds supply, the level of
Glutamine in the blood begins to fail. Cell replication becomes
much slower, muscle is significantly wasted, and the intestines
severely atrophy. Recovery time is prolonged.
Radiation and Cancer Therapies
Chemotherapy works against cancerous growth by destroying rapidly
growing cells. However, chemotherapy attracts and destroys
not only cancer cells but also cells of the intestinal tract, which are
the fastest growing cells in the body. This accounts for nausea,
vomiting, and diarrhea suffered by people who are being treated
for cancer. Radiation has a similar effect and is toxic to the gastrointestinal
tract, especially at high doses.
Animal studies have shown that Glutamine helps protect the intestinal
lining during treatment. (4 to 8 grams per day in divided dose.)
Stomach Ulcers and Diarrhea
Japanese scientists have discovered that Glutamine is an effective
anti-ulcer agent for the stomach. In other studies, they discovered
they could enhance the healing of peptic stomach ulcers by giving
test subjects oral Glutamine.
Glutamine has also been found to be important in diminishing the
loss of electrolytes and water from the intestines during diarrhea.
Glutamine could help enhance water and salt intake into the body
and could help lessen diarrhea.
Glutamine has also been found to be an important nutrient for the
large bowel (the colon) and can provide fuel to maintain the normal
function of the mucosal lining cells of the colon.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colitis, Crohn's and Short Bowel Syndrome
Studies have shown that these groups of people may benefit from
glutamine supplementation along with special high fiber, low fat
diets.
AIDs
The AIDs virus may directly affect the cells of the gastrointestinal
mucosa, causing secondary infections from other bacteria and
diarrhea with the loss of lots of water from the body. These individuals
may consider very high doses of glutamine (up to 40 grams)
per 24 hours. Of course, any supplementation should be under
the care of their doctor.
Liver Support
The liver is both a glutamine producer and a glutamine consumer.
The liver rids itself of excess nitrogen in the form of ammonia in
two ways: 1) It uses the nitrogen to form urea and, ultimately,
excretes it as urine. 2) It also attaches the nitrogen to the amino
acid glutamate to form glutamine. Glutamate is combined with
cysteine and glycine to manufacture glutathione, the body's number
one antioxidant.
Fatty Livers
When there is an over abundance of calories (such as high carbohydrate
diets), or when there is partial fasting and rapid liberation
of fat from the body's fat stores (as occurs with severely restricted
weight loss diets), the liver becomes choked with fat. Such a liver
is called a fatty liver. The liver has taken up too much fat and cannot
get rid of it. It becomes enlarged and shows signs of dysfunction
that show up when liver tests are performed. Scientists have
discovered that the formation of a fatty liver can be prevented by
the addition of glutamine to the diet.
Auto-Immune Diseases
People with an auto-immune disease, like rheumatoid arthritis,
have a 50% greater production of cytokines in circulating cells of
their blood than do people without an auto-immune disease. They
often have chronic pain at the site of inflammation and increased
muscle wasting from cytokine production or from the steroids
used to treat their conditions.
It has been shown that glutamine, by contributing to the production
of glutathione, is able to stop the production of cytokines
when they are being synthesized in amounts harmful to the body.
Other Uses
Glutamine can protect the stomach somewhat from gastritis
caused by NSAIDS. Small quantities of glutamine may help individuals
with depression (250 to 1000 mg). Glutamine may have
some potential for curbing addiction to alcohol. (Studies done at
1000 mg per day).
Glutamine is being used at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in
Boston to help heal mouth sores and oral mycositis (inflammation
of the skin of the mouth), and ease the pain of cancer.
The general recommendation is approximately 5,000 mg
with water. Patients swish the solution around in the mouth
for a few seconds and then swallow.
There is no single recommended dose of glutamine. Generally 4 to
8 g /day are used in divided doses for people under increased
stress because of dieting, heavy exercise, flu, diarrhea, upper gastrointestinal
problems, such as stomach ulcers, or for intestinal
bowel problems.
Glutamine should be taken with room temperature water, as heat
destroys glutamine. Glutamine can also be taken with food at room
temperature, but not mixed with highly acidic products like vinegar.
(Applesauce is okay.)
Some people should not take glutamine. It should probably not be
used by patients with chronic renal failure (kidney disease). Patients
with liver disease, especially severe liver disease, should not use
glutamine without their doctor's recommendation. Patients with
severe cirrhosis of the liver, Reye's Syndrome, or certain other
metabolic disorders should not use Glutamine.
Note: Glutamine is being given to cancer patients, but should be
done so under closely supervised conditions by their doctor.
Note: For people prone to constipation. glutamine should be taken
with soluble fiber (oat bran, apple pectin, high fiber cereals, or
Magic Fiber ™ CLR). Soluble fiber prevents water from being reabsorbed
into the body from the colon and rectum, counterbalancing
the effects that glutamine has on transporting water.
Glutamine Plus™ contains Magic Fiber™ CLR in every serving.
General Note: For every 1 g of Glutamine ingested, 1 g of protein
intake may be subtracted from your diet. Protein foods include
meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, and yogurt. Generally, elderly
people should not take the same quantity of glutamine as
younger people. Reduce the amount appropriately.
Glutamine has been used up to .75 g per kilogram of body weight. This is the equivalent of 68 g (68,000 mgs) for a 150 lb. person. No adverse effects have been noted. High levels like this should always be done under a doctor's supervision.