Amino Acids - Glutamine - Ailments / Situations Where Used

Glutamine can help prevent muscle breakdown, aids in the elimination of ammonia, shortens healing time for ulcers, helps curb sugar cravings, may improve intelligence (even the IQ's of mentally deficient children), and is good for body builders and fitness enthusiasts.

Glutamine is also known to prevent and alleviate arthritis, alcoholism, autoimmune diseases, connective tissue diseases such as polymyositis (mass muscle inflammation) and scleroderma (chronic hardening of connective tissues in the body), mild depression, epilepsy, fatigue, impotence, intestinal disorders, peptic ulcers, schizophrenia, and senility.

As the immune system requires glutamine for proper function and will acquire any source available, supplementation with this amino acid will help prevent muscle wasting as a result of prolonged bed rest or diseases such as cancer and AIDS.

In general, any ailment involving a weakened immune system (AIDS, common cold, stress) can benefit from glutamine supplementation.