Hey, guys.
Dr. Axe, Nutritionist and Doctor of Functional Medicine.
Today, I want to talk to you about the benefits of L-glutemine powder.
L-glutemine is an amino acid that is very, very abundant in the human body, especially
in your musculoskeletal tissue.
L-glutemine is used, primarily today . . . actually, first it was used mostly by people in the
fitness industry, people that were looking to preserve muscle tissue.
So both loose weight, burn fat and gain muscle were the most common uses of L-glutemine powders
today.
You can see L-glutemine is basically this sort of white powder here.
You can see on the tip of my finger.
But, it's just an amino acid that is a building block of protein.
But there are many benefits of L-glutemine along with . . . I mentioned building muscle,
igloo weight, burning fat.
In addition to that L-glutemine can also help heal and repair your gut.
So, there are millions of people today struggling with a condition called leaky gut, which,
basically, is the main cause today of autoimmune disease.
It's the main cause of thyroid issues like Hashimoto's disease.
It also causes arthritis, skin issues like psoriasis.
And, so that's caused by leaky gut and L-glutemine is the number one amino acid your gut needs
to help heal and repair leaky gut.
So, if you have any type of digestive issue whatsoever, what I believe by far the most
important amino acid you need in your diet is L-glutemine on a regular basis.
So, again, using L-glutemine is great.
What I recommend is typically between 2 to 5 grams twice daily.
There are two forms of L-glutemine.
You can get regular L-glutemine, in what's called its free form, and that should be taken
with food ideally because, basically, if it's not taken with food, it's not absorbed as
well.
There's another type of L-glutemine called trans-alanyl- or alanyl-L-glutemine, and that's
an amino acid attached to another amino acid which basically manes you're going to digest
it much better.
You can take it on an empty stomach, but it's really best taken your meal right before and
after workouts, in terms of it really supporting your metabolism, both weight loss as well
as building muscle, retaining muscle.
So it really keeps you from losing muscle.
So, let's say for instance, you have an elderly person and they are starting to waste away
from kikexia, which is from cancer, and they're wasting away over time, L-glutemine is the
number one supplement they should be taking that's keeps them from having muscle wasting.
If you're an athlete and you're out there working really hard but you know, because
you did a lot of training, that you're, you're already burning up some muscle, L-glutemine
keeps that from happening.
Again, if you struggle with digestive issues, whether it's irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory
bowel disease like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, leaky
gut or any of the issues associated with leaky gut, like joint pain, rosacea, any type of
autoimmune response, L-glutemine can support your body in healing.
If you want to get more details on all of the health benefits of L-glutemine, visit
my website, www.draxe.com.
Look up Dr. Axe, go to my website and look up L-glutemine.
I go through all of the studies, all of the benefits, where to get the best type of L-glutemine.
You can find it right there on www.draxe.com.
So, again, L-glutemine great for digestion, crucial for metabolism, an important amino
acid for your whole body and a great thing to take in supplement form.
Check it out there on draxe.com.