Customer Reviews

Source Naturals L-Glutamine Powder, 16 Ounce

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Considering that this product is only so much money it is very well worth the price but let me tell you about what it does. I'm a bodybuilder only a teen though. Glutamine in my experience helps recover so much faster. I don't know how to explain in how it does that but I feel much more energized. Not so much like caffeine energy but it even helps me foucslike doing simple things like driving, and become alert as it is a Neuro-transmitter.

Another important thing to note is that if you live in the U.S or in the western side of the world then this may benefit you highly since most foods on the western side are acidic. Glutamine ups the alkaline reserves in your body so you don't metabolize your muscles, and have and acidic ph level in your system.

In the end this is great product. I've felt better by using it, but I don't know how much muscle growth I really got helped from it since muscle growth is great there is no real way to shrink my muscles and re-test.

All my online research about IBS and other forms of colitis, recommend l-Glutamine for healing the intestines. It helps restore the lining. After my original diagnosis, I started using this brand of L-glutamine daily, and it helped immediately.

It also cuts down on sugar cravings. You can't beat that!

I lift weights five days a week and drink tons of whey protein and yet I've had problems gaining significant amounts of muscle mass. This is probably due to lack of sleep and proper nutrition necessary for hypertrophy. The second I started taking this product I started gaining. In just two weeks I packed on eight pounds! None of it fat!

On the down side it added a funny chemical taste to my shake. The taste went away when I doubled the amount of milk though. This is what I take:

2 servings ( 60 grams) whey protein
2 servings (16 fl. oz.) skim milk
3 grams l-glutamine
1 gram Phosphatidyl serine
1/2 gram GABA

(1/4 teaspoon is approx. one gram)

That's one shake and I take it four times a day. Once in the morning, immediately following a workout, one hour after post-workout, and the last shake in the evening. I also take one gram of beta-alanine and one gram of creatine an hour before exercise. I take a 1200 mg omega 3 capsule (x2 a day), 2000 IU vitamin d, and one vitamin b complex pill.

If anyone decides to try my recipe remember to drink plenty of water afterwards. All that protein will give you heartburn.

This has to be the best L-Glutamine on the market! I feel it's effects immediately after taking it. Source Naturals L-Glutamine is more potent (pure) than Vitamin Shoppe's L-Glutamine (I tried them both). This product not only helps out with my muscles, but it also calms me down as L-Glutamine works as a natural tranquilizer.

This stuff seems to make me really sleepy. If I take it before going to bed, I sleep a few hours longer than usual. Some say that this is a pre-workout suppliment - claiming it helps offset your depleted l-glutamine levels, allowing you to workout with more energy. Others say it is a post-workout suppliment, and it should be taken within 2 hours of going to bed to increase human growth hormone levels while you sleep. It's also supposed to keep muscle cells from being broken down, so you could take it on days that you don't workout to prevent catabolic processes.

I got it mainly to enhance recovery times. I haven't strained myself enough to notice any difference, though. Judging by how sleepy it makes me, I think that it works. Just remember that it doesn't take much to take an effect. They say you only need 2-5grams per serving. This was the best deal I could find on this stuff.

This product seems to be a good product for the price. I have maintained muscle mass very well using this powder. I like the packaging and size as I use this everyday for weight loss(fat not muscle).

I can't say enough good things about this product. First, I use a lot of Source Naturals products, and in my experience, they are always of high quality at a very reasonable price.

Now as to why I'm taking this supplement...I'm working on recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome caused by leaky gut and gut dysbiosis (severe Candida infection for the last several years). I've read that people take 15-20 g of this a day to heal the gut. I started taking it on an empty stomach before meals, and the effects have been life-changing; and, no, I'm not being dramatic. It turns out that during times of stress, glutamine in the skeletal muscle can become depleted by up to 50% (perhaps even more based on some statistics I've read). The body needs glutamine to fuel immune cells and to repair tissues; the liver needs glutamine for detoxification, etc. So the body snags from skeletal muscle the glutamine that it needs. Although the body is able to make glutamine from other amino acids in the diet, during periods of prolonged stress (like chronic infection or disease), the diet simply is unable to provide a sufficient supply. This has certainly been true in my case. I seem to eat and eat all day long, but it's never enough for all the repair that is going on inside my body - yet I still have no energy. It's frustrating. This product has changed that. I'm not miraculously cured or anything like that, but it has certainly made a big difference in my quality of life as I continue to recover. I've got a lot more energy now, much less muscle aches, less difficulty digesting, and less allergies after eating. I am able to sleep through the night without waking due to hypoglycemia, and I no longer wake in the morning with muscle pain and fatigue. In short, I just feel a heck of a lot better.

I can't speak for everyone, of course, but in my experience, I recommend that anyone working on recovering from a chronic illness take glutamine. Sift through the scientific journal articles online; many studies have been done, particularly on its effectiveness on healing and protecting the gut.

I have been using this for over a year along with buffered Vitamin C powder with mineral ascorbates for IBS. This product is the best L-glutamine I have tried. It does heal my colon and calms my mucles after heavy workouts as well. Will use this from now on.

I take 5g of this after a workout and it seems to do the trick. I mix it with straight up water and it doesn't taste like anything. If you have a hangover this will definitely make you feel better.

It blends nicely with any drink. I use it with the rest of my supplements at least 2x/daily to aid with muscle growth/recovery from my strength & cardio workouts.