Glutamine

I never used glutamine myself. however I read books about bodybuilding and many time I was facing glutamine in supplement sections. I read everythng in the books so I have some information about glutamine.
it's recommended to take 5-20grams of Glutamine post workout.(depends on your composition).
Glutamine is tool that prevents you from losing muscle. I can't get to much into details because im not scientist, but glutamine somehow protects muscle from breaking down after strenuous workouts by increasing glutamine in your muscles (if im right now), if you have low levels of glutamine you have higher chance for muscle breakdown to occur. However as you may noticed glutamine is mostly for advanced athletes.
Glutamine somehow helps to replenish glycogen in your muscles. Glycogen is stored in msucles for energy and adds volume to muscle. Hence if you want to perform well you need to have glycogen in your muscles before your workout and replenish it after workout ( Maby this sentence wasn't related to this post, however I will leave it here to make everything more clear).
I dont like that you are taking it before bed ( however there maby is some good in it, because I read that it may also increase GH levels, I won't get into details here). Before bed as I read it's best to eat something like cottage cheese, because of caseine it has in it ( slow release protein, lets call it just like that. It's good to have slow absorbtion amino acids during sleep because you won't be eating for 6-9h.). However im not aware of any research proving that eating caseine before bed somehow increases your muscle building processes.

Im not scientist and I can't give you any links to what is sayd here to prove it. It's just information that you may or may not follow, or do research on what was sayd by yourself. I by my self believe that all sayd here is worh trying or atleast researching ( Otherwise I wouldn't be posting it here, as it is obvious).

You are absolutely right about eating cottage cheese before you go to bed, im doing it for months now
Big thanks for your replies, although i knew that glutamine helps to maintain muscle mass. I think im going to take it in the morning and before i go to bed.

catabolism happens only if you starve without food for hours , eat food , you do not need any glutamine to avoid catabolism


read the article written by goldie about burning muscle - you have very less chance of burning muscle

to avoid catabolism you need to eat often and you need to get protein rich foods it is that simple , you dont need any glutamine shit

guys who write good reviews about glutamine is largely PLACEBO effect

For me personally, glutamine works. I've taken it a couple different times and then I quit taking it to make sure it was working. It definetly cuts down on my soreness and recovery time. I totally agree on the whey protein. BCAA's did absolutely nothing for me. I pretty much just use whey, fish oil, creatine, glutamine and I also use a good preworkout. Thats pretty much it for me.

Glutamine is a worthless product unless you have some sort of digestive problem. There is absolutely no need to supplement the amino acid that is most abundant in the body, much less if you're already consuming protein powder.

Hey guys does glutamine helps with joints?

its an amino acid, thats all it is. It does many many many things, and you dont need it from a stupid suppliment.