Glutamine and GH

[motawa]

Been having an argument with a friend about whats more important for a beginner, creatine or glutamine, i go with creatine, but he told me that glutamine increases GH production in the body 400% !! is this true ? plus, at the age of 22, do i still produce GH in my body naturally?

 

[rjx]

Well out of the 2 mentioned, creatine wins hands down. Tell your buddy not to buy into the hype of glutamine.

 

[adidamps2]

have a contest
he uses glutamine as his only sup and you use creatine.
log all progress see who makes the most significant gains over a said period of time.

 

[motawa]

have a contest
he uses glutamine as his only sup and you use creatine.
log all progress see who makes the most significant gains over a said period of time.

None of us is using 1 supplement, so its pretty hard to compare results.

Still though, do i still have GH floating around my body at age 22 ?

 

[Big Dane]

Yes, you have GH circulating. Squats are a great excercise that is said to release more GH, and it works your entire body. As far as glutamine vs. creatine, I believe creatine will yeild better results every time. If you want glutamine, some protein powder has glutamine in it.

 

[Suareezay]

400% GH increase from glutamine?!?!?! I guess everyone using HGH is wasting their money.

 

[Suareezay]

post stolen from Conciliator:

31 subjects, resistance training, and massive doses of glutamine for 6 weeks. Didn't do anything...

Effect of glutamine supplementation combined with resistance training in young adults.

Candow DG, Chilibeck PD, Burke DG, Davison KS, Smith-Palmer T.

College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of oral glutamine supplementation combined with resistance training in young adults. A group of 31 subjects, aged 18-24 years, were randomly allocated to groups (double blind) to receive either glutamine (0.9 g x kg lean tissue mass(-1) x day(-1); n = 17) or a placebo (0.9 g maltodextrin x kg lean tissue mass(-1) x day(-1); n = 14 during 6 weeks of total body resistance training. Exercises were performed for four to five sets of 6-12 repetitions at intensities ranging from 60% to 90% 1 repetition maximum (1 RM). Before and after training, measurements were taken of 1 RM squat and bench press strength, peak knee extension torque (using an isokinetic dynamometer), lean tissue mass (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) and muscle protein degradation (urinary 3-methylhistidine by high performance liquid chromatography). Repeated measures ANOVA showed that strength, torque, lean tissue mass and 3-methylhistidine increased with training (P < 0.05), with no significant difference between groups. Both groups increased their 1 RM squat by approximately 30% and 1 RM bench press by approximately 14%. The glutamine group showed increases of 6% for knee extension torque, 2% for lean tissue mass and 41% for urinary levels of 3-methylhistidine. The placebo group increased knee extension torque by 5%, lean tissue mass by 1.7% and 3-methylhistidine by 56%. We conclude that glutamine supplementation during resistance training has no significant effect on muscle performance, body composition or muscle protein degradation in young healthy adults.


Berardi also has a good page on it. He says he'd rather buy more groceries with his money: http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/..._nov082002.htm