Does Glutamine/HMB work for recovery and muscle gain?

[Stratsa]

Hi all

Looking Into purchasing Glutamine and HMB for recovery and muscle gain but I am wondering is there scientific information to back it up that they work for recovery and muscle gain ??

Thanks in advance

[ISurfNudeBrah]

Buy a product with a good dose of l-leucine instead (leucine > HMB).

[cumminslifter]

HMB has some promise, glutamine? no

[Jrob23]

I can say that I feel a lot safer when dieting down taking glutamine. It's almost like my security blanket

With hmb/leucine, look for a quality cheap enough supplement to where you can dose it throughout the day. I like to take 1g of leucine with just about every meal.

HMB is a metabolite of leucine and can be quite expensive.

[cumminslifter]

I can say that I feel a lot safer when dieting down taking glutamine. It's almost like my security blanket

With hmb/leucine, look for a quality cheap enough supplement to where you can dose it throughout the day. I like to take 1g of leucine with just about every meal.

HMB is a metabolite of leucine and can be quite expensive.

what do you think you are getting out of glutamine?

[The Running Man]

IIRC very high doses of glutamine may help repair gut damage in certain situations (chemotherapy patients for example).

[Zenshi]

OP, here is the University of Maryland, Dept of Medicine overview of Glutamine and its benefits.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed...ment/glutamine

Another from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/1/25.full

Overall, it seems to have some effect in helping people with injury and stress recover but the studies are not completely conclusive.

[Stratsa]

Thanks all.