Glutamine

barb0324 · Glutamine

I've been a big proponent in the past, but came upon this while doing some reading on MSG.

http://www.mercola.com/2004/may/1/glutamine.htm

Was wondering who here takes the glutamine supplementation and what, if any, side effects you've noticed? I haven't noticed any ill effects, as a matter of fact I felt that it negated my alcohol and carb cravings, also helped subdue hypoglycemia; but that may have been placebo effect, I have great imagination Roll Eyes

This guy says the opposite, that neurons in the brain convert glutamine to glutamate, which would not be a good thing, for any of us! Shock

barb0324

I wish there was something one could test food with in restaurants, like drops you could put on a corner of your steak to show a reaction if it had MSG on it. It frustrates me to no end that I can't eat out, even seemingly plain, unprocessed food items, and not trust that it will not have MSG in some form on/in it.

Fast food is definitely out, they all use it in some form or other. I haven't eaten at a FF restaurant in quite a while. I'm talking about other chains though, like Olive Garden or Applebees, etc. I think the competition is so great, they see themselves forced to use these additives to up the addictive quality of their food.

There are few places that I haven't been bloated and retaining water for days after eating there. What to do? Sad

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Barb, the problem also isn't just with mono sodium glutamate, but with any free glutamates, which are in practically everything. Even your steak has free glutamates - it's just that they are in an amount you can handle. But tomato sauce, soy sauce, beef broth (canned or homemade - doesn't matter, although the canned and bouillon usually have more added in, just for kicks), mushrooms, any bottled sauce or condiment... they're all loaded with free glutamates. I couldn't even begin to list all the names MSG goes under. Anything 'hydrolyzed', 'modified', 'flavours', 'spices' are MSG. I wouldn't bother eating in a restaurant at all unless you're prepared to ask for plain, unsalted, unadulterated meat and plain greens with a bottle of oil and lemon juice to accompany it. Sad

I actually ate at a mongolian grill place where you choose your own meat, veg and sauce and I asked for no sauce at all (and they listened - I watched them cook it) and just being cooked on the same grill as all the other MSG-laden food, I had a huge reaction for days afterwards.