Glutamine is the king of all supplements ... and probably one of the most under-rated. Here is just a sample of some of the info I have on it ... If there is interest, I will post a TON more ...

Glutamine is one of the most intensely studied nutrients in sports nutrition over the last 5 years.

It is one of the most versitile and useful nutients for sports performance. Research has shown that glutamine is very useful against the catabolic stress that is imposed on the body by resistance training.

Glutamine has also been used by athletes for 4 main reasons:

(1) Boosting GH levels - To do this, athletes take 10g of glutamine on an empty stomach upon waking.

(2) Accelerating muscle gylcogen synthesis - This is done by taking glutamine within 1 hour after severe exercise.

(3) Sparing glucose levels

(4) Off-setting overtraining syndrome - Glutamine plays a crucial role in the stimulation of intracellular protein synthesis if you are training hard. To get the full effect of this, you should be taking in at least 20g of glutamine per day.

During flu season, be sure to take even more glutamine to insure a well-functioning immune system.

It has also been noted that by super-supplementing glutamine, some athletes have reported breaking through training and hypertrophy plateaus by boosting glutamine intake to 60g - 80g per day.

This requires a dosing pattern of 10g upon waking, 5g every 3 hours, and 10g before bed.

It has been my experience that the cheaper brands of glutamine have an "off-taste" to them, while EAS and Twinlabs are taste-free.