Should You Supplement With Glutamine?

By Aadam | Last Updated: October 21st, 2025

 







 

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• Clinical and protein metabolic efficacy of glutamine granules- supplemented enteral nutrition in severely burned patients, Peng X. et al, 2005
• Pharmacological Nutrition After Burn Injury, Daurea Abadia De-Souza. et al, 1998
• Outcome of critically ill patients after supplementation with glutamine, Griffiths RD., 1997
• The effects of high-dose glutamine ingestion on weightlifting performance, Antonio J. et al, 2002
• Addition of glutamine to essential amino acids and carbohydrate does not enhance anabolism in young human males following exercise, Wilkinson SB. et al, 2006
• The effects of 8 weeks of creatine monohydrate and glutamine supplementation on body composition and performance measures, Lehmkuhl M. et al, 2003
• The effect of glutamine supplementation on athletic performance, body composition, and immune function: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of clinical trials, Ramezani Ahmadi A et al, 2018
• Glutamine Supplementation did not Benefit Athletes During Short-Term Weight Reduction, Kevin J Finn et al., 2003
• Examine.com: Glutamine
• Does glutamine have a role in reducing infections in athletes? Castell LM, 1996
• Can glutamine modify the apparent immunodepression observed after prolonged, exhaustive exercise? Castell LM, 2002
• Glutamine supplementation and immune function during heavy load training, Song QH et al., 2015
• Competitive sustained exercise in humans, lymphokine-activated killer cell activity, and glutamine–an intervention study, Rohde T, 1998
• Randomised placebo-controlled trial of dietary glutamine supplements for postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome, QiQi Zhou et al., 2018
• The Roles of Glutamine in the Intestine and Its Implication in Intestinal Diseases, Min-Hyun Kim, 2017
• Effect of long-term oral glutamine supplements on small intestinal permeability in patients with Crohn’s disease, Den Hond, 1999
• Glutamine supplementation and intestinal permeability in Crohn’s disease, Akobeng AK, et al, 2000
• Glutamine for induction of remission in Crohn’s disease, Akobeng AK, et al, 2016

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