Glutamine

Glutamine

What is it?

The ‘non-essential’ amino acid glutamine has been getting a great deal of attention over the past few years in sport nutrition publications and scientific journals and for good reason. Though it might not be considered “essential,” glutamine appears to have many potential benefits for people interested in gaining new muscle and/or preserving that hard earned muscle.

What is it supposed to do?

Glutamine is required for countless functions in the human body from immune system function, to liver function, to gastrointestinal integrity, to name only a few. Supplement companies have taken to adding glutamine to various products and athletes have taken to adding glutamine to their diet.

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Tongkat Ali/Long Jack

Tongkat Ali/Long Jack

What is it?

Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack) also known as Long Jack, is an herb found in Indonesia. It contains compounds known as “quassinoids” such as eurycomalacton, eurycomanon, and eurycomanol as well as others.

What is it supposed to do?

Tongkat Ali (TA) is sold as a male sexual enhancer, muscle builder, and testosterone booster. It has a long history in Indonesia as a male sexual enhancer, with it being sold as a testosterone booster/muscle builder a more recent development.

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CLA

CLA

What is it?

Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is a fatty acid derived from the essential fatty acid Linoleic Acid. CLA is found predominantly in dairy products and some meats and appears to be a fat with some unique effects on the metabolism of animals and (hopefully) people.

What is it supposed to do?

CLA has been sold as both a fat loss supplement and as a sports nutrition product for adding muscle. The sellers of CLA focus on the fact that in animals such as rats and mice, CLA causes rats and mice to lose bodyfat while adding lean tissue (i.e. muscle).

Like so many products, CLA may have legitimate health uses. CLA can be found as different isomers (i.e., cis-9/trans-11 and trans-10/cis-12 isomers) and recent research suggests different isomers are responsible for different effects, such as anti cancer, anti obesity, etc.

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Hoodia

What is it?

Hoodia Gordonii is a plant in the succulent family that grows in the Kalahari desert other parts of Africa. As the story goes, for thousands of years Kalahari Bushmen have been eating this plant to stave off hunger during their long hunting trips.

What is it supposed to do?

As eluded to in the above, Hoodia is supposed to have anorectic (appetite suppressing) effects leading to less food eaten which means less calories ingested. The compound in Hoodia that supposedly has this effect is a steroidal glycoside with the name P57AS3 or simply P57. The main effect of P57 is supposedly by affecting nerve cells in the hypothalamus that monitor ATP and perhaps blood glucose. The result of which is the brain is “tricked” into thinking there is enough energy (ATP) in the system and shuts down hunger signals. Direct injections into the brains of rats (poor rats!) using the purified P57 demonstrated that the compound likely has a central (CNS) mechanism of action via the hypothalamus.

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