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L-glutamine is a "conditionally essential" amino acid. What's that? Tune in & find out: what glutamine is, what it does, and when you shouldn't be taking it. Tina & Leah discuss generalities and then delve into specifics, particularly for those who have (or had!) cancer.
Glutamine is one of those supplements that many people take…. willy-nilly. That’s a bad idea. There is a time and a place for glutamine supplementation. Listen in to find out more.
Why is glutamine so tricky to use as a supplement:
1-Fact: Glutamine can lessen peripheral neuropathy when taken alongside certain chemo drugs.
2- Fact: Cancers often have a high appetite for glutamine and use it as fuel o grow (proliferate).
As always, Tina & Leah speak from experience and stick to the data. (All while introducing you to oddities like “meat sweats.”)
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01:02 - Introduction
05:05 - Tangent-Mediterranean diets
05:38 - Conditionally essential amino acids
06:45 - We can make glutamine
07:41 - Cabbage, a good source?
08:36 - Glutamine in cancer care
09:57 - High doses used with certain chemo
11:08 - Mouth sores
12:28 - Diarrhea
12:53 - The taste of glutamine
15:12 - Some caveats to big doses
15:58 - Radiation
17:41 - Dosing is specific during chemo
19:53 - Surgery
22:00 - Stem Cell transplants
23:24 - When not to take L-glutamine
25:01 - Tina's soapbox- glutamine for neuropathy?
26:31 - Contraindicated in pancreatic cancer
27:28 - Bodily distribution of L-glutamine
28:27 - Leukemia/Lymphoma
29:41 - Neurotransmitters
30:05 - Glutamine becomes glutamate
30:45 - MSG
32:35 - Glutamine-drug interactions
33:04 - Methotrexate potentiation
35:01 - Wind down
