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Supplement information: ARGININE
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General description Conditionally essential amino acid with vasodilatation effect.
Found - beans
- brewer yeast
- chocolate
- dairy products
- eggs
- fish, seafood
- legumes
- meat
- nuts, popcorn
Anti-aging role - stimulates the pituitary gland to release growth hormone
- reduce the risk of CVD
- reverse endothelial dysfunction
- lower blood pressure (vasodilatiation)
- boost nitric oxide production
- boost the immune system
- Increase IL - 2 production increase thymic weight
- promoting healthy permeability and adaptive response of the gut
- increase testosterone level and sperm production
- decrease symptoms of erectile dysfunction
- maintain normal bowel permeability
- lower blood CRP level
- stimulates organism - rise energy
- reduce migraine attacks caused by neck blood vessels constriction
- improve sport performances and reduce recovery time
- prevent preeclampsia
- prevent intestinal inflammations in premature infants
- local on skin - improve circulation and wound healing
Deficiency symptoms - decreased sperm production
- hair loss
- skin rash
Therapeutic doses - 2 - 3 g /day
- improving sport performance: 3-5 g 30 minutes before workout
- erectile dysfunction: 5 g/day
- angina pectoris: 3-6 g/day
- congenital heart failure: 6-20 g/day divided in several doses
- premature infants: 261 mg/kg body weight - put in infant formula for first 28 days of life
Maximum safe level Not established
Side effects - diarrhea
- flatulence
- abdominal pain
Contraindications - renal and hepatic insufficiency
- diabetes type 1
- allergy to eggs, milk, wheat
- herpes infection (aids herpes virus infection)
- asthma
- low blood pressure
- recent heart attack
- psychical disorders
Interactions - arginine and lysine are antagonistic amino acids
- NSAIDs
- ACE inhibitors
- Viagra
High risk groups - premature infants
Composition formulas - usually by itself or in combination with L-ornithine or other amino acids
Other remarks - in time of trauma and in premature infants arginine is essential amino acids
- during metabolic pathways arginine turns into nitric oxide
- it's not recommended to use arginine 2 weeks before scheduled surgery