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I'm trying to keep track of three different summaries, and the computer is
running overtime.  So here's what has come in on L-Glutamine:

>Soon after I received my celiax dx, I began taking L-Glutamine based on
>recommendations I had noticed in print.  But when I met with a leading
>celiac specialist, he discouraged me from taking L-Glutamine.  His position
>was that glutmine hasn't been studied enough for anyone to know of its
>benefits, its side effects, proper dosages (if any), etc.  He felt that
>celiacs do well enough on a gluten-free diet (with supplements for clear
>vitamin deficiencies) that they should not risk taking L-Glutamine
>supplements.
>
>I have followed his advice and not taken L-Glutamine supplements, though I
>have recently added fresh parsley to my diet after learning that it is a
>source of glutamine.   That seems like a good "natural" way to enjoy at
>least some of the benefits commonly associated with glutamine.
>
>Please keep me anonymous

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>I thought l-glutamine was taken to curb carb cravings!
>
>Anne Washburn

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>Body builders take glutamine in large doses to buld muscle mass.
>Glutamine does add weight for some unknown reason. In the same vein, it
>heals villi and
>heals the intestines at the same time. I told my son who is into working
>out, maybe it would benefit him both ways. He is not a celiac, had a
>biopsy- but has multiple food allergies is is always having an upset
>stomach. So stubborn, doesn't want to sacrifice any food, so he suffers.
>What's a parent to do?

Again a request for no signature

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>I'm sure this is a far too simple an explaination for the gaining weight
>with the L'Glutamine issue, but it seems to me, that since L'Glutamine
>heals the intestines, that once this happens, not only are you are
>absorbing more nutrients, but you are absorbing more calories as well.
>Just a thought.
>
>Candice in California

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> With all the other "serious" things on
>this list, my wanting to lose weight seems out of sync, but looking forward
>to not being able to fit into anything at all that I wore last spring is a
>major catastrophe for me.
>
>Not one person replied that they got sick on Atkins, so here I go again to
>achieve "deep purple".
>
>Helen

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Here's the original post that prompted the responses:
>I'd like to add a question to Sharon's  post about L-Glutamine.  I took it
>for about three months, and eventually began to gain weight - for the first
>time in my life - and I'm nearing 70.  Within a few months I had put on ten
>unneeded pounds.  I quit taking L-Glutamine, and after a month, I put
>myself on a low carbohydrate diet and have taken off ten pounds...(easily
>and without being hungry, by the way.)  I have no idea what the
>relationship was between the weight gain and the L-Glutamine.
>
>I read Atkin's book [Dr. A's New Diet Revolution], however, and have begun
>to wonder whether the L-Glutamine has tipped some balance of insulin
>production in my body. Does L-Glutamine affect the pancreas?  Is L-Glut. a
>possible trigger for diabetes?  This list has been carrying messages saying
>that L-Glutamine is helpful for those who have never been able to gain
>weight.  That seems to be true, but is there a price to be paid for that
>weight?  Does anyone out there know the scientific answers to these
>questions? I suppose we need an endocrinologist for this one.

Mist rising off the lake in Ithaca - beautiful sunshine on a COLD winter
day.  GK