G-TEK™ - Peptide Transported Glutamine™
With the release of G-TEK™ Peptide Transported Glutamine™
and Chewable G-TEK™ Peptide Transported Glutamine™ ThermoLife
International sets the new standard in glutamine supplementation. Recent clinical
studies have proven that the technologically advanced Peptide Transported
Glutamine in G-TEK and Chewable G-TEK is more bio available, more stable and
more effective at raising glutamine levels than any free form glutamine product
on the market. (3)
Clinical science and practical experience have proven that free
form L-glutamine is inherently unstable, it quickly degrades in solution and
does not reach the blood in concentration levels needed to replenish healthy
levels of glutamine. In addition, a little know fact, is that almost all of
the research done on free from glutamine supplementation was done in hospitals
on subjects receiving the glutamine intravenously. Just because you buy and
take something called glutamine, does not mean you are going to benefit from
all the metabolic functions that glutamine performs.
On the contrary, the Peptide Transported Glutamine in G-TEK
and Chewable G-TEK has been clinically proven to be highly stable in the body,
very soluble in solution, readily absorbed by the digestive tract, and efficiently
retained in the blood and body tissues where it enters muscle cells fast and
performs the essential metabolic functions of glutamine including; increasing
muscle mass, preventing catabolic muscle loss, raising growth hormone levels,
improving immune functions, stabilizing blood sugar and preventing over training
syndrome, just to name a few.
The benefits of Glutamine supplementation cannot be fully experienced
from free form L-glutamine. The only practical way to effectively elevate
glutamine levels is with the clinically proven Peptide Transported Glutamine
in G-TEK or Chewable G-TEK. ThermoLife International G-TEK products now render
all free form glutamine products obsolete Start taking a ThermoLife G-TEK
product today and feel the difference for yourself.
Why Glutamine?
Glutamine is a "conditionally essential" amino acid. Normally, an
"essential" amino acid is one that the body must ingest through
nutrition, because it can't manufacture that amino acid. But, under certain
conditions - of stress, disease, malnutrition, or bodily injury - a "non-essential"
amino acid, which the body manufactures, can become depleted and "conditionally
essential." Glutamine is the most important of these, for its many vital
functions in normal body function and athletic training.
Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body, constituting
more than 50% of the free amino acid pool in body cells. It is normally available
to synthesize proteins, the building blocks of muscle, and provide many more
beneficial functions, as we'll explain.
One of Glutamine's primary metabolic functions is that it helps
to regulate glucose metabolism. Glutamine converts to glucose without changing
insulin or glucagon levels. These are the hormones that regulate blood sugar.
During carbohydrate depletion, glutamine can increase body fat loss without
loss of lean body mass. Glutamine provides a high-energy source for maintaining
muscle function, by converting to glucose, which turns into glycogen stores
in the muscles.
Glutamine is a key contributor to repair of gastrointestinal
tract cells and the immune system - where it contributes to nucleic acid synthesis,
which is essential to cell growth throughout the body. And because glutamine
helps the intestinal tract resist the passage of bacteria into the bloodstream,
glutamine supplementation helps hard-training athletes fight off infection,
and helps the person with illness or injury to recover faster.
Glutamine has been proven to release growth hormone. In one
study just 2 grams of glutamine raised growth hormone levels more than 400%,
increased growth hormone levels have a strong anabolic effect on muscle growth.
Glutamine also converts to glutathione, a powerful anti-oxidant that helps
to prevent cellular breakdown.5 And glutamine crosses the blood-brain barrier,
converting inside the brain to glutamic acid, which makes GABA (gamma amino
butyric acid), which boosts mental alertness and relaxes the body. As a neurotransmitter
in the brain, glutamine is a precursor to other neurotransmitters, so glutamine
levels can affect the brain and nervous system.
For the muscles, a glutamine shortage can cause the muscles
to be broken down, releasing glutamine to the rest of the body, leading to
muscle wasting. Especially for body-builders and other athletes undergoing
rigorous training workouts on a regular basis, it is crucial to ensure that
the body's stores of glutamine are maintained at healthy levels, through supplementation
before and after training.
Glutamine is critical to the intestines and the immune system
as a fuel, and is used to synthesize DNA, enzymes and proteins in all active
cells in your body - a building block for your muscles.1 Glutamine also helps
maintain overall body health by regulating the acid / alkaline balance of
the blood.
So, by helping to regulate glucose metabolism, glutamine helps
maintain the level of glycogen stored in your muscles as fuel for strenuous
exercise. Adequate levels of glutamine are also critical to your brain, where
glutamine is a neurotransmitter and precursor to another key neurotransmitter,
keeping your brain functioning normally. And healthy blood levels of glutamine
are an important part of anti-oxidant defenses, and maintaining the blood's
critical acid/alkali balance.
Under normal conditions, our bodies make adequate amounts of
glutamine from other amino acids. But after strenuous physical exercise, when
fighting an illness, or if the body has been damaged by injury, our bodies
run low on glutamine, and are more susceptible to infections.2 At these times
of physical stress, when our bodies cannot make enough glutamine, we need
to take additional amounts into our bodies through food or supplementation.
Athletes in training, whether aerobic or anaerobic, create this
level of glutamine-depleting stress on the body during exhaustive training.
Strenuous exercise lowers the blood concentration of glutamine. Sometimes,
the body's glutamine levels do not recover before the next training session.
Studies have shown that an athlete in the overtraining syndrome - where the
athlete works harder but his or her performance does not improve - has chronically
low levels of glutamine. In this condition, the athlete may lose muscle mass,
is more prone to injury and infection, and may suffer digestive problems and
a loss of motivation for exercise.
Glutamine Supplementation
Maintaining healthy blood levels of glutamine is necessary to the athlete
who wants to optimize all critical body functions, and derive the maximum
benefit from his or her training regimen. Before, during and after training,
glutamine levels must be maintained, to provide its vital role in regulating
energy, repairing any lost muscle tissue, maintaining and building added muscle,
sustaining elevated levels of growth hormone and its powerful anabolic effect,
nourishing the immune system, keeping brain and nerve function at a high level,
and maintaining the acid/alkali blood balance.
The athlete must be sure to build up his or her blood glutamine
level pre-workout, so the entire body has enough reserve glutamine to prevent
glutamine depletion during or after a strenuous workout. Stored glutamine
reserves are crucial to being able to function at a high level during an athletic
workout. In body building and strength training, glutamine is both anabolic
- muscle building and anti-catabolic - muscle protecting.
Pre-loading of glutamine via supplementation, in preparation
for a strenuous workout, is the key to ensuring adequate reserves and preventing
depletion. Mid-workout, a healthy blood level of glutamine is critical to
maximum performance, by sustaining high-level muscular, nerve, brain, intestinal,
and blood functioning. Post-workout, supplementation is essential to restoring
blood levels of glutamine burned up by exertion. The rebuilding of energy
levels and restoration of the protein building blocks supplied by glutamine
are key to preparing for, performing, and afterward sustaining the full benefit
of a strenuous workout. Glutamine supplementation heightens your preparation,
performance, and recovery from strenuous workouts.
Peptides Bonded Glutamine
Physicians have recognized that glutamine supplementation is needed under
conditions of stress. These conditions run a parallel to the hard working
athlete. In theses conditions physicians have administered free for L- glutamine
to clinical patients intravenously.3 But, they discovered that free form,
unbonded glutamine is highly unstable in the body, breaking down so that it
is not bioavailable, and does not reach the blood concentration levels needed
to replenish healthy levels of glutamine.
Peptide-bonded amino acids, including glutamine, are clinically
proven to be highly stable in the body, very soluble in solution, readily
absorbed by the digestive tract, and efficiently retained in the blood and
body tissues. Peptide-bonded amino acids are administered to patients with
burns, inflammatory disease, cancer and AIDS, and are used in oral supplements
for high-output athletes.
Peptides are amino acids linked to each other by strong, peptide
bonds. Strings of amino acids make up short, medium, or long-chain peptides,
which in turn are the main components of protein. Short-chain peptides are
amino acids linked in groups of two (dipeptides), three (tri-peptides), or
more.
Di- and tri-peptides are very stable in solution, are very soluble
- they dissolve completely in solution - and are quickly and easily absorbed
by the human digestive tract.4 They are totally bioavailable, since they are
retained - not excreted - by the body and are ready for use in building and
repairing muscle, supplying energy, serving as the building blocks of DNA,
protein and muscle, converting to antioxidants, releasing anabolic growth
hormones or any of their other vital functions.6
Peptide-bonded glutamine is selectively absorbed by muscle tissue
in need of repair and replenishment.6 Being easily absorbed and totally bioavailable,
peptide-bonded glutamine enters muscle cells fast, breaks down to free glutamine,
and performs its essential metabolic functions. Peptide-bonded glutamine is
thus more efficient, more effective, and clearly superior to free-form glutamine
for supplementation of the athlete concerned about maintaining his or her
pre-, mid- and post-workout glutamine levels.
Why is the G-TEK-glutamine delivery system in tablet
form?
If you have ever worked with peptide-bonded glutamine you know that powdered
peptide-bonded glutamine has a definite limitation. Taken orally, singly or
in combination, with juice, protein drinks, or water, they do not mix well
and have a strongly bitter taste, and for the most part are unpalatable. We
have tried previous powder-form supplements of peptide-bonded glutamine but
it doesn't work.
This limitation has recently been overcome by ThermoLife International's
peptide bonded glutamine delivery system in tablet form. ThermoLife International
is the first to offer such an essential glutamine supplement in a form that
is practical, convenient and affordable (as always you will see the other
companies copy us). Clinical science and practical experience has proven that
that free form L-glutamine is inherently unstable, and quickly breaks down
in solution and is basically worthless to the athlete as a powdered supplement.
Research has shown that peptide bonded glutamine is very stable and soluble,
and readily absorbed from the digestive tract. In fact some research indicates
that peptide-bonded glutamine is more than 22 times more bio-available than
straight free form L-glutamine. That clearly makes the G-TEK-Peptide Transported
Glutamine products by ThermoLife International the most bio-available and
most cost effective glutamine products on the market today. Don't even waste
your time finishing your existing bottle of free form L-glutamine. Start taking
a G-TEK product today and feel the difference.
Supplement Facts:
Serving Size: 4 Tablets
Servings per Container: 60
Amount per serving:
Peptide bonded Glutamine- 5 grams
