Ingredient framework; direct source links are available in the studies library when published.
How it works
Transform -- the most abundant free amino acid in blood and a key fuel source for rapidly dividing cells, including enterocytes and immune cells
Build -- a nitrogen donor for nucleotide and amino sugar synthesis needed by fast-turnover tissues
Maintain -- serves as the primary fuel for intestinal lining cells and is studied for its association with gut barrier integrity and immune cell function during physiologic stress
Exchange -- during illness, injury, or intense physical stress, muscle tissue releases stored glutamine into circulation to fuel the gut and immune system, which is why glutamine is classified as 'conditionally essential' -- normally made in adequate amounts, but demand can exceed the body's own production capacity under significant physiologic stress
Form matters
The same nutrient can be made in very different forms -- and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.
The science on Glutamine
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