Dosages

Glutamine/L-Glutamine

U.S. RDA:
Not Available

Dr. Atkins:
Muscle building: 5grams per a day of L-glutamine powder.
Immune system stimulation: 5 ­ 20 grams daily of L-glutamine powder.
Sugar/Alcohol cravings: 2 ­ 4 grams daily of L-glutamine powder.
Inflammatory bowel syndrome: up to 40grams daily.
Leaky gut syndrome: up to 40grams daily.

Dr. Balch:
Alcoholism: 500mg twice daily, on an empty stomach. Take with water or juice.
Autism: 500mg daily with L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, and taurine.
Crohn's disease: 500mg twice daily, on an empty stomach. Take with water or juice.
Diabetes: 500mg twice daily, on an empty stomach. Take with L-carnitine and taurine.
Diarrhea: follow label directions.
Drug addiction 500mg three times daily, on an empty stomach. Take with a free-form amino acid complex and L-tyrosine.
High blood pressure: 500mg daily with L-carnitine and L-glutamic acid.
Irritable bowel syndrome: 500mg twice daily, on an empty stomach. Take with water or juice.
Obesity: follow label directions.
Ulcerative colitis: 500mg twice daily, on an empty stomach.

Dr. Barney:
Not Available

Drs. Zand, Spreen, & LaVille:
Burns: 1,000mg three times daily for three weeks.
Colitis, ulcerative: 1,000 ­ 2,000mg three times daily, after meals, for up to three weeks at a time.
Crohn's disease: 3,000mg three times daily for two weeks, then decrease to 3,000mg twice daily for two weeks. Then take 3,000mg daily for two months.
Diarrhea: 500mg three times daily until the diarrhea resolves.
Drug abuse: 500mg three to four times daily for two to four weeks.
Food allergy: 500 ­ 1,000mg three times daily.
Indigestion: 500mg two to three times daily for up to one month.
Irritable bowel syndrome: 500mg three times daily for two weeks, then decrease to 500mg twice daily for two weeks. Then take 500mg daily for two months.
Malabsorption: 2,000mg three times daily.
Menopause: 500mg two or three times daily and 500mg of chondroitin sulfate twice daily.
Parasites, intestinal: 1,000 ­ 2,000mg three times daily for two months.
Peptic ulcer: 1,000mg three times daily for two weeks, then decrease to 1,000mg twice daily for two weeks. Then take 500mg daily for two months.
Underweight: 1,000mg three times daily.

Integrative Medicine Communications:
Peptic ulcers: 500 mg daily, taken on an empty stomach.
Food cravings: 1,000 mg daily.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): 500mg three times a day and peppermint oil (1 capsule three to six times daily).
Wound healing: take glutamine (500 mg) with a basic vitamin-mineral formula and vitamin C (2,000 mg divided at meals and bedtime), vitamin A (10,000 IU), zinc (22.5 to 50 mg), vitamin E (400 IU), and vitamin B3 (100 mg) daily.