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| vital muscle tissue and use it to produce lymphocytes and macrophages. These cells consume glutamine at a high rate under normal conditions, but this process is greatly accelerated when the body is working to destroy pathogens. Glutamine assists in the production Of NK cells and glutathione. Glutamine can also enhance the amino acid cysteine. When glutamine availability is below par, it will not only cause important muscle loss, but it could also compromise glutathione synthesis. Studies show that when patients received a TPN formulation to which glutamine has been added, their glutathione plasma levels were raised significantly. Furthermore, liver glutathione levels are maintained by including glutamine in the diet. Foods such as spinach, kale, and parsley are rich in constituents that form glutathione precursors. 82,83 |
| Patients who are receiving glutamine and are recovering from surgery, wound healing, or radiation therapy experience less weight loss and speedier recoveries than those who do not receive glutamine. Prophylactic glutamine protects the intestinal mucosa from radiation injury. Glutamine also enhances chemotherapy and reduces toxicity. In animal models glutamine supplementation protects the host from methotrexate-induced enterocolitis and enhances the tumoricidal effectiveness of methotrexate while reducing morbidity and mortality.84 Other studies have demonstrated decreased mortality following radiation and chemotherapy. One study in particular demonstrated glutamine's efficacy in accelerating healing after radiation treatment. Animals treated with glutamine had a 100 percent survival rate as compared to the control group's rate of 45 percent. Increased healing of radiated intestines and decreased systemic infections resulting from bacterial translocation were also demonstrated.85 |
| Glutamine therapy appears to be extremely beneficial to people undergoing chemotherapy. In a recent report, glutamine was given to people with myelogenous leukemia. The dose was 6 grams dissolved in water three days prior to chemotherapy. Glutamine offered protection to the gastrointestinal tract by reducing the duration and severity of diarrhea.86 |
| I usually prefer to administer glutamine as a powder. I recommend 1 to 2 teaspoons one to three times daily. |
| Calcium D-Glucarate |
| Calcium D-glucarate (CDG) is an effective cancer-inhibiting supplement, particularly in hormonal-driven cancers such as breast cancer. CDG is the |
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