Does Glutamine Supplement Help Cure Acid Reflux?

Posted on Tue, 9 Jan 2018

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Tue, 9 Jan 2018 Answered on

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Question : hey guys,

would glutamine be a good supplement to use in the aid for gerd/acid reflux and ibs? will this help? can i take this long term without issues? can this make my gerd and ibs worse? are there any dangers wth long term use?

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
muscle recovery agent.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for query,
L glutamine is a recovery agent and help in speedy recovery post exercise.It may cause bloating and belching some times and may cause exaberation of reflux disease.As such long term use upto 5 gram a day has no special side effects and can be used.
It has XXXXXXX rile in treatment of gerd and reflux disease or ibs.
Thanks!

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