Does Glutamine Supplement Help Cure Acid Reflux?

Posted on Tue, 9 Jan 2018

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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 (-4 hours 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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