L-Glutamine
What Huberman said
Huberman says many people are experimenting with glutamine, several grams per day, to blunt sugar cravings, but there has not yet been a large-scale clinical trial; he calls the support 'anecdata'.
Doses, as he worded them
“several grams per day, often even five grams distributed through three or four different servings throughout the day”[1]
how people experimenting with it use it for sugar cravings (not his own protocol)
Quoted, not prescribed. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist first if you take medication, are pregnant or have a health condition.
Cautions he mentions
- It can create some gastric distress; increase the amount of glutamine you take somewhat gradually (he wouldn't take a big tablespoon of it in water three times a day).[1]
- There's an entire literature devoted to the potential hazards of increasing glutamine if you have a preexisting cancer. 'So if you have cancer or you're cancer-prone, I would really discourage you from this approach.'[1]
Where he said it
- 1
“Now there has not yet been a large-scale clinical trial using glutamine to reduce sugar cravings”
Controlling Sugar Cravings & Metabolism with Science-Based Tools
Episode · 01:30:18 · 2022
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