Glutamine/Vitamin C for getting over sickness

Mako · Feb 28, 2005

I have gotten sick 2 times so far in the past 6 months and both times I have started taking 10 grams of L-Glutamine and a gram of Vitamin C up to 5 times a day when I was my most sick. It seems that the high levels of both sure help me get over my sickness many days faster than without. Anyone else have any results like this or use this combination to do the same?

BrooklynJuice · Feb 28, 2005

glutamine? bleh just use more whey

Vitamic C is good stuff but what kind of sickness?

Common cold zinc lozenges are the shit.

alpha-longhorn · Feb 28, 2005

when i get sick i'll take 12g of vitamin c in several dosages throughout the day, take kr-ala at about 1g per day in several dosages, and drink a shitload of water.. lately whenever i start to feel it coming on, i also megadose the green tea stuff..works wonders

BrooklynJuice · Feb 28, 2005

should be drinking the green tea regardless

Chuck999 · Mar 1, 2005

Beta Glucan

C helps, but the one thing I have found that REALLY works when you are getting sick (especially with something viral) is called BETA GLUCAN. It makes your body start cranking out a lot more macrophages, which fight the infection, viral or bacterial. It's not a replacement for antibiotics, but even if you have something like a strep throat and are taking antibiotics, it will help you get well faster. There are several brands around, but the kind I use is a Norwegian brand. The main thing is you have to get at least the 250-300 mg stuff. When Beta Glucan first came out, it was like 5 or 10 mg. That helped, but then the Norwegian company came out with a 325 mg capsule. It's kind of expensive, but if you start it as soon as you can when you feel like you're coming down with something Beta Glucan high dose will usually knock it out within a couple of days. I take like 3 caps three or four times a day for the first couple of days and then gradually taper it down. It is like an antibiotic in that you have to keep taking it for several days AFTER you feel better, or the bug will come back and you'll get sick again. I've turned a lot of people on to this stuff, and some don't believe me. Every single person who has tried it has told me it worked. My wife and I take one a day during the "flu season", and we don't get sick when everybody at our offices is sick as hell. Anyway, sorry for the rant, but trust me, this stuff is the real deal - it works.

Nemesis79 · Mar 1, 2005

yup

actually i'm sick right now and yeah i got sick back in december..what helped me out the most was vitamin c...i'm taking a whappin 5 grams a day...vitamin C and B12 helps a lot..i think i'll shoot up an extra dose right now.

Chuck999 · Mar 2, 2005

C and B12 are good. I usualy do about 5 grams a day of C along with the Beta Glucan for at least the first 3-4 days if I'm getting something. Nemesis I'm telling you tru bro, get to the supplement store and find any brand of high dose (250-500 mg) of Beta Glucan to go with your C and B12. It works. It will actually knock a virus out completely within 2-3 days, sometimes faster. People don't believe me, but I've even turned a couple of supplement store owners onto the stuff, and after they start stocking Beta Glucan, the owners tell me they can't keep it on the shelf, especially during flu season. I use to only be able to get the stuff from England, but most major supplement stores carry one of the high-dose brands now. It's really crappy to get sick, the downtime is a killer. In my work (trial lawyer) I just can't get sick. This stuff does the job. All I can do is tell people about it, if you won't try it thats on you. (I really don't own any stock in any company that sells this stuff, although I guess I sound like it!)