L-arginine like any other amino acid, plays a major role in building protein. Our body uses the protein to build and rebuild damaged muscle tissues.
In this post we are going to talk about the 12 health benefits of L-ARGININE
What is L-ARGININE?
L-arginine is an amino acid, which has the ability to release through its bio chemical breakdown something called nitric oxide which is very different than
nitrous oxide which is laughing gas.
A normal person produces L-arginine under regular conditions. But people also take additional L-arginine through diet and supplementation.
Foods High In L-arginine
L-arginine could be found in most protein rich foods such as
- Red meats
- Fish
- Eggs
- Dairy Products
- Soy
- Whole grains
- Beans
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Peanuts
- Pumpkin seeds
L-ARGININE HEALTH BENEFITS
1. Relaxes Arteries
Nitric
oxide has the ability to relax your arteries the smooth muscle and the arteries
which is going to lower your blood pressure it's going to lower stress.
2. Decreases Free Radicals
It
decreases free radicals so it's like a very powerful antioxidant.
3. Decreases LDL Cholesterol Oxidation.
4. It is an anti coagulant.
5. L-arginine helps erectile dysfunction.
6. Immune Support
L-arginine helps your immune system.
7. Brain Blood Flow
It increases blood flow through your brain as well as through the lung that's why you
breathe better
8. Relaxes Sphincters
L-arginine also helps relax sphincters which are smooth muscle valves helping things like
hemorrhoids for example
9. Increases Growth Hormone
L-arginine has the ability to increase growth hormone which is anti-aging, fat burning, helps muscle strength, builds muscle, etc.
10. Alleviate anxiety
11. Heal wounds faster
12. Reduces High Blood Pressure
Now
if you think about it, our heart works incredibly hard contracting and relaxing
all day all night, you don't have to think about it it's all automatic.
Every
year your heart beats 39 million times, I mean that's a tremendous amount of
work that your heart has to perform and so when your arteries relax you not
only take the stress off the arteries but you also increase blood flow into the
heart muscle itself preventing things like angina.
HOW TO CONSUME L-ARGININE
What
I would recommend taking if you were going to take this is 3 grams two times a
day. You would want to take that on an empty stomach, and there's something
else that you may want to add to that is either the consumption of beets or you
can take beets in a powder because beets are very high in nitrates and that can
also activate nitric oxide and beets are also high in boron which has other
great benefits.
L-ARGININE CONS
Now
here are the cons of L-arginine . If you have herpes already in your body
whether it's herpes simplex like a cold sore or you have herpes zoster as in
the virus behind shingles. If you take too much L-ARGININE that can reactivate these
viruses and bring them out.
THE BOTTOM LINE
So,
you see L-arginine has numerous health benefits from keeping your immune system working properly to help building muscle. Obviously the number of benefits
L-arginine poses easily out-numbered the cons.
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