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Arginine Prevents Fat Gain
 
According to Toronto-based nutritionist Kristine Hughes, Arginine may have fat-loss potential! A recent study showed that Arginine prevented fat gain and led to greater increases in lean muscle mass in rats that were obese. During the 12-week study, obese rats were fed a high fat diet or low fat diet. The researchers found that Arginine supplementation decreased the rat’s bodyfat 65% for the group who consumed a low fat diet and 63% for the group who consumed a high fat diet 
  
  
 
“This metabolic change is likely beneficial because elevated concentrations of branched-chain amino acids may lead to insulin resistance in obesity. Additionally, Arginine can stimulate muscle protein synthesis, a biochemical process that requires large amounts of energy … dietary energy would be utilized for lean tissue rather than fat gain. According to the researchers that conducted the study.
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I would like to know from the study the quantity of arginine taken per unit of body weight and the average percent bodyfat for the rats at the start and the end of the diets.  Did the low fat diet and the high fat diet have the same total calories?  If so the arginine supplement only has a 2% effect.  Once these questions are answered, I can determine the cost- benefit of adding arginine as a supplement. At this point a 2% effect would require a very low cost or not worth the expenditure given my current bodyfat percent of 7.4%.

Those are great questions RandomLuck, I’d also like to see if there was a control group!

I’d heard of some of the overall benefits of Arginine as a BCAA but hadn’t ever heard anything like this. It’d be interesting to see it tested with humans as well since animal studies don’t always translate to humans.

 
 
You should try it out! You would be the perfect test! 
 
It obvioulsy has some benefits however I wonder what significant difference it makes..

What is L-Arginine?
 
L-arginine is an amino acid that has numerous functions in the body.
It helps the body get rid of ammonia (a waste product), is used to make compounds in the body such creatine, L-glutamate, and L-proline, and can be converted to glucose and glycogen if needed.
 
 
L-arginine is used to make the nitric oxide, a compound in the body that relaxes blood vessels. Preliminary studies have found that L-arginine may help with conditions that improve when blood vessels are relaxed (called vasodilation), such as atherosclerosis, erectile dysfunction, and intermittent claudication.
 

L-arginine is also involved in protein formation. In larger amounts, L-arginine stimulates the release of hormones growth hormone and prolactin

I know I’m digging up old posts, but this is also a pretty good post. I enjoy reading articles/posts like this. Small little tips like this are always fun to learn

Has anyone taken arginine and noticed results??
 
I am really curious to know more about this supplement

 
That is the most common use for L-Arginine ——-LIBIDO! It can, and will, increase your libido naturally. Obviously there are stronger products, but, naturally this can help increase circulation (After all it is NITRIC OXIDE). That is what NO Xplode, NO Shotgun, NaNO Vapor, and all of those other Pre-Workouts have in their name. NO stands for ?Nitric Oxide. Nitric Oxide = Arginine!

really??? Libido?? I have never read that before..
 
You really think that is the main function?? it makes sense but why dont they promote it as that?

They DO! Tha tis the #1 thing I Have ever seen it promoted for. You walk into GNC and you ask for “natural” ways to increase libido and the #1 thing they will recommend is Arginine. It’s main function is to give you a PUMP and increase it does that by increasing circulation…So - if you want to increase libido increased circulation will do that!!!!!!

hahah i see.. does it work only for men? >or for women as well?

Arginine really does the same for men and women - increases circulation and blood flow.

ohhhhh.. i see!! so its all abotu the blood flow?? why?? why would that increase sexual drive???

Haha seriously? You can’t be serious right? lol

oh boy oh boy! oppsss.. i was thinking of something different..
yeah i get it!

HAha!!! I was like oh boy she has to know what I am saying here. Yep, yep. crickets. Haha nah just kdiding. I have taken arginine for over 5 years straight and would never really even consider not taking it.
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One tip I have for others is to take antioxidants with it. Some grape seed extract or reservatrol can really help the uptake of the arginine as it clears free radicals out and can enhance the pump.

great tip..
 
Mike.. it seems like you take alot of supplements.
 
what do  you take daily???

Ha! That would take days to list. I will list what I can think of:
 
Arginine
Creatine
Fish Oil
Glucosamine Chondroitin
MSM
White Willow Bark
Ginkgo Bilboa
Huperzine
No-Shotgun (creatine, NO, protein, stimulants)
Caffeine
Green Tea Extract
Ginseng
Protein
BCAA’s
Glutamine
Protein Bars when in a rush
Multivitamin
Vitamin C
 

what are these taken for??
Glucosamine Chondroitin” joints????
MSM
White Willow Bark
Ginkgo Bilboa
Huperzine 
Ginseng: energy???????

L-arginine: food sources high in arginine amino acid content
 
here is the link
L-arginine: food sources high in arginine amino acid content
 
Table: List of arginine containing foods and their arginine content.
 
They are listed from high to low in each catagory. The arginine content estimates and weights of foods are for the edible portions.
 
Arginine food sources  Arginine content (grams /100 gram of food) 
 
 
Plant products 
 
Peanuts, Spanish 3.13
Peanuts 3.09
Almond nuts 2.47
Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dried 2.40
Walnuts, English 2.28
Hazelnuts 2.21
Lentils, raw 2.17
Brazilnuts 2.15
Cashew nuts 2.12
Pistachio nuts 2.03
Flax seed 1.93
Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, raw 1.46
Pecan nuts 1.18
Beans, French, mature seeds, raw 1.17
Soybeans, green, raw 1.04
Tofu, extra firm, prepared with nigari 0.66
Wheat flour, whole-grain 0.64
Garlic, raw 0.63
Muffins, blueberry, toaster-type 0.30
Onion, raw 0.10
Chocolate syrup 0.09 
 
Animal products 
 
Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, drained solids 1.74
Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, raw 1.19
Salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw 1.19
Shrimp, mixed species, raw 1.18
Egg, yolk, raw, fresh 1.10
Egg, whole, raw 0.82
Egg, white, raw, fresh 0.65
Pork, fresh, separable fat, raw 0.56
Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat 0.08
 
L-arginine: food sources high in arginine amino acid content

 
Yep, glucosamine, MSM, and white willow bark all for joints, ginseng for natural energy, ginkgo for natural energy and focus

why do you take all those joint vitamins together??
 
there is 3? or do you cycle them