Kill Fat - Grow Muscle - Make Heart Healthy!

By Mike Mitchell

There is probably no greater truism in sports nutrition: The good stuff costs lots of money!

But really that not need be the case when you consider the results of an inexpensive and easy to obtain amino acid called "L-Arginine". It has become the super supplement for those who want decrease in body fat and increased muscle volume. It has resulted also in many side effects - none so far bad!

For instance, in addition to releasing your own human growth hormone (HGH), which is the key to the increase of muscle mass - and its voracious appetite for your body fat, it also assists in creation of nitric oxide in your body.

That Nitric Oxide has become recognized as an important component of your immune system, assists in repair of vascular walls, mitigates against clot formation that can lead to strokes, decreases bad cholesterol while boosting the good.

The Mayo Clinic web site notes:

"Arginine changes into nitric oxide, which causes blood vessel relaxation (vasodilation). Early evidence suggests that arginine may help treat medical conditions that improve with vasodilation, such as chest pain, clogged arteries (called atherosclerosis), coronary artery disease, erectile dysfunction, heart failure, intermittent claudication/peripheral vascular disease, and blood vessel swelling that causes headaches (vascular headaches)."

Mayo's web site continues, "Arginine also triggers the body to make protein and has been studied for wound healing, bodybuilding, enhancement of sperm production (spermatogenesis), and prevention of wasting in people with critical illnesses."

So you see, this little amino acid has big implications for improved health, muscularity and fat loss. If these appeal to you, great!

There are some things to be quite aware of though in terms of its use.

Best results are at 6 to 10 grams or more daily! That's a lot. The l-arginine I use is packed in one gram capsules. So that’s a total of 10 capsules daily for me.

Recently, in fact that's what led to this hub, I saw a supplement maker hype the L-Arginine and the maker's "proprietary formula" - and then infer all together it gave the positive results. Actually, the great results the ad bragged about were soley the realm of the L-Arginine all by its lonesome.

As a cautionary consider this: Exercise remains necessary and promotes growth and health. Also, any person with special medical issues should consult a physician prior to using this approach.