This workhorse nutrient performs numerous vital functions, including supporting wound healing and the secretion of key hormones such as insulin and glucagon. L-Arginine is a valuable precursor to nitric oxide which promotes vasodilation and cardiovascular health. It also helps maintain normal systolic and diastolic blood pressure and total and LDL cholesterol. *
- Promotes healthy blood flow*
- Nourishes tissue healing*
- Supports production of nitric oxide*
This workhorse nutrient performs numerous vital functions, including supporting the body’s normal wound healing and the secretion of key hormones such as insulin and glucagon. L-Arginine is a valuable precursor to nitric oxide which promotes vasodilation and cardiovascular health. It also helps maintain normal systolic and diastolic blood pressure and total and LDL cholesterol.
What is L-Arginine?
Though arginine is considered a nonessential amino acid, it becomes “conditionally essential” as a limiting substrate under stress conditions [1]. This means certain disease states, trauma, or mental stress can stop the body from making enough L-arginine for the body to function effectively. L-arginine is needed to take part in numerous vital functions, including wound healing and the secretion of key hormones such as insulin and glucagon. L-Arginine is also a valuable precursor to nitric oxide which promotes vasodilation and cardiovascular health. It also helps maintain normal systolic and diastolic blood pressure and total and LDL cholesterol.
How does L-Arginine Work?
Nitric oxide, produced from L-arginine in virtually all mammalian cells, plays a role in many cellular processes; one of which is wound healing. Arginine has been shown to promote wound strength and collagen deposition in the healing of acute wounds [1].
L-Arginine supplementation has also been shown to support cardiovascular function through contributing to processes related to cholesterol balance [2,3], healthy blood flow [4], normal blood pressure [2], and the promotion of fat metabolism over fat synthesis [5,6]. Oral supplementation of L-arginine in clinical trials demonstrated an effect of increased exercise-induced blood-flow, mediated by NO [4]. Endothelial production of NO, specifically, is a key element in many of the processes associated with the development of atherosclerosis [3]. Therefore, L-arginine supplementation and the NO production that happens, in turn, is a means to support vascular health in a variety of ways.
L-Arginine also plays an important role in fat metabolism. NO stimulates the oxidation of energy substrates (including fatty acids and glucose) throughout the body [5]. The tissues in which this process takes place include, but are not limited to, fat tissue, the liver, skeletal muscle, and the heart [5]. Dietary arginine supplementation may also increase insulin sensitivity and amplify its signaling mechanisms on net protein synthesis [6]. Arginine supplementation may play a role in the use of dietary energy to favor muscle-building over fat synthesis in adults [6].
What are the Suggested Uses for L-Arginine?
Supports healthy production of nitric oxide (NO), which in turn contributes to:
- Wound healing
- Healthy blood flow and cardiovascular health
- Regulation of fat metabolism and protein synthesis
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