Breast feeding and Glutamine: Yay or Nay?!

daytolive

I usually buy Vega One's nutritional shake for a supplements here and there but started thinking I should have more of a protein based powder. So I bought Vega Sport. It has Glutamine in it and of course it says in small print, "do not use while pregnant or breast feeding". Now, the dumb question is, can I use it? Anyone have info on this?


Thanks for your help and/or advice in advance

jls8209

I recently talked with the manager at the GNC by my house and he said he never recommends supplements (protein, greens, etc) to pregnant or lactating women. I had purchased a new protein powder to try, only to notice the breastfeeding warning after I got home. I Googled a bunch of stuff on the label and from what I understand the main reason why the one I bought wasn't safe was because it had an unusually high amount of an amino acid (I can't remember the name right now), and a sweetener called Ace-K (I try to avoid artificial sweeteners). I ended up going back to my old one (Whey Gourmet Naturelle, I found it at Loblaws/Superstore in the "natural" section) because it doesn't have high amounts of any amino acids, no fillers, low iron (that's another thing to watch out for) and it is low sugar without using artificial sweeteners. GNC sells Whey Gourmet products, but not the Naturelle line.

Here's what I found when I Googled "glutamine while breastfeeding":

http://www.livestrong.com/article/533676-glutamine-while-breastfeeding/

daytolive

Thank you! That's exactly what I was afraid of. The high iron and amino acids. I'll stick with my old one or check out the one you mentioned as well.

jls8209

I had a look at my Whey Gourmet Naturelle after responding and it, too, has Glutamine in it. Hmph. I just looked up Glutamine on Wikipedia, it's "the most abundant naturally occuring, nonessential amino acids in the body", and is naturally found in a bunch of foods (meat, dairy, eggs,fish, some veg) so now I'm not quite sure what to think?

daytolive

Me either?!