Taking a specific amount of arginine supplement for just three days doesn’t change the levels of nitric oxide in the blood of highly trained male athletes when they do short, intense workouts.

From: No effect of short-term arginine supplementation on nitric oxide production, metabolism and performance in intermittent exercise in athletes.

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Taking a specific amount of arginine supplement for just three days doesn’t change the levels of nitric oxide in the blood of highly trained male athletes when they do short, intense workouts.

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Short-term arginine supplementation at a dose of 6 grams per day for three days has no significant effect on nitric oxide production, as measured by plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations, during intermittent anaerobic exercise in well-trained male athletes.

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Study: No effect of short-term arginine supplementation on nitric oxide production, metabolism and performance in intermittent exercise in athletes.

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