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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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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