{"id":781,"date":"2021-05-05T12:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a8h.com.au\/content\/?post_type=tutorials&p=781"},"modified":"2021-05-13T13:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T13:14:36","slug":"citrulline-malate-for-heart-vascular-health","status":"publish","type":"tutorials","link":"https:\/\/www.a8h.com.au\/content\/tutorials\/citrulline-malate-for-heart-vascular-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrulline Malate for Heart & Vascular Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Citrulline Malate for Heart & Vascular Health” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%2316a085″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Citrulline is a far better way of generating L-Arginine than using L-Arginine itself, which is the precursor amino acid leading\u00a0to the formation of\u00a0Nitric Oxide (NO)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nitric Oxide (NO) is a powerful vasodilator, i.e. it widens the diameter of blood vessels allowing more blood to be transported through a wider channel and this, in turn, allows more oxygen and nutrients to be delivered to tissues such as the heart or skeletal muscle with exercise.<\/p>\n

So why take Citrulline rather than L-Arginine? The reason is that L-Arginine is absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and then transported to the liver where it undergoes rapid first-pass metabolism to other compounds leaving very little for the body to produce Nitric Oxide (NO)1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Citrulline is essentially a ‘masked form<\/strong>‘ of L-Arginine1<\/sup>. It is absorbed from the bloodstream and then transported to the kidneys where it is then converted to L-Arginine and distributed directly into the bloodstream to be used by muscles, tissues and blood vessels including the penile artery in men with erectile dysfunction.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”786″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Curis, E., et al. (2005). “Almost all about citrulline in mammals.” Amino Acids 29(3): 177-205.<\/li>\n
  2. Pizzorno, L. (2010). “Restoring Erectile Function (Viagra Doesn\u2019t).” Longevity Medicine Review. Retrieved 11.02.2018, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Citrulline is a far better source of L-Arginine that L-Arginine itself due to the the rapid metabolism of L-Arginine. 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