Amino Acids and gut health: The benefits of L-Glutamine for a healthy digestive system.
Amino Acids are the building blocks of protein and are critical to the health of your horse in many ways from repair and recovery of muscle and tissue to fuel for cell synthesis.
One amino acid, L-Glutamine has been shown to provide benefits to the digestive system by rebuilding and repairing tissue and reducing immune response inflammation in the digestive system. L-Glutamine is one of the amino acids that is made by the body but there are times such as stress, illness and intense training where your horse will require extra L-Glutamine supplementation.
The digestive system of your horse comprises more than 70% of their immune system and it is constantly dealing with stressors on it. Stomach and intestinal epithelium tissue act as the body’s defence shield against toxins and disease. When this intestinal tissue breaks down ulceration can occur causing discomfort and subsequently, toxins can spill into the bloodstream affecting the body’s systems. Damage can also happen to the stomach tissue by stomach acid splash and over time excessive acid splash along with other factors can lead to stomach tissue ulceration.
Stomach and intestinal ulceration, increased inflammation and tissue breakdown ultimately lead to poor performance, digestive issues, compromised immune system and discomfort.
The use of L-Glutamine supplementation has shown in studies to preserve stomach and intestinal mucosal stability along with preventing the deterioration of these tissues, it also strengthens hind gut cell junctions allowing the digestive tract to maximize nutrient absorption. In the digestive system L-Glutamine repairs ulcerated tissue improves gut immune response and minimizes the effects of inflammatory cells on the digestive system thereby relieving discomfort and degradation of tissue.
When your horse is sick or under stress or has ulceration of the stomach or hind gut, they will require extra supplementation of L-Glutamine to assist with repair and recovery of tissues and maintain stomach and intestinal integrity thereby reducing infection and toxin leakage into the body.
The addition of this amino acid to your horse’s diet prevents and resolves deterioration of gut membrane and assist with the repair of ulcerated tissues along boosting the immune system.
Equine Choice Prebiotic + Probiotic supplements and Equine Choice AFX contain L-Glutamine to assist in the repair of stomach and hind gut tissue and boost the immune system of the entire digestive system of your horse. In times of stress or illness or your horse is dealing with stomach or hind gut ulcers, Equine Choice L-Glutamine paste can be given to boost the horse’s requirements for good gut integrity.