natedawggh
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Last year when I was losing weight and fixing my health, I experienced an effortless increase in my muscle mass. I've still maintained an appreciable amount but, in spite of finally adding strength training, noticed the muscle wasn't coming as easily as it had before. A few weeks ago I decided to start using lysine again regularly (some of you who've followed my posts may remember my previous experience with it...if you have questions please search my previous posts on lysine), and suddenly again have been experiencing the same easy kind of increase in muscle mass. TBC I'm not going to the gym more than about 1.5 times a week on average.
I'm not sure exactly why lysine would have this effect, but I'd guess that serotonin has some catabolic properties which the administration of lysine, by reducing nitric oxide and serotonin, would eliminate, allowing more muscle to grow.
In addition, my previous use of lysine reduced for a time the strength and duration of erections (by no means made them impossible), since it reduces NO, which effect faded with extended use. But that has not happened this time. I have a hunch that nitric oxide is some kind of back-up erection mechanism and that a healthy body can get and maintain an erection without it (or very little anyway). In fact I feel like they are more robust than before. I have also felt that lysine enhances my quality of sleep and helped restore my hair loss, both effects perhaps by the reduction in serotonin.
I do believe it is one of those supplements you should take a break from periodically, for instance because nitric oxide stimulates the release of stem cells when needed, and it'd be good to let the body do what it needs naturally from time to time. I also noticed a slight persistent cough after taking it for six months without a break, which went away after a break. It can also make you a little dizzy or spacy at first, probably from the rapid reduction in brain serotonin. I also noticed this effect after cessation of lysine. I would also like to emphasize here the importance of avoiding silica in supplements. For me it causes severe itching and skin problems.
Lysine seems to be effective at smaller doses (I take 500 mg a day), and even seems to work for a few days after cessation, unless a large meal of tryptophan is eaten.
I'm not sure exactly why lysine would have this effect, but I'd guess that serotonin has some catabolic properties which the administration of lysine, by reducing nitric oxide and serotonin, would eliminate, allowing more muscle to grow.
In addition, my previous use of lysine reduced for a time the strength and duration of erections (by no means made them impossible), since it reduces NO, which effect faded with extended use. But that has not happened this time. I have a hunch that nitric oxide is some kind of back-up erection mechanism and that a healthy body can get and maintain an erection without it (or very little anyway). In fact I feel like they are more robust than before. I have also felt that lysine enhances my quality of sleep and helped restore my hair loss, both effects perhaps by the reduction in serotonin.
I do believe it is one of those supplements you should take a break from periodically, for instance because nitric oxide stimulates the release of stem cells when needed, and it'd be good to let the body do what it needs naturally from time to time. I also noticed a slight persistent cough after taking it for six months without a break, which went away after a break. It can also make you a little dizzy or spacy at first, probably from the rapid reduction in brain serotonin. I also noticed this effect after cessation of lysine. I would also like to emphasize here the importance of avoiding silica in supplements. For me it causes severe itching and skin problems.
Lysine seems to be effective at smaller doses (I take 500 mg a day), and even seems to work for a few days after cessation, unless a large meal of tryptophan is eaten.
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