Glutamine: The Amino Acid That Becomes Conditionally Essential During Stress and Sepsis
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Over 30% of the body's total amino acid nitrogen is in the form of glutamine. While typically non-essential, glutamine becomes a conditionally essential amino acid during periods of extreme metabolic stress like trauma and sepsis, when the body's demand for it outpaces its ability to produce it. This depletion can have serious consequences for a critically ill patient's recovery and immune function.
