L-arginine, ginkgo, question

Hi,
I was thinking a little. On my l-arginine and ginkgo bottle it says that I should take so and so many in the morning and in the arginine case, 2 in the evening.

Do you need to do this consistently or could you take a couple of arginine-pills and some ginkgo-pills say an hour before you estimate sex? Or do you need to load the body, so to speak?

They build up in your body over time. L-arg has to be taken in empty stomach. Ginkgo can be taken with or without food. Take it in empty stomach. If you feel your stomach upset (gastric) then take it with food.

Why does l-arg have to be taken on an empty stomach?

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L-Arg. Is a amino acid(broken down protein). If you take it with more protein it will bond with the other protein and weaken it’s effect. You can take it with a little carbs(juice, soda, fruit).

I notice gingko right away. The initial reaction is a bit of a buzz (like a coffee). Within an hour I notice a fuller flaccid (especially if it was corded). The negative is that I notice my gums may bleed more when I brush my teeth.

Thats interesting my teeth have been bleeding a lot that last few weeks and I started taking gingko at the same time. I never knew that could have caused it. To do with thinning blood is it?

Alright, thanks.

I have to read some more about when I should take these supplement, and make a schedule to follow.

This is so boring… ;)

One more thing, if I take l-arg on an empty stomach (like after 6-7 hours of sleep) how long before I can eat? And how long after I’ve eaten can I take it?

I take a multivitamin that has L-Arg and the Ginko in it among other vitamins and I take it 2 of those pills every morning with breakfast and it works great for me. I think, with all due respect, you are over thinking this a bit. Cheers.

Maybe. Someone said L-arg binds to protein, I don’t know if that renders the supplement absolutely useless or if it just lowers its effects.

And I don’t think there is such a thing as overthinking this, these supplements don’t come free and I want to maximize the effect I get from them.

You can take l-arg. Anytime that’s best for you. I’d take it at least a hr. After eating, or a hr. Before.

Most all other supps(ginko-etc.) work best when taken with food. I personally take l-arg a hr. Before sex or pe.

You should do your own experimenting with supps. To see what works best for you.

I look at it a bit differently:

Whenever you eat protein, you are getting arginine, along with 20 something other amino acids. Your body breaks down the protein and absorbs the amino acids separately, or in small combinations (peptides).

Your body uses this protein to make protein. Arginine is just another building block for your body to use to make protein.

However, amino acids may also have effects on body chemistry separate from their role as a protein building block. Arginine causes (among many other things) an increase in Nitric oxide which results in vasodilation. You need a fairly large dose of Arginine to have a noticable effect in this regard. An empty stomach help in a couple of ways:

1. It will allow faster absorption, so that your dose results in a higher peak blood concentration, which will result in more NO (as opposed to a full stomach which causes slow absorption and keeps blood concentration from rising as high).

2. It will not be in the blood with other amino acids, as Mr8x6 is getting at, so that it is less likely to be used for other things.

I never took AAKG on an empty stomach and it seem to work just fine. But like mravg stated it may have absorbed slower. I think it is a misleading concept to say that arginine is useless when combined with some other amino acid. My belief is that it will combine with what ever is left over in the stomach from the last 6 hours anyway.

One more point on the L-Arginine: If you take it on a full stomach, the body is flooding the blood vessels of the digestive system with blood, not the groin. The penis will be a lower priority. You may as well take the arginine when your penis can utilize it to it’s maximum.