L-Arginine is a semi-essential amino acid, meaning that the body can generally generate it and is only required from food sources during periods of disease, infancy, pregnancy, stress, or trauma.

L-arginine helps our body to

• Build protein.
• Promotes wound healing.
• Improves immune system performance.
• It enables the kidneys to remove waste.
• Promotes the synthesis of insulin.
• Increases cells’ sensitivity to insulin.

L-Arginine health benefits are many and as follows:

• Regulates blood sugar
• Reduces high blood pressure
• Improves heart health
• Helps with migraines
• Manages erectile dysfunction
• Treats and prevents preeclampsia
• Treats peripheral arterial disease

Most study results suggest that up to 9 g/day of arginine for several days or weeks is safe and well tolerated. However, doses beyond that can produce common l-arginine side effects as follows :

• Nausea
• Bloating
• Diarrhea
• Low blood pressure
• Problems with sleep
• Abdomen pain

People with the following health conditions should avoid taking l-arginine supplements :

• Low blood pressure
• Liver cirrhosis
• Asthma
• Kidney disease
• Recent heart attack
• Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency
• Hypersensitivity to arginine
• People with herpes infection