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Ingredient Focus: Citrulline Part 2 – What It Does

Ingredient Focus: Citrulline Part 2 – What It Does

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In Part 1, we used grapes and toothpicks to understand what citrulline is. In part 2, we discuss what it does.

Like a watermelon seed, the best part of citrulline is not what it is, but what it becomes: arginine. When citrulline is ingested, it is converted into the amino acid arginine.

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Ingredient Focus: Citrulline – What It Is, What It Does, How Much to Take (Part 1)

Ingredient Focus: Citrulline – What It Is, What It Does, How Much to Take (Part 1)

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Since citrulline is one of the key ingredients in the Energy Drink of the Month for June 2016, it’s time to take a closer look. With the help of grapes and toothpicks, GreenEyedGuide answers your biggest citrulline questions.

Citrulline is an amino acid, but not an essential/non-essential amino acid our bodies use to build proteins. Citrulline is called “watermelon extract” and gets its name from watermelon’s Latin botanical name, (Citrullus vulgaris). So you’d think watermelon has a lot of citrulline, right?

Wrong. Read more →