{"product_id":"l-lysine-1000mg-now-foods","title":"L-Lysine 1000mg | 250 Tablets | NOW Foods","description":"\u003ch2\u003eL-Lysine 1000mg by NOW Foods\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the double strength of NOW Foods: 1000mg \u003cstrong\u003eL-lysine\u003c\/strong\u003e per tablet, twice as much as their standard 500mg version. And in a bottle of 250 tablets. If you take one a day, you have a supply for over eight months. For those who use lysine regularly and don't want to take two capsules at a time, this is the most practical form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLysine in your diet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLysine is one of the nine essential amino acids. This means that your body cannot make it itself: everything you need must come from your diet. Good sources are meat, fish, eggs, dairy, soy, lentils, and chickpeas. Grains, on the other hand, are low in lysine. What many people do not know: in rice, wheat, and corn, lysine is the amino acid that runs out first. Nutritionists call that the limiting amino acid. With a plant-based diet, combining grains with beans and lentils is therefore not for nothing such a well-known piece of advice. According to the WHO, an adult needs about 30mg of lysine per kilogram of body weight per day. For someone weighing 70 kilos, that is over 2 grams. With a varied diet, you usually meet that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat lysine does in your body\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany people wonder what lysine is actually for. First of all, it is a building block of proteins, just like the other amino acids. But lysine has a few special roles. In collagen, lysine units are modified into hydroxylysine after incorporation. This modified lysine forms cross-links between collagen fibers, a bit like the rungs of a ladder. In addition, lysine, together with methionine, is the raw material from which your liver and kidneys make carnitine. And lysine uses partly the same transporters in your cells as arginine. In short: the ratio between lysine and arginine in your diet determines how much of each your cells let in. That explains why lysine and arginine are so often mentioned in the same breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1000mg per tablet, what about hydrochloride\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this tablet, lysine is in the form of L-lysine hydrochloride. That is the salt form of lysine: stable, highly soluble, and the form that is used in almost all lysine supplements. The label already calculates back to pure lysine, so you really get 1000mg of L-lysine per tablet. The label recommends 1 tablet 1 to 2 times a day, so 1000 to 2000mg. Good to know: because this is the double strength, you get the same amount from one tablet as from two capsules of the 500mg variant. The tablet has a plant-based coating, so it slides down smoothly despite its size. If you also take an arginine supplement besides lysine, spread them out over the day, because they compete for the same absorption pathway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOW Foods makes these tablets in the United States according to GMP guidelines (Good Manufacturing Practice). Wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, and nuts are not used in production. A large bottle with 1000mg of L-lysine per tablet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW Foods","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54816647283026,"sku":"Now-082","price":28.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/9006\/2812\/files\/l-lysine-1000mg-now-foods.jpg?v=1790166969","url":"https:\/\/www.luto-supplements.nl\/en\/products\/l-lysine-1000mg-now-foods","provider":"LUTO Supplements","version":"1.0","type":"link"}