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Alpha-Ketoglutarate

The short answer. There isn't much data on Alpha-Ketoglutarate yet — 4 mentions, 0 with a clear outcome — so treat these numbers as anecdotal. It is well studied — 105 meta-analyses on PubMed.

What users report
0%helped0 reports · few reports
0% helped0% mixed0% didn't

Out of 4 mentions; the other 100% didn't say how it went and aren't counted.

Clinical research
AStrong research base
105
meta-analyses
34
RCTs
7,289
papers

What Alpha-Ketoglutarate does, according to users

Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.

betterno changeworse

What the research says

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.

AStrong research base

3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev · 2024 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Nutritional interventions for preventing and treating pressure ulcers

Conclusion: The benefits of nutritional interventions with various compositions for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment are uncertain. There may be little or no difference compared to standard nutrition or placebo. Nutritional supplements may not increase gastrointestinal side effects, but the evidence is very uncertain. Larger studies with similar nutrient compositions would reduce these uncertainties. No study investigated the effects of special diets (e.g. protein-enriched diet, vegetarian diet) on pressure ulcer incidence and healing.

PubMed 38345088 ↗
Cochrane Database Syst Rev · 2014 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Immunonutrition as an adjuvant therapy for burns

Conclusion: Although we found evidence of an effect of glutamine on mortality reduction, this finding should be taken with care. The number of study participants analysed in this systematic review was not sufficient to permit conclusions that recommend or refute the use of glutamine. Glutamine may be effective in reducing mortality, but larger studies are needed to determine the overall effects of glutamine and other immunonutrition agents.

PubMed 25536183 ↗

Dosage people report

As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.

10-15 gdaily

Reported side effects

How often each side effect came up across all reports.

No side effects reported so far.

What users say

First-hand experiences, quoted verbatim. We show one positive and one negative where both exist.

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