Dietary glutamine, glutamate and mortality: two large prospective studies in US men and women

Emerging studies have related circulating glutamine metabolites to various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer; diet is the major source of nutrients involved in glutamine metabolism. However, it remains unknown whether dietary intakes of glutamine, glutamate,and their ratio are related to total and cause-specific mortality. We followed 74 082 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (1984–2012) and 42 303 men from the Health...