Abstract
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The effect of glycine on peripheral blood flow was studied in 15 subjects by means of skin temperature and oscillo-metric readings. The blood flow to the extremities was augmented in 11 normal subjects and in 3 of the 4 cases with peripheral vascular disease. The increase in peripheral blood flow is an accompaniment of increased heat production resulting from the specific dynamic action of glycine. The ingestion of glycine provides a simple means to accomplish an effective and sustained increase in peripheral blood flow.
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