With the overwhelming scientific proof and documented research available today, the scientific and medical community agree that glutathione is the master antioxidant of the body.
This tri-peptide is found in virtually every cell within the human body, which explains why so many disease states are associated with low glutathione levels.
Some of these include but are not limited to; ADD, Addison’s Disease, aging, AIDS, Alopecia Areata, ALS, Alzheimer’s Disease, anemia (hemolytic) Ankylosing Spondylitis, Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), arthritis (rheumatoid), asthma, autism, autoimmune disease, behcet’s Disease, burns, cacexia, Cancer, candida infection, cardiomyopathy (idiopathic), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, colitis, coronary artery disease, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, Crohn’s disease, eczema, emphysema, Epstein-Barr Viral syndrome, fibromyalgia, free radical overload, Goodpasture syndrome, Graves’ Disease, hepatic dysfunction (liver disease), hepatitis B and hepatitis C, hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol), herpes, infections (viral, bacterial and fungal), inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, macular degeneration (diabetic macular degeneration), malnutrition, Meniere’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, neurodegenerative diseases, nutritional disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Pemphigus Vulgaris, Primary Beleary Cirrhosis, progeria, psoriasis, Rheumatic Fever, Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, shingles, stroke, surgery, toxic poisoning, trauma, vasculitis, vitiligo and Wegener’s granulomatosis.
Glutathione is called the master antioxidant because it serves so many functions in our bodies. It works synergistically with Vitamins C and E, enhancing their function by accepting free radicals from them and recharging them to get back to the battle.
This means that if glutathione levels are low the other antioxidants aren’t as efficient. Glutathione will also neutralize free radicals on its own but most importantly glutathione acts as a detoxicant.
There are at least 12 carcinogens that have been identified as being susceptible to attack from glutathione. When glutathione does this job it bonds with the toxin, and then it leaves the cell to be eliminated in the bile or urine.
For this glutathione to be replaced, more glutathione must be synthesized by the cell. If it is not able to do so, the cell is glutathione deficient and none of the things needed to be done by glutathione get done.
This means that lipid peroxidation goes wild, other toxins can attack the cell, radiation damage is not repaired, and there is no regulation of antioxidant activity or DNA replication. In other words it’s an illness waiting to happen.
It is probably here, in the detoxification process, that we slowly lose glutathione with age. Over the years, the accumulation of toxins in air and water pollutants, processed foods and chemical exposure takes its toll on the amount of available glutathione.
Glutathione’s importance to the immune system cannot be overestimated. The ability of lymphocytes to deal with oxidative damage can be measured directly by determing the ability of these cells to replenish their supplies of glutathione.
This is especially true in the production of helper-lymphocytes CD4 and CD8 T cells. These cells are especially targeted by the AIDS virus, and a low CD4 count usually means that the disease is winning the battle.
However, research at Stanford University now suggests that raising the glutathione level in patients extends their lives, even if their CD4 count is low. In addition, glutathione inhibits the replication of the HIV virus itself.
This tri-peptide is found in virtually every cell within the human body, which explains why so many disease states are associated with low glutathione levels.
Some of these include but are not limited to; ADD, Addison’s Disease, aging, AIDS, Alopecia Areata, ALS, Alzheimer’s Disease, anemia (hemolytic) Ankylosing Spondylitis, Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), arthritis (rheumatoid), asthma, autism, autoimmune disease, behcet’s Disease, burns, cacexia, Cancer, candida infection, cardiomyopathy (idiopathic), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, colitis, coronary artery disease, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, Crohn’s disease, eczema, emphysema, Epstein-Barr Viral syndrome, fibromyalgia, free radical overload, Goodpasture syndrome, Graves’ Disease, hepatic dysfunction (liver disease), hepatitis B and hepatitis C, hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol), herpes, infections (viral, bacterial and fungal), inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, macular degeneration (diabetic macular degeneration), malnutrition, Meniere’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, neurodegenerative diseases, nutritional disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Pemphigus Vulgaris, Primary Beleary Cirrhosis, progeria, psoriasis, Rheumatic Fever, Sarcoidosis, scleroderma, shingles, stroke, surgery, toxic poisoning, trauma, vasculitis, vitiligo and Wegener’s granulomatosis.
Glutathione is called the master antioxidant because it serves so many functions in our bodies. It works synergistically with Vitamins C and E, enhancing their function by accepting free radicals from them and recharging them to get back to the battle.
This means that if glutathione levels are low the other antioxidants aren’t as efficient. Glutathione will also neutralize free radicals on its own but most importantly glutathione acts as a detoxicant.
There are at least 12 carcinogens that have been identified as being susceptible to attack from glutathione. When glutathione does this job it bonds with the toxin, and then it leaves the cell to be eliminated in the bile or urine.
For this glutathione to be replaced, more glutathione must be synthesized by the cell. If it is not able to do so, the cell is glutathione deficient and none of the things needed to be done by glutathione get done.
This means that lipid peroxidation goes wild, other toxins can attack the cell, radiation damage is not repaired, and there is no regulation of antioxidant activity or DNA replication. In other words it’s an illness waiting to happen.
It is probably here, in the detoxification process, that we slowly lose glutathione with age. Over the years, the accumulation of toxins in air and water pollutants, processed foods and chemical exposure takes its toll on the amount of available glutathione.
Glutathione’s importance to the immune system cannot be overestimated. The ability of lymphocytes to deal with oxidative damage can be measured directly by determing the ability of these cells to replenish their supplies of glutathione.
This is especially true in the production of helper-lymphocytes CD4 and CD8 T cells. These cells are especially targeted by the AIDS virus, and a low CD4 count usually means that the disease is winning the battle.
However, research at Stanford University now suggests that raising the glutathione level in patients extends their lives, even if their CD4 count is low. In addition, glutathione inhibits the replication of the HIV virus itself.
