Glutathione

Other Names: Gamma-Glutamylcysteinylglycine, Gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-Cysteinylglycine, Gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-Cystéinylglycine, Glutathion, Glutatión, L-Gamma-Glutamyl-L-Cysteinyl-Glycine, L-Gamma-Glutamyl-L-Cystéinyl-Glycine, L-Glutathion, L-Glutathione, GSH, N-(N-L-gamma-Glutamyl-L-cysteinyl)glycine.
Glutathione is a substance produced naturally by the liver. Glutathione is a very small protein manufactured inside the cells -- and it consists of 3 amino acids that we get from our diets (in the form of food and supplements). One of these acids, cysteine, is the source of glutathione's antioxidant and detoxifying powers. Cysteine is key to our body's ability to produce glutathione. Unfortunately, cysteine is not found in many of the foods most Americans consume regularly. Therefore, glutathione deficiency is quite common, even in otherwise healthy individuals. Zinc helps the body manufacture glutathione,Glutathione is as vital to human life as oxygen, an enzyme required for proper detoxification of the body. It is also found in fruits, vegetables, and meats. Glutathione is quite literally THE most important antioxidant in your body.

Special Precautions of Glutathione

Due to a lack of research, little is known about the side effects of using glutathione supplements. However, there's some concern that use of glutathione supplements may cause cramping and bloating. In addition, some people may experience allergic reactions to glutathione supplements (such as a rash).

The benefits of Glutathione are

There are literally over 20,000 research studies available on how glutathione can help your body in everything from cancer prevention to more supple skin. The benefits of increased glutathione are virtually endless, since glutathione is the antioxidant that controls ALL other antioxidants in your body. It is the ONLY antioxidant in your body that has the ability to eliminate ALL free radicals, not just specific types! It's the only antioxidant that resides within the cell. An All-Natural "Universal Drug"

• Slowing the aging process
• Anti-oxidant : Combating the negative impact of stress hormones; properly oxygenating cells; inhibiting cellular mutagens; and warding off hazardous cellular invaders. As super antioxidants, glutathione molecules roam through your body, seeking out and neutralizing overactive and dangerous free radicals. So protecting from Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, liver disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, cancer, heart attack, stroke and diabetes.
• Improving mental function
• Increasing energy
• Speeding recovery from at least 69 distinct diseases
• Autism : Glutathione shows promise in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
• Colitis : Animal-based research indicates that glutathione supplementation may aid in the treatment of colitis. In a 2003 study published in Digestive and Liver Disease, for instance, scientists discovered that glutathione supplementation significantly improved damage to the colon in rats with colitis.
• Cardiovascular Health : In tests on rats, the authors of a 2001 study from the American Journal of Physiology found that a combination of glutathione supplementation and exercise training may help boost antioxidant capacity and protect against the oxidative damage and decrease in heart function caused by ischemia reperfusion (the restoration of blood flow to an area that had previously experienced deficient blood flow).
• detox : glutathione is able to convert the following into harmless substances:
  • Cancer-producing substances (carcinogens)
  • Heavy metals
  • Herbicides
  • Smoke
  • Environmental pollutants

Food Sources

How to Boost Your Glutathione Levels -- and Revolutionize Your Overall Health in the Process

• Glutathione can be applied externally as a cream, administered via IV, inhaled, or given as an injection.
• However, most health practitioners advise that the simplest and best way to increase your glutathione is to boost your body's production of it. One way they recommend doing that is to increase your intake of dietary cysteine, which is found in poultry, yogurt, egg yolks, red peppers, garlic, onions, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, oats, and wheat germ.
• One exciting new development to emerge recently is "glutathione patches" that reportedly can increase the production of glutathione in your body by 300% in as little as 24 hours. The glutathione found in most anti-aging products cannot be absorbed effectively in the gastrointestinal tract, even when administered in higher dosages. The glutathione patches, on the other hand (such as Y-Age, manufactured by LifeWave) are non-transdermal patches based on nanotechnology, which causes the skin to absorb the necessary glutathione creation signal. The signal bypasses the digestive tract and delivers the dosage instruction directly to the blood stream.

As glutathione flows through the veins and arteries, it promotes the oxygenation of cells inside the body and promotes the creation of new cells, and consequently brings about anti-aging.