What is Glutathione?

Glutathione (GSH) is the body's own health 'AID to Energy'- Antioxidant, Immune Booster, Detoxifier and Energy enhancer. This small protein, produced naturally in the body, supports these four crucial functions. In fact, your life depends upon glutathione. Without it, your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidation, your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses and cancer, and your liver would cease functioning from the accumulation of toxins.

What Causes Us to LOSE Glutathione (GSH)
Every day our bodies are exposed to factors that drain our levels of glutathione: stress, pollution, radiation, infection, drugs, poor diet, aging, injury and fatigue. These all contribute to glutathione depletion which, in turn, leads to cellular aging, disease and death. "Concern about maintaining one's glutathione level will eventually be on par with other health maintenance issues." Glutathione is referred to as the "master" antioxidant. This is quite a title to live up to. Glutathione has obtained this status because absolutely none of the antioxidants you're now taking could function without the presence of glutathione. Glutathione recycles and recharges all the antioxidants in your cells. Given that athletes can use up to 20 times more oxygen while they're working out compared to their couch-potato buddies, oxidative stress is a very real issue in sports medicine.

RAISING GLUTATHIONE
It is vital to clarify one particular aspect of the glutathione story. When people find out about GSH, they want to go to their health store, buy some and 'take' it. Although it can be found as a supplement, eating glutathione has negligible effects on your health. It is quickly broken down in your digestive tract and eliminated. GSH must be manufactured within your cells, which is exactly where it appears-in every cell of your body. The only way to accomplish this effectively is to give your body the building blocks (precursors) it needs to manufacture glutathione for itself.

Some pharmaceutical drugs such as NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine) have been developed to provide these precursors.

Glutathione is only effective intravenously. We use it for Chronic Fatigue, mild mercury detox effect, and for neurological disorders like Parkinson's and Dementia.

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