WHAT IS GLUTATHIONE AND WHY DO YOU NEED IT?

By Tony Isaacs

From The Truth About Cancer web site

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ARTICLE SUMMARY: 

• Glutathione is produced in the body and is a combination of three simple building blocks of protein or amino acids: cysteine, glycine, and glutamine.
  
• It is called “the master antioxidant” because it can regenerate itself in the liver (after each fill-up of free radicals) and go back to work.
  
• Research has shown that raised glutathione levels decrease muscle damage, reduce recovery time, increase strength and endurance, and shift metabolism from fat production to muscle development.
  
• Glutathione is critical in helping the immune system do its job of fighting infections, and preventing cancer and other diseases.
  
• Production of glutathione decreases as we age. Toxins also decrease healthy glutathione levels. The highest glutathione levels are in healthy young people, lower levels in healthy elderly, lower still in sick elderly, and the lowest of all in the hospitalized elderly.
  
• Certain foods help the liver produce more glutathione. These include sulfur-rich foods such as garlic, onions, and cruciferous vegetables, premium bioactive whey products, and colostrum.