Increasing Tissue Glutathione Levels

It is clear that those with the highest Glutathione levels are likely to live the longest in the best of health. A number of ways have been demonstrated to increase Glutathione (GSH) and the Glutathione enzymes, Glutathione peroxidase (G-Px) and Glutathione reductase (GR).


Several small studies have shown that moderate, prolonged physical exercise increases Glutathione and its related enzyme levels in the blood and skeletal muscles.



Many vitamins and nutritional supplements are also Glutathione boosters. Lipoic acid, pine bark extract (pycnogenol), melatonin, bilberry, grape extract, and turmeric have all been shown to elevate Glutathione. Oral glutamine may also raise tissue Glutathione levels, although there are conflicting reports.



I used to think that oral Glutathione was destroyed in the stomach, and was not effective in raising Glutathione concentrations. However, Dr. Steve Edelson, of the Edelson Center for Environmental and Preventive Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, kindly sent me a number of articles that convinced me otherwise. These articles demonstrated that about 80 percent of oral Glutathione is absorbed intact, and that the blood levels remain elevated for about three hours (Fig. 6)

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Why is Glutathione Essential to Health?

Glutathione's three major roles in the body are summarized by the letters A-B-C.

- Anti-oxidant- Blood Booster- Cell Detoxifier