Glutathione - or L Glutathione - is a powerful antioxidant found within every cell. Glutathione plays a role in nutrient metabolism, and regulation of cellular events (including gene expression, DNA and protein synthesis, cell growth, and immune response.
This antioxidant, made from the combination of three amino acids cysteine, glutamate, and glycine, forms part of the powerful natural antioxidant glutathione peroxidase which is found in our cells.
Glutathione peroxidase plays a variety of roles in cells, including DNA synthesis and repair, metabolism of toxins and carcinogens, enhancement of the immune system, and prevention of fat oxidation.
However, glutathione is predominantly known as an antioxidant protecting our cells from damage caused by the free radical hydrogen peroxide.
Glutathione also helps the other antioxidants in cells stay in their active form.
Brain glutathione levels have been found to be lower in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a common neurological condition afflicting about 1 percent of men and women over the age of seventy. In Parkinson’s disease, a small region in the brain, called the substantia nigra, begins to deteriorate. The neurons of the substantia nigra use the brain chemical dopamine. With the loss of dopamine, tremors begin and movement slows. Despite current drug therapies, Parkinson’s disease remains a progressive and incurable condition. Many patients with Parkinson’s disease may also suffer from age related cognitive decline or have some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Antioxidant Supports Lung, Liver, Gastric and Cerebral Health while Guarding Against DNA Damage
Glutathione is the king of all antioxidants.
It rules our body’s cells, for without it, they would be helpless during the fatal onslaught of free radicals.
Glutathione plays a prominent role in regulation of cellular events including gene expression, DNA and protein synthesis, cell proliferation and apoptosis (programmed cell death), and immune response.
Glutathione deficiency contributes to oxidative stress, which is involved in aging and the development of such diseases as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, liver disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, HIV and AIDS, cancer, strokes—even H. pylori infections.1-2 Recently, an abundance of research has emerged on Glutathione’s role in health. By Kimberly Pryor
It rules our body’s cells, for without it, they would be helpless during the fatal onslaught of free radicals.
Glutathione plays a prominent role in regulation of cellular events including gene expression, DNA and protein synthesis, cell proliferation and apoptosis (programmed cell death), and immune response.
Glutathione deficiency contributes to oxidative stress, which is involved in aging and the development of such diseases as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, liver disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, HIV and AIDS, cancer, strokes—even H. pylori infections.1-2 Recently, an abundance of research has emerged on Glutathione’s role in health. By Kimberly Pryor
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