Oxidant stress, Birth defects, and Childhood Cancer

Oxidative lesions in sperm DNA are increased 250% when levels of dietary ascorbate is insufficient to keep seminal fluid ascorbate to an adequate level. A sizable percentage of the U.S. population ingest inadequate levels of dietary ascorbate, particularly single males, the poor, and smokers. The oxidants in cigarette smoke deplete the antioxidants in plasma. Smokers must eat two to three times more ascorbate than non-smokers to achieve the same level of ascorbate in blood, but they rarely do.

In a comparison of sperm from smokers and nonsmokers Viczian found that the number of sperm and the percent of mobile sperm decrease significantly in smokers, and this decrease is dependent on the dose and duration of smoking.

Paternal smoking, in particular, appears to increase the risk of birth defects and childhood cancer in their offspring. One expects, and finds, a much larger contribution to the germ line mutation rate from the father than the mother, age of the father being an important risk factor. Thus, inadequate diets (and smoking) of fathers appear to result not only in damage to their own DNA but to the DNA of their sperm, an effect that may reverberate down future generations.

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Glutathione helps to support the proper functioning

Glutathione helps to support the proper functioning of your immune system , and will improve immune system already in retreat.

Glutathione acts as an powerful antioxidant and Free radicals scavenger, thereby protecting our DNA and RDA from damage due to many environmental factors.

Glutathione acts as the regulator of other powerful antioxidant.

Glutathione acts as a detoxifying agent, removing foreign objects, chemicals and toxins from the body. As you age, your levels of Glutathione are depleted, thereby allowing the aging process to accelerate.

Levels of Glutathione can be sucessfully improved by taking a high quality nutritional supplement!

***Among the uses that have been reported for glutathione are:
treatment of poisoning, particularly heavy metal poisons
treatment of idiopathic pulmonary firbosis
increasing the effectiveness and reducing the toxicity of cis-platinum, a chemo drug used to treat breast cancer
treating Parkinson's disease
lowering blood pressure in patients with diabetes
increasing male sperm counts in humans and animals
treatment of liver cancer
treatment of sickle cell anemia
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