Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Article about GLUTATHIONE


The World’s Most Powerful Antioxidant


It’s called Glutathione and every single cell in your body requires an adequate supply to function and to stay healthy. It’s your body’s super defender against illness, infection, toxins, and disease. Glutathione is critical to optimum brain function, and is also your body’s first line of defense against diseases of aging and the harmful effects of stress and overexertion.

Glutathione has been shown to slow down the aging process, detoxify and improve liver function, strengthen the immune system, and reduce the chances of developing cancer. Glutathione also works to help improve mental functions, increase energy, improve concentration, permit increased exercise, and improve heart and lung function.

Glutathione is so important to your health and well-being. The Glutathione is the body’s essential health ABC’s - Antioxidant, Blood Booster and Cell Detoxifier. It is a tripeptide composed of glutamic, cysteine and glycine. Glutathione is found in all single cells in the body, including the bile, the epithelial lining fluid of the lungs, and - at much smaller concentrations - in the blood. Glutathione is the smallest intracellular non-protein thiol (molecule containing an S_H or sulfhydryl group) molecule in the cells. This characteristic emphasizes its potent antioxidant action and supports a multifaceted thiol exchange system, which regulates cell activity. This small protein, produced naturally in the body, maintains these three crucial protective functions. Glutathione is not yet a household word. Even some medical and holistic doctors who have heard the term may still have only a vague idea of what it is. However, everyone will soon be talking about this critical non-nutritive substance. There was a time when only scientists had heard of cholesterol and vitamins, but today, everyone knows about them. Now the magnificence of glutathione is becoming known. In the last five years, over 25,000 medical articles about this substance have been published, and the scientific understanding of glutathione is gradually becoming common knowledge. Each and every cell in the body is responsible for its own supply of glutathione and must have the necessary raw materials in order to produce it. Glutathione is always in great demand and is rapidly consumed when we experience any sort of emotional or physical stress, fatigue and even moderate exercise.