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Old 07-02-2005, 07:57 AM   #1
lorethia sandoval
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hi, i want to tell you about what i recently learned about.Glutathione.
Glutathion is a protein which is critical to the body and immune system. It acts as an antioxidant, detoxifier and immune system enhancer. antioxidants, agents which protect the body from free radicals, are one of the reasons people have been so excited about taking things like vitamins c and e. but none of these vitamins are natural to your body. you have to obtain them from food source. your body has been supplied with a natural antioxidant glutathione.Gultathione is the body's essential health AID Antioxidant, Immune Booster and Detoxifier. this small protein, produced naturally in the body which maintains these three crucial protective functions. you life depends on glutathione. without it your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidation your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses and cancer. and your liver would shrivel up from the eventual accumulation of toxins. Glutathione is not yet a household word. Even doctors who have heard the term may have only a vague idea of it. however, everyone will soon be talking about this critical substance. there was a time when only scientist had heard of cholesterol and vitamins, but today everyone knows about them. now it's Glutathione's turn. The immune system's function is to identify and attack germs and other invaders, including cancer cells. a body with plenty of glutathione fights off these threats more easily by denying most of them a foothold and by confronting the few that get through with an enhanced immune system.elevated glutathione levels enable the body to produce more white blood cells the most important front line defense of the immune system.put simply, glutathione is food for the immune system.our main organ of detoxification is the liver the body's most concentrated source of glutathione. studies show that low glutathione levels lead to poor liver function. causing more and more toxins to circulate through the body and resulting in damage to individual cells and organs.Emergency doctors, toxicologists and lung and liver specialists are well acquainted with glutathione's therapeutic uses. the pharmaceutical drug NAC (n acetyl cysteine) sold under brand names Parlodex and Mucomyst. Pharmaceutical drugs like those mentioned have been used to raise glutathione levels. However, they all produce side effects and are unsuitable for long-term use. the drug NAC is a potent glutathione precursor that has been available for many years and is also found on the shelves of health supplement stores. this pharmaceutical chemical is used to break up mucus in lung disease such as cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis and asthma.NAC therapy has two common problems: firstly, it is a pharmaceutical drug and carries a certain toxicity itself. secondly, NAC induced glutathione levels reach a rapid peak and decline within hours.
NAC must be swallowed or injected several times per day and this is very hard on the body.many people taking NAC report symptoms including, rash, wheezing, nausea,vomiting,cramps and diarrhea.a variety of chemical companies package glutathione itself in pill or powder form, but this is not particularly helpful to the body. a small amount of glutathione may make it into the bloodstream, but most glutathione levels in healthy cells make them more resistant to the treatment is lost during the digestive process and cannot effectively raise intracellular glutathione levels.the body's glutathione levels are not raised by eating glutathione. since it is poorly absorbed through the digestive system. it must be manufactured within the cells of the body.glutathione helps us fight cancer in three ways. firstly it can prevent cancers from developing in the first place secondly glutathione tends to combat cancers already established in the body lastly it can alleviate many of the consequences of cancer, weight loss, and the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Many types of tumors have large amounts of glutathione. by using the proper precursors or building blocks, glutathione levels can be selectively raised in normal tissues and depleted in cancer cells, making the cancer cells more susceptible to damage and removal by the immune system.
Glutathione helps the immune system by facilitating the growth and function of white blood cells, which are often heavily damaged by the friendly fire of anticancer treatments, and it raises the immune system's capacity to fight the cancer directly.
Glutathione is the body's essential health aid.Glutathione is a small protein found in every cell of the body. it is produced naturally from three amino acids. glycine, glutamine, and cysteine. glutathione is essential to life. Scientists have written over 50,000 articles about glutathione, yet many people are still not aware of its importance to health.most health professionals have only a vague idea of its significance. its importance will soon be widely recognized, because our glutathione level indicates our state of health and how long we will live. this protein naturally produced by the human body, glutathione protects each cell, tissue, and organ from disease, aging and cancer. it is vital to the body, but it can't be synthetically produced.Glutathion's importance to your health cannot be overstated. your immune system is constantly on the prowl for pathogens agents of cellular damage, toxicity and disease. to neutralize them the body needs a ready supply of glutathione. it it doesn't have enough, some of the invaders will get through, infecting the body and or contributing to aging, long-term accumulative damage even cancer.

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have a great day
lois
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