You may or may not have heard about glutathione before. But you have heard of wellness antioxidants , right? You can’t watch the evening news any more without hearing that this skin cream or that fruit juice is high in antioxidants.
I just saw a commercial for 7-Up that is being advertised as "7-Up Antioxidant" because it has some Vitamin E in it. Did I hear that right - Vitamin E in 7-Up?
So antioxidants are now mainstream. Why do we need them?
Very simply, you have oxidative stress going on in your body all the time, and antioxidants fight oxidative stress. The balance between your oxidative stress and antioxidants in your body may be one of the key indicators of your overall health today.
If antioxidants were so important, wouldn’t you think your body would make it’s own? Well, in fact, it does, and the most powerful antioxidant you have in each of your cells is called “glutathione” (Gloo-ta-thigh-own). It is absolutely essential for good health.
What happens when your body doesn't make its own glutathione? Without it, your liver would fail from accumulation of toxins, your cells would die from oxidative stress, and your immune system would leave you vulnerable to bacteria, viruses, and disease. And there are now over 96,000 references to it on PubMed, the online resource for medical studies from around the world.
In short, if you didn't have glutathione, you wouldn’t last long. But don’t worry! Help is on the way. Actually, we have lots of it typically when we are younger, but due to stressors in our air, water, food, water, and environment in general, as we begin aging, our levels typically begin falling in our 40's.
And chances are, if we are younger than that, and suffer from a chronic ailment, we are already deficient in this precious protein. So what can be done to help? First, let's define it.
