> Thank you, George. You made me laugh. -Linda

> I did? I dont’ get it.
> Geo

I did? I dont’ get it.
Geo

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It’s interesting that you ask that in the face of 30,000 studies on
glutathione published in the medical archives, and the medical
journals excerpts that told you it is so?

What if Ralph said, "it can’t be true!" (not that he will …Could Ralph be better informed than all this source material?

Following is an article from Dr. Mercola’s website, mercola.com, which talks
about how high blood sugar can decrease glutathione and increase malonaldehyde,
which can damage the thyroid and pancreas.
Lowering Blood Sugar Raises Glutathione and Vitamin E Levels
In this study of patients with type 2 diabetes, blood levels of two vital
nutrients - glutathione and vitamin E - were found to increase when glucose
levels dropped and blood sugar became better controlled.

In addition, levels of both of these nutrients increased even further in
patients who received four weeks of vitamin E supplementation.

Although most people know about vitamin E, glutathione is not quite so
well-known. It is a peptide consisting of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine.
It serves as a critical co-enzyme for many reactions in the body.

In addition to the increased glutathione and vitamin E levels, levels of
malonaldehyde, a naturally occurring possible carcinogen, were reduced following
the reduction of blood glucose levels. Malonaldehyde occurs as a natural
metabolic byproduct of prostaglandin synthesis and as an end product of
polyunsaturated lipid peroxidation. The CDC has reported that there was clear
evidence of carcinogenic activity in rats administered malonaldehyde,
particularly effecting the thyroid gland and pancreas.

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2000; 44: 11-13

COMMENT: Glutathione is one of the most essential antioxidants. One can take
supplements for it, but the only form that works is the reduced form and this is
very difficult to absorb orally. It is much more cost effective to supplement
with precursors or items like alpha lipoic acid that regenerates glutathione. It
also has the ability to regenerate other antioxidants such as vitamins C and E.
Red meat and organ meats are the best sources of alpha lipoic acid. Glutamine is
also a useful nutrient that improves intestinal health and also serves as a
direct precursor to glutathione, and some investigators believe it to be the
rate-limiting nutrient for glutathione formation.

You quote from a page that is owned, run, operated, and written by the very
people who want to make money selling the products.

Kat wrote:

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By reading the messages of this group you agree to hold yourself FULLY
responsible FOR yourself.
Have a nice day !

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Thank you.

To be effective in the cells where 90% is needed the cells need to
produce own glutathione from precursors.

It is used in many reactions. When glutathione is low there is always
disease and if it was completely depleted you would die. Glutathione
is made to be recycled however.

A good book to read is Dr. Jimmy Gutman’s "Glutathione: Your Body’s
Most Powerful Healing Agent"

Duncan Crow

> Are you saying that if I dont have glutathione,

> whether produced by the body or more another source I