Stop Getting Sick So Often: The Most Critical Nutrient To Your Body Is The One You Have No Clue About

In the near future "Glutathione" is going to become a household word. Getting tested for your body's glutathione levels will soon become as common as getting tested for cholesterol or white blood cell count. In health food stores and anti-aging clinics everywhere, glutathione enhancement will be the big thing - and for very good reason. The role glutathione plays in our overall health is already very well known in the fights against HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, Parkinsons, cancer, and other diseases.

What exactly is Glutathione, and why do you need it?

Glutathione is a tripeptide made within each cell of your body. Three amino acids - glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine - are required within the cell to make it. Glutathione serves many health and longevity functions:

Antioxidant: Glutathione is the major antioxidant produced by our bodies. It participates directly in the neutralization of the free radicals which constantly bombard our bodies causing aging, degenerative changes, inflammation and disease. Glutathione is often called the "Master Antioxidant" because without it, our other antioxidants - the ones we consume through foods, like vitamins C, A and E - suffer significantly reduced effectiveness.

Immune Booster: Glutathione is essential for the function of immune cells, which protect us from viral and bacterial infections. In people with immune deficiency, glutathione levels fall well below normal. In particular, glutathione has shown to improve the function of T-cells, a critical component of the immune system.

Detoxifier: Glutathione detoxifies many chemicals, both organic and inorganic, including carcinogens, phenols, bacterial toxins, household chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals. In fact, quickly raising blood Glutathione levels is a strategy used by doctors to treat some overdose patients.

Overall Health: Glutathione plays a fundamental role in numerous metabolic and biochemical reactions such as DNA synthesis and repair, protein synthesis, amino acid transport and enzyme activation. Thus, every system in the body can be affected by glutathione levels, especially the immune system, the nervous system, the gastrointestinal system and the lungs.

Here's an excerpt straight from the Physician's Desk Reference 2006:

Glutathione deficiency states include, but are not limited to: HIV/AIDS, infectious hepatitis, certain types of cancers, cataracts, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinsons, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, radiation, poisoning by paracetamonol and related agents, malnutritive states, arduous physical stress, aging, and has been associated with sub-optimal immune response. Many clinical pathologies are associated with oxidative stress and are elaborated upon in numerous medical references. Low glutathione is also strongly implicated in wasting and negative nitrogen balance (Droge and Holm, 1997), notably as seen in cancer, AIDS, sepsis, trauma, burns and even athletic overtraining. Glutathione supplementation can oppose this process and in AIDS, for example, result in improved survival rates (Herzenberg et al, 1997).

It's pretty clear that glutathione has an amazing impact on our health and wellness.

How do you raise your body's glutathione level?

First, glutathione cannot be ingested. You may notice health food stores selling glutathione as a supplement. Don't waste your money. Studies have already shown that glutathione is too complex a molecule to be absorbed when ingested - it just passes right through you. As I mentioned before, it is made within the cells of your body, using the three amino acids glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine. The most crucial of the three is cysteine, for two reasons. First, cysteine is responsible for the bioactivity of glutathione and second, science has found out that Cysteine is hard to get from food. And when it is occasionally ingested with food, it is then difficult to get it from the gut into the cells. This is because a cysteine molecule by itself is toxic. Your body’s defense system will oxidize it and destroy it. However, two cysteine molecules linked together – then called cystine (drop the first "e") – will be allowed to travel unharmed from the gut to the cell.

Cystine (the bonded form of Cysteine) is the key!

A quality, undenatured whey protein isolate is the safest effective source of the cystine necessary to raise glutathione levels. There are many whey protein isolates out there, but there is only one that is clinically proven to raise glutathione levels. The product is called Immunocal.

Immunocal is listed in the Physician's Desk Reference and the Pharmacist's Red Book. It is covered my Medicare/Medicaid. It holds numerous worldwide patents proving that the production process results in bonded cysteine that actually remains biologically active (usable). Immunocal has over 10 years of clinical studies proving its effectiveness at raising glutathione levels. Basically it is unique in its proven effectiveness. And it has no side effects! Only those on immunosuppressant medications (for organ transplant perhaps), or people with serious allergies to milk protein will have a problem with Immunocal. It's even Lactose free!

Over my career as a fitness trainer, I have never been one to strongly recommend supplements. Any of my clients will vouch for me on this. I believe in getting the most out of your own body through proper exercise and eating right. In the past, I only talked about supplements with those clients who came to me first about the topic. And even then, I only ever recommended flaxseed oil for essential fatty acids, meal replacement drinks for those too busy to eat well every meal, and Flintstones vitamins :). But I will now be recommending Immunocal to all my clients. I think its a product we should all be aware of. In fact I strongly recommend this product to anybody seeking to improve their overall health and longevity!

I wish I had discovered this product years ago. I have used it myself for two months now and have already seen tremendous benefits. My chronic sinus problems, which even surgery did not help very much, have greatly alleviated. My sense of smell has started to return after many years. My cholesterol profile has improved significantly. I don't get acid reflux anymore, where I had been experiencing it regularly before I started Immunocal. My sniffles and sore throats, that used to always mean an impending cold, just go away without becoming anything. This is only two months of use, let me remind you. I am so excited about the long term benefits! Check my blog in the future for more on glutathione and Immunocal.

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