Glutathione, Immunocal and living a better life
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A few years ago my husband was introducted to a product called, Immunocal and specifically an antioxidant called Glutathione. I am one for wanting to know how to pronounce anything I may consider putting into my body. Think of it as your thigh has fallen off and you need to "glue your thigh on" or, Gloo-ta-thigh-own.
Below is some information I have gathered from different sources on the web that will help explain what glutathione is and what it does and how you can build your levels up. Where Reggie is diabetic and has other unfavorable health conditions, we found his levels were depleted and discovered a product called Immunocal and he particularly uses the Immunocal Platinum. Before using this product, Reggie's poor health was affecting almost every aspect of his life. I can not say enough about what Immunocal has done for him.
We hear so much about antioxidants and free radicals that it can become overwhelming. 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”. 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 well over 99,000 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.
Glutathione - What Is It?
What exactly is it? Technically speaking, glutathione is a tripeptide, or protein, made up of three amino acids.
Even more specific, it is glutathione sulfhydryl, and it may be abbreviated as GSH.
The essential amino acids needed to produce it in your cells are glutamate, or glutamic acid, glycine, and cysteine. Of these, it is hardest to find available cysteine in our diet.
As a result, cysteine is considered the rate-limiting factor for GSH production in our cells. It is the missing puzzle piece that you need to find if you are going to raise your levels for improved health.
Who first discovered glutathione? It has always been there, in each of your cells, but a man by the name of J. de Rey-Pailhade first discovered it using a microscope to examine the human eyeball in 1888.
He initially named the substance "philothione" (Greek for sulfur loving) based on how it reacted towards sulfur. Later, after further observations were made about its structure between 1921-1941, F. Gowland Hopkins, the "Father of Biochemistry" of Cambridge, England, renamed the substance "glutathione". The term continues in usage to this day.
In the 1980's, Alton Meister and his colleagues at Cornell University began a renaissance with further study on the functional and metabolic aspects of GSH. Since then, glutathione has been the subject of prolific research in its many aspects.
Since it was discovered, for the last 100 hundred years or so, not much more was known about what it did or how to effectively raise it until recently.
In the last few years, there has been an interesting development. Research is being done at an ever increasing rate today. As a result, it is now understood that a healthy eyeball has high levels of GSH, and an eyeball with cataracts is lacking in it.
If you go to www.pubmed.gov, you will find over 100,000 medical studies to date on this amazing substance in each of your cells.
Glutathione has hundreds of functions in the body. But for most people, if we are able to remember the 5 main benefits, we will be familiar with about 90% of what GSH does:
It is your Body’s own MasterAntioxidant
It is an Immune SystemBooster and Balancer
It enhances Detoxification of toxins, pollutants, chemicals, etc.
It regenerates mitochondria at the cellular level, giving you Energy.
It has an Anti-Aging Effect on your cells.
What happens when your body doesn't make it's own glutathione? Without it, you will cease to exist. With low levels of it, you may suffer from poor health. But with optimized or high levels in your system, you will realize good health.
In conclusion, glutathione is your body's most powerful antioxidant. You make it right in your cells. It is also animmune system builder, detoxifier, energy booster, and has an anti- aging effect on the body.
Here are a few videos that offers better explanation of Immunocal and Gluthatione. If you have questions about the product or how to use it please contact me. Reggie has done a thorough study on it and he will be glad to share.
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