Raise Glutathione Naturally

[judym57]

Raising glutathione is critical to fight any illness or disease. There is a functional food listed in the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference) that has been scientifically proven for 44 years to raise glutathione naturally in the body. Doing this will not only address RLS, but it will address any other condition resulting from a lowered immune system.

[RLSgirl]

I think I remember hearing that broccoli sprouts are very high in glutathione. I could be wrong about that though.

[judym57 in reply to RLSgirl]

You are correct, however to have a significant impact on glutathione levels you would have to insure that they are organic and you’d have to eat truckloads. But, in saying that 80% of our immune system is in the gut so what we eat directly impacts our health

[Hidden]

I am always sceptical about "universal panaceas" that it appears Glutathione is claimed to be.

A brief search suggests that it is an antioxidant/free radical scavenger and can "possibly" be of benefit for various things. No mention of RLS.

I could find no evidence, which would have to be Randomised Controlled Trials to demonstrate that the positive effects are statistically more significant than for a placebo.

Logically, since Glutathione is naturally "made" in the liver then unless there is a deficit there is no need to ingest extra, either of glutathione or its precursors.

Sorry to be a damp squid.

There is of course no harm in seeking out foods with natural sources of all sorts of nutrients that maintain health, but they are found in any healthy, balanced and diverse diet anyway.

[judym57 in reply to Hidden]

Hey Manerva. You are not being a damp squid...lol. Here’s a question. When your body is out of balance, which is evident when we suffer from any illness or condition, how does the body restore balance? In other words, how does the body fight?

[Hidden in reply to judym57]

I can't think of a simple answer to that. When the body is "fighting", it is in some ways putting itself out of balance.

There are many things in our bodies that are necessary for life and many things that need to be kept within certain parameters. Examples include, body temperature, the amount of glucose in our blood, the amount of electrolytes, proteins and so on.

The proper name for this is "homeostasis". Our autonomic nervous system and our endocine glands along with other organs (e.g,. our kidneys, liver etc), to maintain the homeostatic balance. Each homeostatic mechanism has "receptors" "regulators" and "effectors". E.g there are cells in our brain which are sensitive to temperature, When our temperature changes, the recoptors triggera regulatory centre to act. If we are too hot the blood vessels in our skin will dilate allowing more blood into them, we also start to sweat. This means we lose heat through the skin. If we're too cold, the blood vessels constrict allowing less blood into the skin.

If any of these homeostatic mechanisms don't work properly due to damage or disease then things start to get out of balance.

There are two main mechanisms that "fight", In some respects their responses in themselves put some things out of balance. This makes them useful really, only in the short term, because in the longer term they can cause damage.

The stress response is one of the ways in which our body fights. It is not just a psychological thing and it doesn't just have psychological causes. It is a physiological response and it can be triggered by physical things. The stress response is first a sympathetic nervous system response which then becomes an endocrine response. It overall effect is to ready the body for fight or flight and it generates energy within the body, particularly muscles. It does things like raise our blood pressure, increase the amount of glucose in our blood and so on. In effect it is putting our body OUT of balance.

The ither response is from our immune system. This is quite complicated. It has a role in defendinjg us from foreign organisms or substances entering our body and has a role to play in dealing with damage to our tissues. One of the consequences of an immune systme response is inflammation. Again, this si kind of puttiong the body OUT of balance. Again it;s good, and sometimes necessary in the short term, but can cause damage in the long term.

In summary, when we suffer a condition of disease, we fight it with either one of or both a stress rseponse and an immune response. Both these could be said to put the body OUT of balance in an attempt, paradoxically, to restore a balance. Both can be helpful in the short term. In the longer term they drain our body's reserves and can casue damage in themselves.

I hope this helps answer your question