What is Glutathione (GSH)?

Most people have never heard of glutathione. However, the word rolls easily off the tongue of many health care professionals, especially those working in nutrition and preventative care. Today researchers and scientists continue to uncover the role of this substance in health and disease and today there are over 160,000 medical journal articles written about this substance. This represents more research than vitamin C and vitamin E put together! With this new wealth of information, the term “glutathione” will be considered as fundamental to our understanding of health and illness and as familiar as ‘omega-3” or ‘probiotics.’

Glutathione’s importance to your health cannot be overstated. Your life depends on glutathione—literally. Without it, your liver would shrivel up and die from the overwhelming accumulation of toxins, your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidative stress and, as if you needed more problems, your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses or cancers. Protective systems of the body including the immune system rely heavily upon this exceptional molecule. So does the optimal functioning of antioxidants, detoxification pathways and cellular energy production.

The major roles of glutathione can be summarized with the acronym “Glutathione – What a great “IDEA”. Immune booster, Detoxifier, Energizer and Antioxidant.

Glutathione’s importance to your health cannot be overstated. Your life depends on glutathione—literally. Without it, your liver would shrivel up and die from the overwhelming accumulation of toxins, your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidative stress and, as if you needed more problems, your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses or cancers. Protective systems of the body including the immune system rely heavily upon this exceptional molecule. So does the optimal functioning of antioxidants, detoxification pathways and cellular energy production.

Glutathione’s importance to your health cannot be overstated. Your life depends on glutathione—literally. Without it, your liver would shrivel up and die from the overwhelming accumulation of toxins, your cells would disintegrate from unrestrained oxidative stress and, as if you needed more problems, your body would have little resistance to bacteria, viruses or cancers. Protective systems of the body including the immune system rely heavily upon this exceptional molecule. So does the optimal functioning of antioxidants, detoxification pathways and cellular energy production.

One aspect of glutathione needs to be emphasized. Marketers are now flooding us with products meant to raise glutathione, and have presented glutathione as something you can “eat”. A quick look at thousands of published scientific articles have shown that this absolutely not a viable way of raising glutathione. Glutathione must be “made” by our own cells. In order to do this, you need to supply your body with specific nutrient building blocks (precursors) to raise your glutathione levels. Learn more and find out the best solutions.

Dr. Jimmy Gutman

Chairman

The author of several best-selling books on glutathione, Dr. Jimmy Gutman is arguably the world’s preeminent expert on the role of this critical substance in human health. His expert knowledge has been invaluable in bringing public awareness to bridging the gap between traditional and complementary medicine.

Dr. Gutman’s latest book, The Comprehensive Guide to Glutathione is considered the seminal work on glutathione research and clinical applications. Dr. Gutman taught at McGill University Medical School where his original specialty was academic emergency medicine. He was trained at the University of Calgary and did his specialty training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was chief resident. Dr. Gutman served on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Emergency Medicine, and numerous other boards dealing with policy and education. Dr. Gutman has been a scientific advisor to Immunotec for more than 25 years and continues to make strides forward in glutathione research.