Glutathione is an antioxidant that plays an important role in healthy detoxification processes, protecting cells from free radical damage, maintaining cellular health and supporting overall immune function.
Glutathione helps protect our cells from damage as well as aids in detoxifying harmful compounds.
Glutathione is made from three amino acids: cysteine, glycine, and glutamic acid. Present in humans, animals, plants, and fungi, it helps to protect cells from environmental and chemical oxidative damage that occurs through day-to-day living. Glutathione also helps the liver to detoxify our blood and helps the body “recycle” vitamins E and C.
5 Benefits of Glutathione:
1. It is an antioxidant. Glutathione is the cell’s major antioxidant to protect the cell from damage. It is also critical to the recycling and proper utilization of other antioxidants such as vitamins C and E.
2. It has immune system effects. Glutathione protects immune cells from damage while also exerting some direct antiviral effects. It is also critical in modulating balance within the immune system. It boosts functions when the immune system is underactive and brings it back into balance when it is overactive.
3. It has mitochondrial effects. Glutathione plays a critical role in the function of mitochondria (the energy-producing compartments in cells).
4. Cellular function. Glutathione is required for the manufacture of many cellular proteins, the synthesis and repair of DNA, the activation and regulation of cellular enzymes involved in overall cell function, and the proper action of vitamin D3.
5. It is a detoxifying compound. Glutathione is the body's most effective detoxifying agent. Glutathione binds undesirable toxins, pollutants, chemicals, heavy metals, and drug metabolites and excretes them through the urine or the gut.
**Glutathione for Sports Athletes**
Several studies have concluded that exercising way beyond your body’s capacity can lead to oxidative stress. Both top athletes and beginners alike need the strength and endurance to persevere through their training regimens. They also need a balanced diet to help them heal post strenuous exercise too.
Glutathione plays a major role in fulfilling this demand. It acts as a strong antioxidant; protect our cells from free radicals – by maintaining lymphocyte numbers. Immune system cells like lymphocytes produce many oxygen radicals as a natural by-product, resulting in a need for more antioxidants than most cells.
As we discussed in the very first paragraph, it also supports the activity of Vitamin C and Vitamin E, which protects the cells from inflammatory attack and thus, increasing the longevity of each cell leading to better workouts.
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