What is Glutathione?
Glutathione simply put is the “Master Antioxidant” in your body. Increasing glutathione levels will naturally increase your energy, detoxify your body and strengthen your immune system.
Research has shown that individuals that have low glutathione levels are susceptible to chronic illness including heart conditions, cancers, diabetes, seizures disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease to name a few. Our glutathione levels begin to decline at the age of 20 and do so at a rate of 8%-12% per decade.
Anti-Aging
Aging is the accumulation of changes in an organism overtime. Oxidation damage is now recognized as being the key feature of much of the aging processes that our bodies endure. The key to living better is to resist age related deterioration due to oxidation. Recent studies have shown that glutathione play a key role in reducing the oxidation process (antioxidant) and protecting our bodies against free radicals. Supplements that increase glutathione, may be a way for us to protect our bodies against the aging process.
Sports Enhancement
Many world-class athletes are discovering the importance of glutathione, which when maintained, gives them the edge over the competition. Increased glutathione levels provides athletes with increased strength and endurance, decreased recovery time from injury, less pain and fatigue and possibly an increase in muscle-promoting activities.
Athletes use glutathione for sports performance and recovery from their strenuous workouts. Up until very recently there was not a efficient way to get glutathione into our bodies other than intravenous (IV).
During workouts, athletes generate free radicals which in turn lead to muscle fatigue and poorer performance. Glutathione neutralizes these radicals and allows our bodies to recover faster.
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Should Glutathione be a part of our exercise routine?
Free radicals are produced during normal cellular metabolism and increase when we exercise. These free radicals react within the cells by a process called oxidation and can result in inflammation to accumulate with our bodies. Overtime this inflammation accumulates within the cell and decreases the function of the cell and eventually leads to cellular death unless we have a way of reversing the process. To fight this cellular destruction our body uses an antioxidant, and the “Master Antioxidant” in the body is Glutathione.
Several studies have confirmed the beneficial effects of glutathione in protecting our bodies tissues from free radicals and exercise induced stress. Increasing Glutathione can increase energy, decrease recovery time and provide our cells with the tools so that they can function at an optimal level.
Ref: asktheRN.com