The Importance of Glutathione not just a skin Lightener

The Importance of Glutathione, not just a skin Lightener

Glutathione protection

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant nutrient that is present in all cells and is involved in many processes in the body, including tissue building and repair and supporting immune cell activity. A prominent characteristic of pneumonia is that lung cells are under a high level of oxidative stress due to inflammation and infection. Glutathione is essential for lung cells as it protects against the harmful effects of oxidative stress, improves the antioxidant status within lung cells, helps support the activity of immune cells within the lung tissue and helps prevent lung tissue damage. Although the body can produce its own glutathione, this activity declines as we age, leaving the elderly much more vulnerable to conditions associated with oxidative stress.

Boosting Glutathione

Since glutathione has a reputation for being the master antioxidant and the number one nutrient for lung health, taking steps to improve your glutathione status is a priority. Here’s our 3-step glutathione strategy…

Step 1: Effective top-up

Supplementing with glutathione across the winter months is a smart move if you are prone to chest infections but not all supplements are of true value. To get the most out of your supplement invest in high-quality glutathione. Cutting-edge liposomal encapsulation technology enables the glutathione to be protected from destruction as it passes through your digestive system enabling it to be delivered to your cells where you need it most.

Step 2: Target foods and spices

There’s a cellular hormone-like chemical called NrF2 factor which activates antioxidant activity by increasing the expression of antioxidant genes and switches on genes that instruct cells to make more glutathione. Natural nutrients found in broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, raw garlic, cinnamon, turmeric, and cardamom help bump-up NrF2, so it’s a good idea to include these foods in your diet.

Step 3: Essential power proteins

The body can make its own glutathione but it needs three special amino acids (protein molecules) to do this called glutamate, glycine and cysteine. These amino acids are found in protein-rich foods meat, fish, eggs and are particularly rich in bone broths. Hence the traditional ‘flu/cold remedy of homemade chicken soup made from homemade bone stock to help fight all manner of respiratory tract infections.

Vitamin C for recovery

Back in early 1900 an American pediatrician Alfred Hess carried out some ground-breaking work uncovering a direct link between scurvy and pneumonia and by the 1930s vitamin C was being used as a treatment option for pneumonia and other lung conditions. Vitamin C provides additional antioxidant support dampening down oxidative stress and allowing lung cells to recover.

Altrient C is an advanced form of liposomal vitamin C. Liposomal means vitamin C is cleverly wrapped-up or encapsulated in a bubble of phospholipids protecting the vitamin from being destroyed as it passes through the digestive system. Altrient was the first company to use Liposomal Encapsulation Technology with vitamins and nutrients and they spent years developing a patented process to achieve this breakthrough in vitamin delivery. Since all our cells also contain an outer layer of phospholipids the two can join together easily which enables the vitamin C to be absorbed into the bloodstream quickly and be delivered to cells in need with speed and agility. Clever science indeed!