X-Message-Number: 14495
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 06:08:25 -0700
From: Bryan Hall <>
Subject: re: glutathione
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According to the LEF site: "The practical problem for those who wish to
maintain healthful glutathione levels is that taking glutathione itself
as a supplement does not boost cellular glutathione levels, since
glutathione breaks down in the digestive tract before it reaches the
cells. Therefore, the discovery that lipoic acid can effectively boost
glutathione levels has very important implications in the prevention and
treatment of numerous diseases."

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag99/dec99-cover.html has the above
paragraph. It is an excellent article.

-Bryan Hall

> I while back I found an article on something called glutathione that
> supposedly affects aging.
> Now I don't consider myself an expert by any stretch of the imagination,
> and I wanted to know
> if any of you know anything about this.
> 
>     "Researchers in Louisville, Ann Arbor, and elsewhere have tested
> thousands of people and found
> that those who survive to a ripe old age invariably have one thing in
> commong:  high levels of glutathione.
>     In contrast, those who are short on this compound are plagued with
> arthritis, cancer, diabetes, high
> blood pressure, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cataracts,
> macular degeneration--a startling
> roll call of today's most haunting disorders.
>     ....some frogs studied at a university in Madrid were split into two
> groups:  the control group and the
> lucky group, which received glutathione plus three other common
> supplements.  After 14 months, 54%
> of the control group had croaked, compared to only 9% of the lucky
> group.
>     In round numbers, the various animal subjects lived 40% longer with
> just a simple daily dose of
> glutathione."
> 
> Elfire Sol

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