What is Glutathione?

Glutathione (GSH)

Glutathione is literally the life force of your body and one of the

primary keys to lifelong health and healing.

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.’

Shockingly, an estimated 86% of Americans suffer unknowingly from a glutathione deficiency. How can

this be when glutathione is something your body produces on its own? When you’re young, your body

produces high amounts of glutathione. Yet over time your glutathione levels become depleted due to

many factors—including aging, poor diet, stress, medications, smoking, drinking, and being overweight.

In fact, once you hit your forties, your body’s levels of glutathione start to decline rapidly. By the time

you’re 60, they’ve dropped by nearly HALF! And the older you get, the worse your glutathione levels get.