some people in another group i am in dealing with a drug reaction i had are using a protocal where the emphasis is increasing glutathione. not all these people have heavy metals but the damage the drugs did to our nervous and immune systems concerns them. glutathione is supposed to really help witht he particular problems the drug caused.

anyways, i haven't learned that much about glutathione but i am pretty sure it is our natural detoxification agent produced in our bodies. those of us with heavy metals are probably mostly or totally depleted. how important is it to try and increase those levels?

the protocal these people are using is very expensive. i know i can't afford it and have to spend my money wisely. good food and some supps etc. but even their glutathione product alone is like 99 bucks. supposedly it takes multiple amino acids to convert to glutathione and is a intricate matter increasing those levels. they supposedly have the best combo of those things that are affective.

some of you may have heard of dr. sherry rogers (an authority on environmental/chronic illness). she wrote a book called, "detox or die," where i know she encourages glutathione to detox.

what have you guys learned about it and does andy talk about it in his book? what do you guys think?

shawn

Shawn,

To help increase glutathione:

4 parts NAC, 2 parts L-Glutamine, 2 parts L-Glycine

via Andy Cutler....NAC along should help quite a bit also.

Try iherb.com (I spend about $100 a month with them), very affordable and quick shipping!

Apparently taking direct glutathione is not the way to effectively raise glutathione. It doesn't work that way and can be problematic in metal toxic people according to Andy.

It is better to take antioxidant support and proper diet to enable glutathione in your own body to increase. To add to what Sregan has passed onto you. these too help --> Vitamin C, selenium, milk thistle, undenatured whey protein powder etc are some of these that aid this process.

I know NAC helps this too, but some react to this very badly, like cystein and methionine. Sulfur amino acids can mobilise metals too much in some people and cause adverse reactions. It just depends on how much you personally can take.

Supplementing milk thistle, whey protein, alpha lipoic acid, SAMe, and glutamine are known to increase glutathione


From one of the other links I posted