Some time ago, you learned cysteine, an amino acid, is a building block of glutathione (GSH). I also mentioned a healthy, balanced diet includes foods that provide some of the essential amino acids so important for good health. Unfortunately cysteine is difficult to get through diet alone.
I stress the need for a healthy diet because the supplement and vitamin market is a big one but not all of the claims made are accurate and some of the research is contradictory....if any exists in the first place. I’m not saying you shouldn’t take your multi-vitamin or other supplements. I am saying and recommend you become informed about what you are putting into your body.
Now, I need to refresh your memory about the precursors for glutathione (GSH); the building blocks: cysteine, glycine and glutamate. These building blocks travel into the blood stream and through the cell wall. The cell then joins them together making glutathione (GSH). Think of these building blocks like 3 Lego Blocks; a red one...a blue one and...a yellow one. When the red, blue and yellow make it to your cells, they join forces to become glutathione (GSH).
Glycine and glutamate are found in many foods as part of most North American diets. Again, cysteine is not readily available unless you eat raw meat, raw eggs or raw milk. I’m sure you don’t eat steak tartare on a regular basis nor chug down raw eggs like Rocky. In addition, you can’t just eat cysteine, or glutathione (GSH) itself.
This is a very important point...cysteine and glutathione (GSH) supplements are USELESS!; neither survive the digestive tract. They are broken down and cannot enter your bloodstream or your cells. Glutathione will not be made.
This brings me back to the research about raising glutathione (GSH) levels. How does a person know if they are eating the right nutrients to raise glutathione (GSH) levels? Glad you asked. I’ll get to that, but, in the meantime I will talk about the drugs physicians are using to elevate glutathione (GSH) levels.
See you next time!
Steps to Improve Your Health
Dr. Steven Dell
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