What does Glutathione do for our immune cells?
Dr. Gustavo bounous, a leading expert on glutathione, said it best: The proper activity of our lymphocytes depends on the efficient use of glutathione.
A notable example is AIDS caused by an immune deficiency (HIV).
People with AIDS have defective T-type cells and therefore have low levels of glutathione.
Therefore, some research reports believe that the level of glutathione in AIDS patients can measure the survival ability of patients and their quality of life.
It can be seen from the experiment that whether immune cells can grow healthily and have activity is related to the content of glutathione, if the glutathione in the cell has been exhausted, it will seriously reduce the ability of immune cells to resist pathogens, so that the body opens the door for pathogens to invade.
Many studies have also reported that glutathione content in lymphocytes is directly related to immune response.
In the simplest technical terms: Glutathione is the food of the immune system.
As can be seen from the depression of some autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and normal aging), their T-cell lymphocytes are significantly less able to fight antigens, and these chronically inflamed patients also have low serum and red blood cell glutathione levels.
We know that lymphocytes use their own release of potent oxidants, such as peroxides, to attack pathogens;
However, if too much oxidative substance is released, it needs to be neutralized by glutathione to protect itself.
In order to be able to attack pathogens in the body, lymphocytes must replicate themselves over and over again (called monodilation);
In order to replicate, more oxygen is used and more oxidants are released.
In order for lymphocytes to continue to replicate effectively, they also rely on glutathione to counter excessive oxidants.
In other words, lymphocytes use glutathione to fight infection in two ways: one is to stabilize free radicals, and the other is to nourish their own cells with glutathione.
Glutathione consumption is evident during acute infections, such as bacterial pneumonia, or chronic infections, such as hepatitis C or AIDS.
Recent studies have shown that increasing glutathione levels can more effectively fight these infections.
A research team at McGill University in Canada led by Dr. Bowas has shown that it can increase the amount of glutathione in cells and increase the ability of immune response by feeding the whey protein concentrate (Immunocal TM), which is high in the precursor of glutathione, to laboratory animals and measuring their immune response.
It is worth noting that the same effect is not seen if Casein feed is fed instead of whey protein concentrate.
There are at least two layers of protection
Glutathione has two protective effects: one is to enhance the activity of immune cells, and the other is to act as an antioxidant within cells.
At present, although medical science and technology progress, but the Tao is one foot high, the devil is one foot high;
The rate of resistance and spread of bacteria is alarming;
Examples include antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, such as carnivorous diseases, and enterococci, which cannot be suppressed even by powerful vancomycin.
Penicillin-resistant staphylococcus bacteria are entering our hospitals and communities in large numbers.
Some health care doctors believe that the virus that causes AIDS or hepatitis C patients is just the tip of the iceberg, emerging waves of pathogens, quickly on the road, such as tuberculosis, which we thought had been eradicated, and resurfaced, resumed its attack on humans, and is no longer as easy to be successfully treated as before.
only by increasing the amount of glutathione in the body and enhancing the function of glutathione is a practical defense method to effectively deal with these diseases that are not good for our body.
Eight functions of glutathione
Skin care and beauty
Boost immunity
Cancer prevention
anti-aging
antioxidant
Detoxification and liver protection
Radiation protection
anti-aids
