Glutathione: You Never Knew What You Were Missing
We all want great skin, awesome immune systems, and enough energy to get us successfully through the day. And we know that eating well, exercising, and staying hydrated can do all these things. But what we didn’t know is that our body produces an antioxidant called glutathione to help us in our journey of being healthy human beings. And sometimes, it doesn’t produce enough.
We take for granted that everything we need is available to us. Often, we become deficient in glutathione due to stress, environmental toxins, and over-processed foods.
What is Glutathione?
Glutathione is naturally found in the liver. Fruits, vegetables, and meats help your body make this powerful antioxidant. Glutathione is an antioxidant made up of amino acids glutamine, glycine, and cysteine.
Amino acids occur in different patterns throughout your body to create all the proteins found inside the body. These particular amino acids have specific jobs that make glutathione a powerhouse antioxidant.
What is Glutathione Made Of?
Glutamine
Glutamine is an amino acid that helps gut health, immunity, and recovery after the body experiences stress. This stress could be emotional or physical and glutamine can aid in the recovery of surgeries and sickle cell crises. It helps create other amino acids in the body.
Glycine
Glycine is an amino acid that has awesome benefits, including helping your sleep cycles.
Cysteine
Cysteine is an important amino acid, keeping glutathione structurally sound while helping your body detox and repair. This amino acid can also be found in sulfuric foods like eggs, soybeans, lentils, and fish.
But What Does Glutathione Do?
Glutathione is very versatile and has many benefits.
It helps detoxify the liver and kidneys, ridding the body of free radicals that may damage your organs, including the skin. Glutathione is known to brighten and clear the complexion.
Reduces cell damage. We don’t always live a healthy lifestyle, and activities like drinking alcohol and smoking can damage the cells in our body. If you are looking to help repair the damage you’ve caused in your youth, glutathione can help! A small 2017 clinical trial shows promise in helping repair fatty liver disease with glutathione.
Reduces damage caused by ulcerative colitis. If you love studies, the one in 2003 concerning colon damage show promise with glutathione supplementation.
Improves sleep. With the building block of cysteine, glutathione can help regulate sleep cycles and encourage a deeper, more restful sleep.
How Do I Get Glutathione?
Ideally, you want your body to make glutathione naturally. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for many people. A body in stress uses its energy to keep itself functioning, not thriving. At The Youngstown Drip, we want you to thrive! We offer glutathione two ways:
With your IV drip. It is given through your IV after your drip is finished. This ensures that you get the full amount without any sitting in the tubing. Plus, it is only effective if it isn’t diluted, and at The Youngstown Drip, we are all about effective!
As an IM shot. IM means intramuscular. Getting the shot rather than taking it orally means it goes into your muscle, where it then gets picked up in your bloodstream and utilized in your body in as little as an hour.
Both ways are equally effective and allow your body to reap the benefits of glutathione. At The Youngstown Drip, we will help you pick the way that works for you!
Disclaimer: Anyone who has a sulfa allergy is unable to get glutathione. This is because of cysteine, which is an amino acid high in sulfur.
If you want to check up on the facts, here are the references used in this article. Enjoy!
1.https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-717/glutathione
2.https://www.healthline.com/health/glutathione-benefits
3.https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-878/glutamine
4.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sleep-newzzz/201902/4-sleep-benefits-glycine
5.https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nac-benefits
6.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549431/
