Liposomal Glutathione

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Serving size 4 ml, 30 servings per bottle.

Per serving: Glutathione 500 mg; Phosphatidylcholine (from non-GMO sunflower oil) 400 mg.

Non-medicinal ingredients: Purified water, natural flavors, potassium sorbate.

Recommended Dose (Adults 18 & over): Take 4 ml (just under 1 teaspoon) daily, or as directed by a health professional. For optimal absorption hold under the tongue for at least one minute. Or mix into one ounce of juice and sip slowly. Gently shake and refrigerate after opening. Use within 45 days of opening.

Recommended purpose: Provides antioxidants

Cautions: Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Tested gluten free, soy free, non-GMO. BPA-free bottle.

There are over 80,000 clinical studies on glutathione, and, while not commonly prescribed, it is used in advanced medicine. Intravenous glutathione has been used to treat many ailments, indicating its widespread effects and critical importance in most disease states. Diseases treated with glutathione include AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, asthma, alcoholism, cancer, cataracts, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, glaucoma, heart disease, hepatitis, kidney disease, liver disease, male infertility, osteoarthritis, and Parkinson’s disease.

Inhaled glutathione (using a nebulizer) is used in treatments for emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, asthma, and other lung diseases. Glutathione is also a master detoxifier, cleaning the body of chemical contaminants (including chemotherapy residue), drug poisoning, xenoestrogens, heavy metals, and radiation. https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-717/glutathione

Clearly, there is almost no ailment that would not benefit from the addition of glutathione to treatment protocols. However, as we shall see, while those in good health can make their own glutathione, those with certain health issues can no longer manufacture it internally, and most glutathione products are ineffective.

Normally, glutathione is recycled in the body, except when the load of toxins becomes too great, or when one is coping with a serious ailment. But, genetics also plays a big role in an individual’s ability to manufacture glutathione.

It is currently believed that 30%, or more, of the population may be what are known as “poor methylators”. This genetic malfunction (often related to childhood trauma), causes certain people to be unable to create, and recycle, glutathione. Usually, these are people with autoimmune, metabolic, neurological, and psychiatric diseases (and difficult-to-diagnose ailments).

Methylation essentially makes toxins water-soluble, helping the body to neutralize some of the toxic properties, and allowing it to effectively remove these toxins (chemicals, heavy metals, and xenoestrogens). Poor methylators require extra “methyl-donors”, which are nutrients that facilitate the function of methylation. These methyl-donors (B-12, B-6, folic acid) are essential to allowing the body the ability to produce and recycle glutathione.

While the average person can utilize common forms of B-12 (cyanocobalamin), B-6 (pyridoxine) and folic acid, poor methylators require more advanced versions of these nutrients, since they cannot convert the common forms into their next metabolic step. They require B12 as methylcobalamin, B6 as P5P (Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate), and folic acid as methylfolate.

However, those poor methylators with serious ailments, or subject to undue amounts of toxins, even when provided with the correct forms of the methyl-donor nutrients, may still not be able to product sufficient glutathione to offer healing potential. This is where liposomal glutathione enters the picture.

Most supplemental forms of glutathione are ineffective. Conventional glutathione products are rapidly oxidized during digestion, and fail to actually increase blood levels of glutathione in the body. The only forms of glutathione ever proven to substantially elevate levels of glutathione in the body are injection, sublingual, intravenous, and liposomal. (Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1992;43(6):667-9. The systemic availability of oral glutathione. Witschi A1, et al. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1362956)

Commonly used by naturopaths, IV therapy, is only occasionally used by the medical profession, and then only for the most severe conditions. These include Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, male infertility, chemotherapy toxicity, and kidney problems associated with heart bypass surgery.

The problem with IV (and injectable) glutathione therapy is that (aside from the fact that it evidently hurts) it can cause side effects (Herxheimer reactions) in some people. This can occur when the dose is too high, in those with chronic illness (especially Lyme disease), or among those who are poor methylators. Side effects can include mood imbalance, extreme fatigue, nausea, and allergic reactions.

Glutathione treatment, whether oral or intravenous, is usually within the range of 250 to 600 mg daily. Occasionally the dose is higher, for serious ailments, but should be increased only under the guidance of a health professional.

For a detailed scientific analysis of glutathione pathways and functions follow this link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684116/