Glutathione Plus Capsules
Size: 60 Capsules | Serving Size: 1 Capsule | Servings per Container: 60
Key Benefits and Actions- Enhanced glutathione formula plus nutrients for recycling and utilization
- Taste-free, well-tolerated, and well-absorbed S-Acetyl form
- May promote a healthy response to aging, detoxification, and strenuous physical activity
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Why Optimal Glutathione Plus Works
Each and every day, there are thousands of things attempting to destabilize our cells from both inside and outside of our bodies. Chemicals from inflammation, pollutants from the environment, and cellular byproducts from energy metabolism all produce free radicals, cell damage, and a need to clear out waste. Our cells have evolved over millennia with specific tools that allow them to function in this harsh environment. One of those tools is glutathione. Glutathione is a unique substance. It is a tripeptide made of three amino acids: cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine.
Glutathione has two primary functions. First, it acts as the body’s master antioxidant by neutralizing free radicals in cells. Once it does this, however, glutathione must be recycled by enzymes before it can function again.
Second, glutathione acts as a natural detoxification agent. Its unique chemical structure allows it to bind toxins and shuttle them out of the body. The only problem is, when glutathione removes toxins from the body, it is removed as well. Optimal Glutathione Plus provides a bioavailable form of glutathione plus recycling nutrients. It is designed to help you maintain optimal levels of glutathione in your body by supporting glutathione recycling. Each taste-free, capsule contains 100 mg of glutathione as S-acetyl-L-glutathione. This lipid-like, acetylated form supports optimal absorption and utilization in the body. The capsules provide further protection from stomach acid degradation.
S-Acetyl-L-Glutathione contains an acetyl group attached to glutathione. This protects glutathione from breaking down in the GI tract, allowing for a greater amount to be absorbed. Once inside the cells, the acetyl group is removed, leaving the glutathione molecule intact and ready to act as an antioxidant. Compared to reduced glutathione, the S-acetyl form is thought to be better absorbed. The body is able to recycle glutathione to be used over and over. The natural production of glutathione produces reactive oxygen species. Helping your body reuse glutathione reduces excess oxidation associated with glutathione production. In order for your body to recycle glutathione, it requires specific nutrients. These are used as cofactors by enzymes in your glutathione recycling pathway.
Optimal Glutathione Plus contains the nutrient cofactors needed to recycle glutathione.
- Riboflavin (cofactor for the GSR enzyme, glutathione reductase)
- Selenium (cofactor for the GPX enzyme, glutathione peroxidase)
- Molybdenum (cofactor involved in sulfite-sulfate conversion)
Molybdenum, a trace mineral, helps metabolize the sulfites produced during glutathione production. Reducing sulfite levels can help minimize side effects experienced from glutathione supplementation. These can include flushing, nervousness, or racing heartbeat. Molybdenum is a cofactor for the Sulfite Oxidase (SUOX) enzyme. This enzyme is responsible for converting sulfites into less problematic sulfates.
Selenium and riboflavin are cofactors for the glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and glutathione reductase (GSR) enzymes. Hydrogen peroxide is readily formed in cells all day long. The GPX enzymes facilitate its conversion into water by donating a hydrogen molecule. Once glutathione donates hydrogen to hydrogen peroxide (and other free radicals), it must be recycled back to its reduced form. This is accomplished via the GSR enzyme with riboflavin as a cofactor.
PQQ, an antioxidant-like compound, provides additional free radical support. It protects glutathione against oxidative stress that is produced during enzymatic processes. There can be multiple potential blocks in the effectiveness of glutathione supplementation. Glutathione is a vulnerable, unstable nutrient. In supplement form, it can oxidize (degrade) quickly. Your stomach acid can destroy fragile glutathione before it gets absorbed. Moreover, most glutathione pills are not bioavailable. Optimal Glutathione Plus addresses these concerns in one easy-to-take supplement.Popular with natural detoxification and MTHFR protocols, Optimal Glutathione Plus is a great option for anyone looking to optimize their glutathione status. Start feeling vibrant today with this optimally-absorbing S-acetyl form plus recycling nutrients!