What is inflammation? In its simplest form, it’s the body’s response to a perceived threat– whether it’s a splinter in our finger, sunburn at the beach, a sprained ankle or the reddish edges of a paper cut.
When chronic inflammation is maintained over a period of time, it can lead to serious conditions such as cancer, heart disease, heart attacks, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes and others.
Traditional Approach to Controlling Inflammation = Toxicity
How do we control inflammation? Typically, if you have a headache, you reach for an aspirin, right? Or, if the pain is really bad, you go for any number of other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID’s) such as Ibuprofen, Aleve, Excedrin or Acetiminophen. New drugs, the Cox 2 Inhibitors (Vioxx and Celebrex,) have recently been added to this group.
However, NSAIDs have a not so well publicized record of health risks. Specifically:
• NSAID-induced disease causes at least 113,000 hospitalizations per year.
• Every year 16,500 arthritis patients die from NSAID-related gastrointestinal damage alone.
• 21% of all adverse drug reactions are due to NSAID use.
• People over 60 have a significantly higher probability of experiencing complications associated with NSAID use.
Yet there are over 13 million regular users of NSAIDs in the US, with at least 30 billion over-the-counter NSAID tablets sold annually. If deaths from gastrointestinal toxic effects from NSAIDs were tabulated separately in the National Vital Statistics reports, these effects would constitute the 15th most common cause of death in the United States. Yet many physicians and most patients remain unaware of the magnitude of this problem.
When Nutrient Is Not Enough: Supplement with Glutathione
The real answer to controlling inflammation and preventing disease lies in nutrition. Certain foods, nutrients and antioxidants have powerful anti-inflammatory effects. The body’s own anti-inflammatory system heavily depends on Glutathione.
In addition to Glutathione, there are other foods and herbs which have significant anti-inflammatory properties. The following is a brief list of some anti-inflammatory foods and herbs:
• Citrus peel contains a phytochemical called limonene, which is anti-inflammatory and helps protect the skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
• Tumeric has the active ingredient curcumin in it, which is well known as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent.
• Nettle Leaf extract is an herb used for its anti-histamine properties.
• Boswellia serrata contains an aromatic gum resin which has been used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat arthritis.
• Perilla seed extract is an anti-inflammatory which helps heal respiratory tissue and reduce histamine levels.
Because the body makes less and less Glutathione as we age, it is essential to engage in proper supplementation. Many patients have asked me “What makes GlutaSource so different from other Glutathione supplements? Plain and simple, it is absorption rate. If you Google Glutathione, you will find that 80% of the products being offered for sale are simply oral Glutathione. This is troubling because if you simply ingest pure Glutathione it will be broken down into its component parts by the acid in your stomach, and simply stated, will never get into your body in a form that can be used. It has often been stated that the most expensive nutritional supplement you will ever purchase is the one that doesn’t work.
The GlutaSource™ product lineup is the result of exhaustive experimentation, all culminating in the creation of a patent pending blend of the appropriate ingredients in proportionally correct amounts, enabling it to:
1. Utilize efficacious delivery systems such as nebulization and suppository routes not the digestive system.
2. Be preferentially absorbed (because not everything you put into your mouth gets absorbed into your body).
3. Have the ability to pass through two critical membranes – one at the entrance to the cell, and a second at the entrance to that furnace inside each cell called the mitochondria.
4. Have the ability to recycle the spent Glutathione through the liver after it has been utilized to eliminate the oxidants that are the byproduct of ATP production within the mitochondria.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or comments at 941.330.8553
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