In fact, many of the health problems from abusing alcohol are caused indirectly
by glutathione deficiency, since the main by - product of ethanol produced in liver is acetaldehyde and glutathione has to detoxify that.
Not exact matches
We discussed in this article how vitamin D can cure: 1) chronic inflammation of acne,
by controlling the immune system, 2) oily skin,
by lowering insulin levels, and 3) antioxidant
deficiencies,
by supercharging your body's
glutathione production.
Muscle cells ordinarily contain significant levels of
glutathione, and its depletion leads to mitochondrial damage.23 Patients undergoing surgical trauma have been found to exhibit reduced
glutathione levels in their skeletal muscles.21 It is tempting to speculate that cholesterol sulfate provides the sulfur needed for
glutathione synthesis, so that the
deficiency would be explained
by the reduced availability of cholesterol following the immune system's heightened response to surgical trauma.
In the event of selenium
deficiency, the
glutathione peroxidase enzyme can not do its job protecting the thyroid cell, and the thyroid cells are damaged
by excess H2O2.