Chances are you’ve never even heard of the most critical molecule in your body: glutathione.  Identified back in 1888, it wasn’t until the mid 20^th century that scientists began to realize the full significance of this simple protein, made by most of our cells out of the amino acids cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine.

However, more than 100,000 studies have now shown that glutathione is the most important molecule you need to optimize your health and prevent disease. The more glutathione you have in your body, the healthier you are and the longer you’re going to live. Virtually every chronic disease is characterized by glutathione depletion.  Young, energetic, healthy people have tons of it, while the hospitalized elderly have the least.

Among glutathione’s critical roles in the body are:  1) Master Antioxidant in our body’s antioxidant system; 2) Chief detoxifier; 3) Regulator of cell synthesis, growth, maintenance and function; 4) Responsible for DNA synthesis and repair; and 5) Key player in immune cell function.

The main reason we haven’t heard much about glutathione is that scientists have believed that as long as you ate enough protein and met your need for cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine, your body would make as much glutathione as it needed. We also get some glutathione in our diets, and our bodies can regenerate it when it gets used up. 

But the human body, including its ability to make and regenerate glutathione, was never built to accommodate the thousands of manmade chemicals that now inundate our air, water, food, clothing, furniture, body care products, medications, vaccines and more, creating the sea of toxic chemicals in which we now live. 

Glutathione has always been used to detoxify oxidation products from burning calories; from the sun’s UV radiation; from breaking down hormones, other body proteins and metabolic waste products; and from fighting infections. But today, it must dispose of every manmade chemical we take in, and this happens with virtually every breath we take, every mouthful of food we eat, every glass of water we drink, and, through the pores of our skin, every bath or shower we take and from ambient air both inside and outside of our homes. 

Toxin loads have increased exponentially, often outpacing our bodies’ ability to generate enough glutathione, especially as we age. Glutathione deficiency is now common and has been linked with just about every disease associated with aging, and with aging itself.

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