How important is Glutathione? Did you know over 60,000 Pub-Med papers have been published on Glutathione? Did you know that without Glutathione we would die?
Our Glutathione levels decline steadily after age 20 at a rate of 10% per decade. This drop is due to a natural decline in production, and a depletion of Glutathione through exposure to environmental toxins, mental & emotional stresses, and chronic & acute illnesses. These various environmental and internal insults can produce free radicals, which in turn will damage the body’s molecular structure unless they are quenched.
(See free radical discussion below)
Functions of Glutathione:
Glutathione is the body’s master antioxidant. One of Glutathione’s primary functions is neutralizing free radicals, but it also performs the following functions:
HeptoBoost patented components were formulated based on research showing how each nutrient aids the body’s ability to manufacture and regenerate Glutathione. And the formula has demonstrated an exceptional ability to support production of intracellular Glutathione for its vital role of metabolic detoxification.
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Oxidative stress arises from many sources:
Development of HeptoBoost
Our goal at NRG, during our 9-years of R&D, was to stimulate the body’s production of activated Glutathione (GSH) to compensate for its natural decline with age and its accelerated use due to the various stresses of modern life.
What you need to know about Glutathione:
Glutathione is the most prevalent, naturally occurring, and powerful multifunctional antioxidant in the human body. It is required to maintain healthy cells, and is employed in every organ and tissue.
Glutathione is a small protein peptide produced naturally by every body cell when the required amino acids and cofactors are available. HeptoBoost was formulated to ensure the necessary cofactors are present to produce adequate intracellular Glutathione to meet the body’s demands.
Glutathione functions as both antioxidant and detoxifying agent, and has been linked to our health and longevity. But, even with the massive mainstream research evidence substantiating the benefits of increased intracellular Glutathione, the conventional medical establishment has not yet incorporated Glutathione repletion as a standard tool of wellness and disease prevention.
Benefits of adequate Glutathione (GSH):
Glutathione may slow the aging process by quenching free radicals that would damage metabolic molecules.
Studies have shown that individuals with lower levels of Glutathione are more susceptible to chronic illness, because viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens can more easily establish self-sustaining colonies in Glutathione deficient tissues. Likewise, when Glutathione levels are low, the immune system is weakened, and these Glutathione deficient tissues are even more susceptible to the advance and establishment of chronic pathogen colonization.
Raising Glutathione levels enables proper function of the P53 gene and the natural activation of cell death (suicide by apoptosis) by defective cells. This process prevents most cancerous cells from replicating and spreading.
Other benefits of adequate Glutathione include: slowing the aging process, detoxifying chemicals, improving liver function, strengthening the immune system, reducing the chances of developing cancer, improving mental function, increasing energy, improving concentration, allowing more intense exercise, and improving heart and lung function.
Fighting oxidative cell damage (free radical damage)
Protein Synthesis
Amino Acid transport
Cellular detoxification
Immune system enhancement
Enzyme activation
Fighting inflammation
Enhance ATP (energy) production
The downward spiral of Glutathione deficiency:
Thus, Glutathione deficiency creates a downward spiral of susceptibility and damage, which creates more susceptibility and damage. Low Glutathione levels create the conditions for even faster consumption of Glutathione. When its concentration falls below critical levels, the immune system loses competence, and the susceptibility to chronic pathogen colonization rises. Thus, recovery is impeded because Glutathione deficiency weakens the immune system, which reduces its ability to produce Glutathione.
Our Goal is to provide your body with the nutrients required to increase intracellular production of Glutathione in the liver and throughout the body.
HeptoBoost was formulated by a doctor-pharmacist collaboration using the indications of theoretical efficacy shown in over 60,000 Pub-Med publications. But ultimately the theory was proven effective by the patient testing.
Taking Responsibility:
Thus, the individual must take personal responsibility to maintain health. Even the most casual observer can see that cancer and chronic illness has dramatically increased over the last century, and that drugs and surgery cannot preserve or restore health. Rather, we must each take responsibility for our own well-being, choose a well-regulated diet, and utilize the discoveries of medical science to compensate for the stresses of modern life. The wise body-steward can now easily employ an effective Glutathione Repletion Therapy. It is one of those rare discoveries that requires only a small investment to produce large benefits.
Where do free radicals come from?
Our bodies constantly produce free radicals during normal metabolic processes. But, we increase our free radical burden and oxidative stress with exposure to the various environmental and internal stresses of modern life. This is significant because the cells reduce their functional capabilities when damaged by free radicals.
Free radicals are produced by:
1) Normal metabolism, as metabolic intermediates.
2) By radiation exposure from the sun UV A&B, X rays from medical imaging, and Gamma rays from nuclear decay of environmental uranium, and cosmic rays, etc.
3) By the liver in the process of detoxifying:
a. Environmental pollutants such as herbicides and pesticides.
b. Food adulterants such as coloring, preservatives, stabilizers, and flavors.
c. Recreational toxins such as tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, and mind-altering drugs.
d. Prescription of pharmaceutical drugs
The Free Radical Chain Reaction:
These molecules are potentially dangerous because they can react with the molecules of life such as enzymes, DNA, and structural proteins. A free radical reacts strongly with surrounding molecules because it has an extra electron in an activated state, which is both available and aggressively reactive. Upon bonding, the newly formed molecule will still have an extra electron that is likewise available and able to bond with another molecule.
When a free radical bonds to a metabolically active molecule such as an enzyme, it changes the shape of the enzyme and renders it inactive. After bonding, the free radical and enzyme complex still have an extra electron, which can then bond with anther enzyme and likewise destroy it. This process will continue indefinitely until the extra electron is “quenched” or absorbed by an antioxidant free radical scavenger.
Regeneration of Oxidized Glutathione (GS) to Activated Glutathione (GSH):
Glutathione is the premier free radical scavenger because of its ability to quench the free radical chain reaction. One molecule of Glutathione may be used many times to quench free radicals. But, after each quenching it must be reactivated by NADPH, which is a high-energy molecule formed from the breakdown of glucose. But, as with all molecules, Glutathione is eventually damaged and must be recycled and reformed into Glutathione or other cellular components, thus the need to continue a nutritional intake of the amino acids and cofactors needed to maintain adequate levels.
Glutathione and Aging:
In the aging debate, the controversy continues whether free radicals are the major factor that causes or governs aging. But, few deny the metabolic significance of free radical damage. Likewise, few debate the wisdom and necessity of providing our bodies with antioxidants to quench free radicals.
Glutathione and Minerals:
Still, some contend that supplementation is unnecessary, and that the modern diet provides adequate nutritional support for antioxidant production. But, this position has become indefensible as we understand the effect of sterilizing the soil with herbicides and pesticides. Soil bacteria are necessary agents in the process of releasing soluble minerals from rocks for use in nourishing plant and animal cells. Thus, we find ourselves consuming mineral deficient foods, and needing mineral supplementation to activate the enzymes of detoxification, metabolism, and antioxidant action.
Effective Antioxidant Supplementation:
The real debate has shifted to the question of what supplements are necessary and effective in supporting the regulation of the body’s free radical burden. Some support the use of water-soluble antioxidants such as vitamin C, and others support the use of fat-soluble antioxidants such as Vitamin E and Lipoic Acid. But this debate resolves when examining the larger picture of Glutathione production and regeneration.
The Molecular Antioxidant Symphony:
The body uses many nutrients to support the free radical quenching system. Many enzymes, molecular pathways, and cofactors interact and contribute to producing the broad spectrum of antioxidant actions required throughout the body. But, this entire symphony of molecular activity depends upon production and regeneration of reduced Glutathione.
Supplementing with the full spectrum of nutrients involved in activated Glutathione production and regeneration provides the body with the molecular substrates needed to quench free radicals and thereby control inflammation.
HeptoBoost contains the full spectrum of nutrients proven to raise Glutathione in lymphocytes (white blood cells) and hepatocytes (liver cells).
NRG’s Commitment:
NRG’s commitment to research and product development goes much further then 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, we are also committed to providing nutrients that truly restore the body’s ability to defend and repair itself.
We are living in a polluted world, with low quality food that cannot support the body’s antioxidant requirements. For this reason, every person can benefit from the extra cellular protection of HeptoBoost.
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