Author:Kangdi 07-01-2020
Glutathione GSH is a tripeptide that is bound by glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine and contains a thiol group. It has antioxidant effects and integrated detoxification. The thiol group on cysteine is a glutathione-active group (so glutathione is often abbreviated as G-SH), which is easy to be associated with certain drugs (such as paracetamol), toxins (such as free radicals, iodoacetic acid, mustard gas, Lead, mercury, arsenic and other heavy metals) combine to have integrated detoxification. Therefore, glutathione (especially glutathione in hepatocytes) can participate in biotransformation, thereby converting harmful toxic substances in the body into harmless substances and excreting them. Glutathione also helps maintain the function of the normal immune system.Glutathione not only eliminates free radicals in the human body, but also enhances human immunity. Glutathione maintains health, anti-aging, and whitening. It works better on young people with slower cells than younger people.
Glutathione also protects hemoglobin from oxidation by oxidation of hydrogen peroxide, free radicals, etc., allowing it to continue to function normally in transporting oxygen. Some hemoglobin in red blood cells is oxidized by an oxidant such as hydrogen peroxide, in which ferrous iron is oxidized to ferric iron, which converts hemoglobin into methemoglobin, thereby losing oxygen carrying capacity. Reduced glutathione can be directly combined with an oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide to form water and oxidized glutathione, and can also reduce methemoglobin to hemoglobin. The content of glutathione in human red blood cells is very large, which is important for protecting the sulfhydryl groups of proteins on the red blood cell membrane and preventing hemolysis.

Folding combined with vitamin C
In addition, vitamin C is also an important antioxidant in the body. Since vitamin C can reversibly hydrogenate or dehydrogenate, vitamin C plays an important role in many redox reactions in the body. For example, the active group of many enzymes is thiol (-SH), which maintains -SH in a reduced state while maintaining enzyme activity; vitamin C can convert oxidized glutathione to reduced glutathione (GSH) ), the body's metabolism of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) reduction; vitamin C can also protect vitamins A, E and certain B vitamins from oxidation. Therefore, when glutathione is used, it can be used in combination with vitamin C to improve its efficacy. It improves the health cycle of the mechanism, supports the regeneration of the immune system, promotes the release of stored toxins, and helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Folding foods rich in glutathione
Glutathione is found in many fruits, such as cherries, cherries (small tomatoes, cherry tomatoes), etc.; in many vegetables, it also contains glutathione such as tomatoes (tomato); therefore, in daily life Eating some fruits and vegetables is good for delaying aging and prolonging life.