Glutathione and other vitamin/nutrient strategies to protect the body against neurotoxins and other poisons

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Have any of you tried an ORAL glutathione supplement or a supplement

regime tuned to help the body preserve as much of its own, endogenous

glutathione as possible? (you know that your body manufactures this

itself, don't you?)

(This is what you might take: Vitamin C several times a day, zinc,

hi-dose folic acid, hi dose B12, selenium, Sam-E, Vitamin E,

trimethylglycine)

That seems to make a lot more sense than some expensive injection..

Lots of high-tech vitamins these days are designed to help preserve

glutathione. Vitacost.com has a good house brand (Synergy) or for

those on a tight budget, beyond-a-century.com sells a lot of

nutrients, vitamins, minerals in bulk. They are not the only one. Look

at the life-extension community for the best deals.. Those people are

the biggest buyers of these supplements and the market is quite

competitive.

There are also lots of other, more general vitamins/nutrients that can

act to protect the body in various ways in highly toxic environments.

Read the literature on slowing down the various aging processes, like

cytotoxicity, excitotoxicity, lipid peroxidation and glycation.

What seems to me to be a no-brainer is taking lots of antioxidants and

nutrients that stabilize the mitochondria and facilitate cell membrane

integrity.

So, of course, we all (everyone, not just mold sufferers) should be

taking fish oil supplements that supply DHA and EPA, as well as

lechithin with a high content of phosphatidyl choline. (stachybotrys,

in particular, effects the body's membranes, its first defenses in the

throat, nose/sinuses, and especially, the lungs, which uses up the

body's natural stores of phosphatidyl choline)

Choline supplements should be taken with Vitamin B5, for maximum

utilization. The best choline source I know of is alpha-GPC choline,

but its expensive. But its very good. You don't need much to work as

effectively as lots more lechithin. DMAE is also very good, and much

cheaper. But I'd also take that with lechithin. We don't know exactly

how these mycotoxins work, and lechithin is an essential nutrient, I

think.

I have been taking a lot of antioxidants, experimenting quite a bit to

see which ones seem to offer the most bang for the buck. Here are my

personal choices, but everyone is different.

I've found that alpha-lipoic acid, at least 100-200 mg, a dose, taken

several times a day, seems to help reduce the headaches, nausea,

burning, etc. for at least 5 or 6 hours each time.

This has been the most effective nutrient I've found to date in

reducing the symptoms I get from the mold in my home. Another good one

for me has been N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC). But not as much as I take of

alpha-lipoic acid.

Coenzyme Q10, high dose Vitamin B12 and the unique neuroprotective

nutrient piracetam have also been really useful. In particular,

Piracetam has been a lifesaver for me, allowing me to regain some of

the clarity that I thought I had lost for good. Bought from

beyond-a-century, and capped myself, in 000 gelcaps, it is very cheap

these days and its worth its weight in gold. If any of you live in

houses with stachy, try this miracle 'nootropic'. You'll see what I

mean. It helps a lot. Piracetam and its relatives, the other

'racetams' - have a proven track record over the last 30+ years of

acting as powerful neuroprotective agents. They improve memory, this

is not some kind of hype, its a recognized fact. The only reason you

don't see them in stores more is because the US health establishment

seems fixated on profitable (i.e. patentable) DRUGS, not nutrients or

substances like piracetam that have fallen out of patent protection -

that are cheap and effective.

Another good one, especially for people with peripheral neuropathy -

numbness in the hands and feet, or CFS, is acetyl-l-carnitine. Many

studies have shown that ALC, or 'levocarnitine' helps a lot with this,

IF AT LEAST 2 or 3 grams a day are taken, especially with arginine.

Huperzine A may also help. So may an Indian herb called 'Bacopa' -

Do some research on them!

There are lots more, but these are the most obvious ones for me to post here.

Important: None of these nutrients will in any way lessen the fact

that you (we) are being poisoned by mycotoxins, but for those of us

who for one reason or another, are being FORCED to be in these

environments by circumstances, they MAY help stave off SOME of the

damage they do, or at least some of the symptoms of same. The bottom

line is you only have one life. Don't let them steal it from you

because of their greed.

This is just MY experience and musings, I have no qualifications of

any kind. I am not a doctor or even play one on TV. Your mileage may

vary..