Re: Can Glutathione conjugation effect chelation?

[Guest guest]

In frequent-dose-chelation wrote:

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> Well, I ment if your liver isn't producing enought glutathione can

> this cause chelation problems?

>

Just about everyone who is metal toxic would find that they have low

glutathione on testing.

----------I had the Comp Liver Detox test done about 3 years ago, shortly

after amalgam removal, and I had low glutathione. Andy responded to a post of

mine about this, and he told me that all chronically ill people will have low

glutathione levels, so 's above statement is correct. Here's the

link.--------Jackie

http://onibasu.com/archives/amc/23040.html

http://onibasu.com/archives/fdc/13646.html

As chelation progresses, the ability to

produce and sustain glutathione levels improves and then normalizes.

Having low glutathione doesn't cause chelation problems directly.

Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant, and mercury is an oxidizing

agent, so any efforts to add antioxidants helps the body to free up

and recirculate the glutathione that is there and to repair some of

the mercury induced damage. That is one reason why Andy puts so much

emphasis on supplementation with large amounts of vitamin C and E.

--------Once again, explained so well ! And again, I agree. My test

showed high levels of oxidative stress, along with the low glutathione, and I do

seem to need/tolerate high levels of antioxidants, like Vit C and E. I should

probably take more. Another sign of high oxidative stress that I had was very

very low ferritin. Your body will dump extra iron in an attempt to lower the

oxidative stress on the body, and this was clearly happening with me. So

antioxidants are very very important, and why Vit C and E are in Andy's top four

supps.---------Jackie

J

[Guest guest]

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> > >

> Just about everyone who is metal toxic would find that they have

low

> glutathione on testing.

>

Does this mean everyone should take NAC.. I thought only

some people do well with it..???.

What I read on page 204 of AI . " People with low liver

gluatathione should take NAC all the time, especially because

LA removes more gluatathione from the liver than normal. "

So while taking ALA gluatathione levels will be lowered even

more.

Also on page 111 " If the glutathione conjugagtion is slow

it will slow the liver's excretion of heavy metals in the

bile.This is best corected with N-acetylcysteine. "

This would mean our already compromised liver/gallbladder are

having even more difficult time while on rounds///

I know I cannot do without NAC>. The reason for my big

liver// gallbladder crash over a month ago.. was because I had

stopped taking NAC or extremely little.. I find I need it

every meal and whenever I awaken feeling liver pain or

anxiety..

Nanci

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[Guest guest]

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> > Just about everyone who is metal toxic would find that they have low

> > glutathione on testing.

>

> The DMSA study on autistic children reported at recent Autism One

> conferences found that some had low glutathione and some had high

> glutathione, and that both became more normal with DMSA.

>

> I posted links to the study in previous posts here.

>

Unfortunately one of the DAN! 'anointed genius' types appears to have limited

laboratory

competence and has historically reported cysteine and glutathione results that

don't

correlate with what other labs got or what happened to people clinically when

they

modified thiol intake. I'd have to see this study to know if there is some

reason to believe

the reported results are what actually happened.

Andy