Do you know how to replenish, or preventatively maintain glutathione levels. I've heard of a product called Immunocal, "a milk protein dietary supplement," but it's too expensive for my budget.
Thanks, Dee -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Crow <duncanc...@yahoo.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> Date: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: Re: CS> CFS Stress and depression produce toxic hormonal by-poducts that work like free radicals, depleting glutathione levels. But raised glutathione levels modulate the cytokine response, boost the immune system's ability to repel infectious agents, and quench existing free radicals and associated inflammation (free radical cascades), and break toxins including normal stress by-products. In addition, in patients with CFS, myalgias, and irritable bowel, research has shown that these symptoms relate to the body hogging the glutathione precursors in favour of the liver, the kidney, brain, and immune system first, at the expense of the muscles, tissues and bowel lining. ciao Duncan <<increased stress and depression can reactivate latent viruses, decrease the body's immune response, and stimulate the production of certain cytokines linked to some CFS-like symptoms. "Part of this is a chicken-and-egg problem," Kiecolt-Glaser said. "People diagnosed with CFS often are depressed since they're unable to carry out normal, daily activities. What we don't know is whether the depression followed the diagnosis of CFS or if CFS contributed to it. "We do know, however, that this kind of depression can weaken our immune response.">> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
