Life is stressful. That’s a fact.
Every day you experience some form of stress
in your life (whether it be eustress or distress).
And over time, that
stress wears away at your body.
It can break down your immune system and
decrease your energy levels and make you look older than you actually are.
Obviously, the best way to treat the effects
of prolonged stress is to work as hard as you can to remove as much stress as
possible from your life.
But it’s never that easy.
As an alternative to help fight the stress,
health and fitness-based companies are providing a “master antioxidant” in an
easily digested, capsule form.
This antioxidant is called glutathione … and
studies have shown that it can help prevent and slow down certain effects of
stress: accelerated aging, cancer, heart disease, dementia, and more.
There are many different brands currently
available for consumer consumption – each with their own benefits and setbacks.
Today, we’re going to look at Jarrow
Formulas’ Reduced Glutathione, 500mg
and find out whether it is a viable option for getting your daily dose of
glutathione.
What Is Jarrow Formulas Reduced Glutathione?
Your body naturally produces
glutathione. But there’s an issue…
Your body’s production of glutathione is
severely depleted from a variety of factors, including:
- Aging
- Poor diet
- Toxins
- Pollution
- Stress
- Infections
Jarrow Formulas Reduced Glutathione works to
not only increase the body’s production of glutathione but to also balance out
the ratio of oxidized glutathione to reduced glutathione. (More on this in the
next section.)
What Is The Main Ingredient in Jarrow Formulas
Reduced Glutathione?
There is only one ingredient in Jarrow
Formulas Reduced Glutathione…
You guessed it … glutathione!
But not just any glutathione. REDUCED
glutathione – and it’s extremely important for fighting and neutralizing the
oxidants that eventually form damaging free radicals in your body.
Your body has what is called a G-ratio – the
ratio between reduced glutathione and oxidized glutathione. A G-ratio
that contains more oxidized glutathione is indicative of oxidized stress and
potential tissue dysfunction.
The proper ratio to strive for (for healthy
cells) is 90% reduced glutathione to 10% oxidized glutathione. The
reduced glutathione in Jarrow Formulas’ product seeks to swing the ratio in the
favor of reduced glutathione, consequently giving your body the following
benefits:
- More
activity from vitamins C and E
- Increased
proficiency at toxic removal
- Better
synthesis of protein
- Enzyme
activation and regulation
- DNA repair
- And more…
What We Don’t Like About Jarrow Formulas
Reduced Glutathione, 500mg
- Itchiness experienced in some consumers. Although
we didn’t experience this ourselves, there were reports that a handful of
consumers experienced mild to severe itching, both externally and
internally.
- Lack of effectiveness on whitening of the skin.
In the past couple of years, glutathione has become a popular supplement
for the skin whitening. Many consumers that took Jarrow Formulas Reduced Glutathione complained that it had zero effect on whitening the skin. Most consumers stopped after only one cycle. However, one consumer reported taking three cycles (months) with no visible change.
What We Love About Jarrow Formulas Reduced
Glutathione, 500mg
- Impressive results across the board.
As we stated earlier, glutathione is considered a master antioxidant, and
Jarrow Formulas’ glutathione seems to affirm that claim. Consumers
have reported improvements in skin appearance, cataracts, allergies, and
sleep (just to name a few).
- Easy to digest veggie capsules.
Jarrow Formulas’ Reduced Glutathione contains no wheat, gluten, soybeans,
dairy, eggs, fish/shellfish, peanuts or tree-based nuts. So they’re
perfect for those consumers who are on soy-restricted diets, gluten-free
diets, and the like.
