Do Ketogenic Diets Lower Glutathione? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #169

Question: Do Ketogenic Diets Lower Glutathione? And so what a ketogenic diet does is put you in a low insulin to glucagon ratio longterm and the insulin to glucagon ratio is what is used for the body to perceive whether it has enough energy to invest in making glutathione. And so the reason the liver’s …

Do Glutathione Supplements Work?

In response to yesterday’s update about glutathione and COVID-19, a number of questions came in on social media about whether glutathione can be absorbed intact, whether supplements need to be liposomal, and whether N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) would be just as effective or even better. Glutathione is absorbed intact in laboratory animals, and crosses human intestinal cells …

Glutathione and COVID-19: Very Preliminary Evidence

The New York Post reported this Saturday on the case of a second year medical student at Sophie Davis/CUNY School of Medicine who apparently cured his mom’s COVID-19-related respiratory distress with 2,000 milligrams of glutathione. Josephine Bruzzese, 48, developed symptoms of COVID-19 on March 22. “She was so short of breath she couldn’t speak,” the …

What should people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency be doing not just about glutathione, but about folate, vitamin K, fatty acids, and neurotransmitters? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #55

Question: What should people with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency be doing not just about glutathione, but about folate, vitamin K, fatty acids, and neurotransmitters? G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, is an inborn error of metabolism. It’s the most common one in the world. About 8% globally have some impairment in this enzyme. The reason that it’s important …

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Glutathione for Asthma

Do you have asthma? Do you know or love someone who does? Here’s how to use supplemental glutathione (reduced, liposomal, and nebulized) to help with this condition. This is the link to the episode on nitric oxide, mentioned in this episode: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2018/01/11/nitric-oxide-genes-blood-pressure-asthma/ How to watch it: Watch it on Facebook . Watch it on YouTube. Listen to the Audio. …