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About Lorraine C

Lorraine is a contributing author to My Max Wholesale and other health oriented sites included wholeearthhealth.com and the-quality-of-life.com

Glutathione & Why We Need It

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Glutathione is an antioxidant that is produced by our body. It is frequently described as a small tripeptide molecule, but I’m not certain that information is very useful to many people, although it certainly sounds very official. For most people, I find that what is more useful information is to talk more about; antioxidants, what is unique about glutathione and why you need it.

Antioxidants are molecules that can neutralize other damaged molecules called free radicals. Unlike a stable molecule which includes an even number of electrons, free radicals – for one reason or another- have lost an electron and therefore have an odd number. To re-establish a normal, stable state, a free radical will “steal” an electron from another molecule. This sets up a chain reaction which will eventually damage the cell made up of these unstable molecules. Free radicals are created by forces that are both natural and manmade and which occur both within and outside of the body.

An example of free radical creation within the body from a natural force would be that free radicals are a by-product of our energy production or metabolism. Think of your body burning energy to fuel your cells like a fireplace. What accumulate at the bottom of the fire place are ashes. Free radicals are similarly a by-product of your body’s fire and like the ashes in a fireplace, need to be cleaned out in order for the fire to continue to burn efficiently. To continue the analogy, imagine how the fire progressively becomes smothered by the buildup of ashes until it eventually dies. The same thing happens to the cells in an organ, which eventually can affect the operation of the organ and in time the rest of your body. This is actually a very simplified look at aging.

Back to antioxidants. Antioxidant molecules are structurally able to donate an electron to a free radical without themselves either becoming free radicals or instead becoming free radicals that lack the ability to capture electrons from other molecules. That they accomplish by donating electrons to a free radical is that they stop the chain and the damage it causes.

Most of the antioxidants in your body are specialized and some of the best known antioxidants are Vitamins C and E, Coenzyme Q10, Alpha Lipoic Acid and finally glutathione.

Glutathione is an antioxidant that your body makes. It isn’t possible to ingest it- like we do with Vitamin C. What’s unique about glutathione is that it is found in every cell of your body and is uniquely capable of dealing with every kind of free radical (and there are many different kinds)

Many of the people suffering from what are referred to as the chronic diseases of aging – like heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s disease to name a few are also found to have low levels of glutathione. Very low levels of glutathione have also been found in children suffering from autism.

When we are young, our bodies produce lots of glutathione but as we age (in fact as we leave our twenties) our natural ability to manufacture this vital antioxidant falls by about 10% every decade. With less glutathione in our systems, free radical damage builds up, more cells and then organs are harmed and our bodies age. Many say that we age prematurely.

So, the reason to get more glutathione into your system is to help avoid or at least hold off, those conditions that come about as our organs function less efficiently and hold off the side effects that come with that – like the pain from chronically inflamed joints or a lack of mental focus, clarity, fatigue and poor sleep that happen with aging.

Glutathione can be administered intravenously, although it is a very inconvenient and expensive process. Glutathione cannot be taken as an oral supplement because its components (in particular and enzyme called Cysteine) are easily destroyed by the gastric juices in your digestive system. What can be done it to supplement with products called glutathione precursors. MaxGXL, MaxONE & Cellgevity are all glutathione precursors, which mean that they are nutritional supplements that boost your body’s supplies of the building blocks it uses to make glutathione. These products have all been proven to increase glutathione levels by over 300% in a few months.

About Hypoglycemia – Low Blood Sugar

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Low blood sugar is “the great mimicker.” That’s because it can copy almost any other condition inside our disease experience. For example, it can look like a heart attack, panic attack, migraine or MS. It can look similar to Lupus, depression, indigestion or tinnitus/Meniere’s disease. Low blood sugar might appear like practically anything and can affect nearly any organ system, but it most usually shows up in symptoms associated with the brain and liver.

Hypoglycemia sets off the famous “fight-or-flight” crisis response. During fight-or-flight, your body turns off non-crisis systems and pours stress hormones to your bloodstream. Any sugar still in your liver is used as fuel (glucose) and this rapidly brings your glucose levels back to normal. (If your liver is depleted and cannot deliver the sugar, your body will strip it from your muscles and kill the muscle cells.) Once your sugar levels return to normal, the fight-or-flight stress response stops and normalcy at some point returns.

Hypoglycemia is not a disease in itself; it is more of a reaction to the 4 problems of all imbalances (toxins, trauma, deficiency and stress). Hypoglycemia is a major trigger for distressing symptoms. Find the cause and low blood sugar can typically be resolved.

Numerous supplements can help, especially those that focus on filling nutritional deficiencies, removing toxins, easing psychological distress and repairing tissue hurt by injury.

There are 4 triggers that create illness: trauma (injury), toxins, nutrient deficiency and stress. Other deficiencies can bring about Hypoglycemia as well. For example, dehydration, too little sleep and nutrient deficiency can generate an imbalance in blood sugar metabolic processes. Given that individuals low in Vitamin D speedily become hypoglycemic, and since Vitamin D is associated with healthy sun exposure, a lack of sunlight can cause hypoglycemia.

Poisons such as heavy metals can lead to hypoglycemia and so can allergies- which can be frequently be confused with low blood sugar.

Even traumas can produce hypoglycemia as a body prompts inflammation in the repair process. Slight injuries brought about by an exercise free lifestyle cause continual blood sugar swings. Exercise – specifically in morning or evening sunlight – can activate Vitamin D and normalize our blood sugar.

There are so many factors that are important to our health and so many ways that we can try to get ourselves healthier. Working out in the early morning or late afternoon sunshine and making exercising a part of our daily life is important. We need to strive for a better diet too, with sufficient nutrition and a healthy consumption of antioxidant rich foods and nutrients to encourage our own production of antioxidants like CoQ10 and glutathione.

Go Green – Recycle your Fat

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As I write this the wintertime has Ontario in an icy grip. The greenhouse is frosted around the corners and the holidays are just around the corner. working out this morning the gym was quiet but by January the place will be packed. I’m not worried about that though, because within a few weeks most of the new people will vanish again.
I question, how many of the people who quit way too fast will blame it on a shortage of energy, which is pretty dumb considering the best way to boost your energy is to workout. That’s not just me speaking either. Its the truth.

Our bodies produce energy from the fuel we provide – usually fats, sugars and proteins . First we burn the sugar. Next we burn the protein and finally when the other fuel sources are gone we get around to burning the fat. ( While I think of it, product called ASEA will help you burn fat first- check out the research here), protein lasts a little longer and the longest burning fuel is healthful fat. It melts away slowly, which must be why it’s so darned challenging to lose, but when we workout, the fats in our body along with vitamin D, recycle.

Hard exercise activates your vitamin D which in turn prompts the hormone insulin, which activates your metabolism and then the Vitamin D recycles fat from your bloodstream to feed that furnace that was activated by exercise originally and provides further fuel for more activity.

Its a method that is put into motion when you make that first step to get moving. The more work you do, the more exercise you’ll be ready to do (and want to do) and dare I add, the more energetic you’ll feel?

Naturally, you’ll also have some fat that won’t be burned and it will be recycled within your body in a number of different ways, so its a fantastic idea to only consume the healthy forms of fats. Your brain cells for example are mainly created of fat and so are hormones. With healthy fats in your diet, your brain will be built of healthier fat and your hormones will be better balanced. The same goes for cholesterol- good fats produce healthier cholesterol- bad fats don’t.

We all name fat as the enemy and sure- some types of fats are very harmful. But, we’re really our own worst enemy when we cosy up too much to the couch, our remote controls and our preferred excuses.

If you’re over 30 and feel that your energy levels are below what they should be, you might get a bit of a boost by increasing your glutathione with a glutathione precursor. Click here for information about MAXGXL – a glutathione precursor supplement.

What is RiboCeine?

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Finding ways to increase our levels of glutathione had kept scientists stumped for years. Since delivering glutathione directly as an oral supplement has proven to be an ineffective way to introduce it you our bodies, it was necessary to explore a different route. In response to that challenge, came the decision to supplement glutathione using its essential building blocks, the three amino acids cysteine, glutamic acid and glycine. Two of these amino acids, namely glutamic acid and glycine are readily available through our diet, but absorbing the required levels of cysteine proved to be a challenge. Until recently, NAC ( N-acetyl Cysteine) provided the best chance of maintaining ideal glutathione levels, but the large steady doses needed were expensive and inconvenient.

RiboCeine changed that. Developed by the renowned medicinal chemist and research scientist , Herbert T. Nagasawa, Ph.D., tt’s a groundbreaking combination of Ribose and Cysteine. Both are naturally occuring nutrients, that when combined will effectively deliver Cysteine to your cells. RiboCeine is best described as a “demand release” nutrient that is activated by the cells themselves. After entering the bloodstream it is used by the body to produce glutathione and ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the cells natural source of energy. RiboCeine has outperformed every means of glutathione enhancement that it’s been tested against.

RiboCeine is a nutritional compound and has been the topic of twenty published, peer-reviewed scientific studies. (List of studies at the bottom of the page if you click here)

I Wonder How We Got So Heavy

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Overweight and obesity is growing at an alarming rate all over the planet, especially in developed countries such as the United States. In October 2002, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that thirty one percent of US adults were considered obese in the year 2000 compared to only 14.4% in 1980. And while re’re on the subject, in 2000 it was reported that around 15 percent of children and teens were overweight in 2000 – 3 times worse that what was reported in 1980.

So, What’s the Difference between Overweight and Obese

The most frequently used definition for the difference between being overweight or obese may perhaps not make very much sense to the majority of folks. Obesity is having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30. Overweight is having a BMI of 25–29.9. So, what is BMI exactly?

BMI is a measure of body fat based on your height and weight. It is worked out by dividing body weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared. (Yes, something I’m sure we do every day) Let’s try this to make it a little easier, go to this online BMI calculator:

In 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General warned that the weight we are carrying aound might soon kill more US residents than smoking. Understand this: With all of the breakthroughs we have made in hygiene, nutrition and controlling diseases, our generation is the first in the history of the USA to have a lesser life expectancy than their parents. We are murdering ourselves and our kids with the habits that have made us so fat.

What’s caused this fat trend?

What has led to such significant and extensive increases in obesity?
Experts say that rising rates of obesity among children and adults may be attributed to a mix of these things:

    Viewing Television
    Sitting at a computer
    Driving long distances (for example, commuting)
    Working long hours at sedentary jobs
    Conveniences which lower physical activity (think “drive-through” coffee shops)
    Lack of usable playgrounds for youngsters
    Elevated consumption of pop and other “market place-driven” factors that promote overeating, like:
    Larger portion sizes in restaurants
    Increased sizes of individual food items (such as soft drinks, candy bars, bagels)
    Too Many vending machines
    Increased number of junk food choices
    Pervasive promoting of high-calorie foods
    Marketing approaches that encourage ordering bigger serving sizes
    Emotional overeating, prompted by increased stress
    Yo-Yo dieting
    Greater acceptance of obesity in specific ethnic groups

Although many complex cultural and lifestyle factors lead to the weight problems trend, in most situations, the calculation is fundamental:

Too much food + too little exercise = Too Much Weight

The obesity epidemic is just one of the many health problems we face with aging, but unlike many other problems you might face in your life, this one is entirely within your control.

Do Something!

Beautiful Skin is More than Skin Deep

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The health of our skin can show us a lot about the wellness of our complete body. We need to understand how to examine the message and how to pay attention, because lovely skin is a good indicator of healthy amounts of essential nutrients.

For instance, skin hydration depends on glucosamine just as joint hydration does. So, dried up skin most likely means dried joints. Skin that is simply damaged indicates fast aging, which probably signifies fast aging of our circulatory system. Additionally, skin that is easily burned from the sun may point out that our essential fatty acid (EFA) and antioxidant reserves are low which means other tissues that rely on antioxidants and EFA for safety may also be at risk. You can improve your low antioxidant reserves and specificallyincrease your glutathione with MAXGXL

Skin has a foundation of healthy fats. Many of the topical emollients we put on our skin are some kind of fat. Having said that, we don’t actually absorb fats very efficiently through our skin. The very best way to create a healthy foundation for your skin is to supplement with essential fatty acids. Vitamin D from fish oil and Vitamin E, one of the principal fat soluble network antioxidants are excellent choices to start.

Sunlight and Vitamin D

The increasing occurrence of diabetes, osteoporosis and certain cancers could be explained partly through a lack of Vitamin D. A boost in insomnia and seasonal depression tells us that we are not getting adequate early morning sun.

We require more daylight. Now, how will we make it safe?

Acknowledge the requirement for sun and the need for caution. Plan your sun time so that you maximize the benefits while minimizing the dangers. For example, get your sunlight early in the day. Early morning sunlight does not have the excessive ultra-violet intensity that noon sun has. So, take a 20-minute walk in the early part of the day with your skin uncovered to sunlight. This will give you the benefits without the risks of over-exposure.

Or, take a twenty-minute walk late in the day with your skin exposed to sunlight. There are less UV rays in the evening than at noon, though more than in the morning. This will have a less pronounced effect but will nevertheless supply many of the same advantages.

Don’t expose your skin to midday sun for extended periods of time. Wear clothes that protect most of your skin and include a sun hat that offers shade for your face and ears.

Selected nutrients are helpful to protect against sun damage:

    Essential fatty acids work with Vitamin D in the dermis to protect against unsafe radiation.
    Vitamin C neutralizes the problem of oxidative stress.
    Antioxidants, such as those found in berries and superfruits used to make the health drink AIO with AC-11 (from from Uncaria) can help protect against DNA damage from radiation.

Tell me about sunscreen

Sunscreen is a very hot topic, but using it is entirely up to you. Human beings have been living outdoors for thousands of years without serious danger from sun exposure. The boost in skin cancer danger came about as a combination of seriously polluted air, a minimal antioxidant/nutrient diet and the 40-year sunning craze that followed the second world war. We didn’t do that in the past.

More people today die of cancer related to Vitamin D deficiency than of skin cancer caused by sunburn. Again, get some morning and evening sunlight for your health, by no means get a sunburn and keep your skin protected when you are exposed to midday sun. No mad dogs or Englishmen here.

About Network Antioxidants

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Antioxidants are our body’s major protection against the injury triggered by free radicals which contribute to many chronic inflammatory and degenerative ailments. Oxy radicals are the root cause of premature aging. Among all the antioxidants, a group of five are identified as Network Antioxidants. This group of both water and fat soluble antioxidants work together to help your cells and do the job together to support each other.

When an antioxidant contributes an electron to restore a free radical, it actually becomes one, but a benign one without the potential to perpetuate the chain reaction. Unfortunately, when they are oxidized, they’re also not able to function effectively. But, what is special about the network antioxidants is that are able to help to regenerate each other and carry on the cycle of searching out and correcting free radicals.

Even though they perform together, the network antioxidants fulfill diverse tasks. The fat soluble ones, specifically Vitamin E and CoQ-10 protect the fatty cell membrane and the cell mitochondria, and the water soluble antioxidants, Vitamin C and Glutathione protect the center of the cell. ALA – Alpha Lipoic Acid is unique in that it is both fat and water soluble.

Vitamin C is the link which bridges the fat soluble and water soluble antioxidants in the network and is largely responsible for recharging Vitamin E when it becomes oxidized.

Vitamin E is closely aligned with heart attack prevention, because it’s the only antioxidant that can reach fatty parts of the cell that are not accessible to the rest of the network. It’s really not a single compound but is instead a family of fat soluble alcohols.

CoEnzymeQ-10 or CoQ-10 is found in each your cells, where it is concentrated in the mitochondria, the component of your cell that generates energy. Mitochondria are vulnerable to free radical damage which has been evidenced as a decline of energy as we age. Additionally, CoQ-10 works in the regeneration of Vitamins C, E and Glutathione

Glutathione, popularly regarded as the Body’s Master antioxidant is continually circulating through your cells, repairing your immune cells and cleaning cellular waste from your body. It supports the rejuvenation of all of the remaining network antioxidants. Raising your glutathione levels helps protect you from several inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, asthma and others.

Alpha Lipoic Acid is unique among the Network Antioxidants in that it is both fat and water soluable and can support both the fatty membrane and water based interior of the cells. It is also uniquely capable of repairing itself and notably can regenerate the other network antioxidants including glutathione. It helps to stop muscle damage during strenuous workouts.

Like glutathione and CoEnzyme Q-10, ALA is produced by your body, but the production capacity decreases appreciably as we age.

ALA – About Alpha Lipoic Acid

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ALA molecule

Available in every single cell of the body – much like glutatione – alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is an antioxidant that helps your cells transform glucose into energy. Unlike antioxidants like Vitamin C which can exclusively work in water or vitamin E which only works in fat , ALA operates in both water and fat. It can work anyplace in your body. Like other antioxidants, ALA neutralizes free radicals -metabolic waste – from your cells before they grow to be crowded and toxic from a build up of waste. In contrast to most other antioxidants, Alpha lipoic Acid can help to replenish other antioxidants once they have collected the odd electrons and renders them capable to continue to neutralize more free radicals.

ALA is also used as an abbreviation for Alpha Linolenic Acid which is an omega-3 fatty acid, connected with heart health, but this is not the same as Alpha lipoic acid – also known as Lipoic Acid.
Several studies have indicated that ALA may possibly be able to help lessen levels of blood sugar and combined with it’s antioxidant properties, ALA might be valuable to people suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathy, relieving some of the discomfort brought about by nerve damage.

Researchers are studying alpha lipoic acid to measure its effectiveness against glaucoma although they are yet to acquire sufficient data, but because it can pass very easily to the brain, it is possible that ALA may well be useful as a protection against brain and nerve tissue damage. ALA is currently being looked at as a potential treatment for stroke and other brain problems with root causes based on free radical damage. Dementia is one such condition.

ALA is an ingredient in both MaxGXL and Cellgevity, both of which are available at Whole Earth Health.

A Spotlight on Vitamin C and Your Health

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Every person has heard of vitamin C (a.k.a. ascorbic acid (AA) also known as dehydroascorbic DHAA in its oxidized state). In fact, vitamin C is virtually a catch all name for any compounds that exhibit the same biologic activity as AA. It’s importance was originally recognized in 1747 when James Lind observed that men could be cured of scurvy if offered oranges and lemons. It was a lifesaving breakthrough for sailors. The expression “Limey” caught on fairly quickly as a nickname for the sailors in His Majesty’s Royal Navy.

Vitamin C is the most important and readily available water soluable antioxidant within the human body. The fact that it is water soluable means that it can neutralize free radicals before they reach the cellular membrane layer. The relationship between Ascorbic Acid and glutathione– the body’s master antioxidant is unique. Vitamin C reduces glutathione back to its active form. Once reduced, glutathione will revitalize vitamin C from its DHAA or oxidized state. The symbioitic relationship explains why Vitamin C is an ingredient in Cellgevity, available from Whole Earth Health

Vitamin C is vital for the creation of collagen. It is also needed in the development of noropinephrine and serotonin. Ascorbic Acid may possibly also have some anti-clotting and blood flow advancement components by triggering the release within the body of Nitric Oxide, which is the most likely reason that Vitamin C is also a key ingredient in the supplement Pro-Argi9-Plus. (Call 1 866 993 6243 for more info)

Vitamin C is stored in both the tissues and blood in our bodies. The adrenal and pituitary glands, and lens of the eye include the highest concentrations of vitamin C inside of your body. Vitamin C is one of the thirteen essential vitamins. The term “essential” is often confused. An essential vitamin is not necessarily more important than another vitamin, rather it’s one that must come from our food since we are unable to manufacture it within the body.

Blood Flow and Healthy Functioning

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Nitric oxide is an organic chemical substance that is found to improve the flow of blood as well as enhance Muscle quantity through oxygen delivery and also vasodilation. It might even help to protect your heart. Nitric oxide, a signalling molecule takes on a crucial role in vascular regulation, neuro-transmission, apoptosis as well as triggering reactions from your immune system.

Generally, nitric oxide in its role as a signaling molecule facilitates cellular communications. For body builders, one of the most useful processes in which nitric oxide is involved could be the dilation of blood vessels – vasodilation.

Nitric oxide’s ability to improve blood flow makes it useful in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. The problem for a lot of men is that the presence of this signaling molecule decreases with age and can contribute to impotence problems. The great news is that you can top it up, by using supplements with arginine, to improve nitric oxide levels. They provide other health advantages as well. L-Arginine, such as is found in ProArgi9 Plus is converted by the body into Nitric oxide.

Nitric oxide improves stamina and improves training abilities relative to your body weight. It helps you have more energy.