X-Message-Number: 14488
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 07:14:14 -0400
From: Elfire Sol <>
Subject: glutathione and aging

I while back I found an article on something called glutathione that
supposedly affects aging.
Now I don't consider myself an expert by any stretch of the imagination,
and I wanted to know
if any of you know anything about this.

    "Researchers in Louisville, Ann Arbor, and elsewhere have tested
thousands of people and found
that those who survive to a ripe old age invariably have one thing in
commong:  high levels of glutathione.
    In contrast, those who are short on this compound are plagued with
arthritis, cancer, diabetes, high
blood pressure, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cataracts,
macular degeneration--a startling
roll call of today's most haunting disorders.
    ....some frogs studied at a university in Madrid were split into two
groups:  the control group and the
lucky group, which received glutathione plus three other common
supplements.  After 14 months, 54%
of the control group had croaked, compared to only 9% of the lucky
group.
    In round numbers, the various animal subjects lived 40% longer with
just a simple daily dose of
glutathione."

Elfire Sol

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