Posted by raybakes on October 11, 2004, at 10:04:02
In reply to Re: Supplements for brain fog? » raybakes, posted by tealady on October 9, 2004, at 19:54:04
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> Did you find that taking glutathione itself helped at all?. I've read it is not absorbed well and it's better to take the NAC and synthesise the glutatione in your body, but without one of the glutathione enzymes(I'm not sure if you mean an enzyme that helps make glut. or one that breaks it down actually).I find I can take NAC alone for only a short period of time - I seem to need selenium, B1, B2, B3 just as much - I know some autistic children do better with glutathione than NAC, even though it can't be absorbed, it can still be digested and the individual amino acids absorbed. I have been using transdermal glutathione, with good results, but still need the co-factors. Thiodox works well, but eventually I need a break - I'm sure I knock out other anti-oxidants if I take it for a while..
> Just asking as a doc has just given me some glutathione...personally I would prefer to try the NAC..but I'm wondering if you found any benefit from taking glutathione itself?
It does seem to be quite personal - just try different things and see what happens!
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> I was just reading about methione and lysine combined to make carnitine and was wondering whether to try carnitine or methionine..I have already tried l-lysine ..no effect(tried 2 bottles of) but still have another bottle here I can use of lysine. Of course it could be the tablets..with tyrosine I found I had to take the powder(or powder in capules form Thorne Research) and it had a great effect but the tablets did nothing.I do quite well with either carnitine or methionine and lysine, but not acetyl-carnitine. Acetyl-carnitine gives me a splitting headache. I wonder whether the fillers and binders in the tyrosine tablet stop you absorbing it? Frustratingly different brands of the same supplement give different results!
> OK I've heard from a few diferent people that oranges, adn especially bitter oranges makes them feel better...what is with bitter oranges?
I've heard that bitter oranges like grapefruits can inhibit liver enzymes (like cyp3a4) and for some people with low glutathione, the preservation of glutathione makes them feel better - the toxins are still there though! It means they only detox as fast as they can cope with - Jeff Bland calls them pathological detoxifiers!
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> SJW made me anxious..so does niacinamide, and NADH after a while...I haven't worked that out as yet!but any thoughts are most welcome!
SJW boosts cyp3A4 and can deplete glutathione too - I need thiamine, riboflavin, lipoic acid and selenium to go with niacinamide, not sure if that's what you go through?
Not sure if the rest of this was from you or another, let me know if you had another question - hope the answers were of some use!Ray
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