Re: Glutathione and amalgams

[Guest guest]

> Hi.. I have tried to find this answer in the archives but no luck

so

> hope you will not mind a question that has likely been answered

> before.

> I read a comment by Andy and others that Glutathione is not to be

> used if there are amalgams present. I would like to better

> understand this.. can someone explain to me the reason that this

is

> contranindictaed???

I don't know why it is particularly contraindicated with amalgams,

but Andy is generally opposed to the use of glutathione, particularly

by injection. I believe the idea is that people low in

glutithione actually benefit more from supplementation of OTHER

stuff (rather than glutithione itself). I just have a minute

right now, so what I'll suggest (because it is faster than me

looking it up), is that you go to:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html

and then look for a section heading about " thiols and sulfur "

(or something like that). When you find that section, there

will be quite a number of items-- you could read them all or

just look for ones about glutathione.

This does not directly answer your question, but I hope it

indirectly helps.

> THANKS so much and sorry for a repeat question.

(almost all questions are repeat questions... you are

welcome)

good wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

> Hi.. I have tried to find this answer in the archives but no luck

so

> hope you will not mind a question that has likely been answered

> before.

> I read a comment by Andy and others that Glutathione is not to be

> used if there are amalgams present. I would like to better

> understand this.. can someone explain to me the reason that this is

> contranindictaed???

> THANKS so much and sorry for a repeat question.

>

Hi ,

I've been trying to find this answer too! Especially since Andy

responded to my email on Vit. C IV and explicity said not to let the

DO include glutathione (among other things). Well the DO told me the

glutathione was an especially important component of the drip and his

nose seemed to get out of joint when I told him to exclude it from my

IV drip. I didn't get any responses on this list to my question on

WHY it should be excluded, but I tried to find that info in Andy's

book last night.

To add some context, Andy seemed to think that I might have high

cysteine levels and suggested I get them tested. In the book he

mentions that excess glutathione could lead to a build up of excess

cysteine (a glutathione precursor) which can cause issues, although I

don't remember what specifically. I sure hope I'm remembering this

right, but look up cysteine in the index of his book and you'll find

some of this info yourself.

In any case, IF I do have high cysteine levels and that can lead to

some problems, then I guess it would make sense to not get IV

megadoses of glutathione, as wonderful as glutathione is in many

cases.

Anyway, that's the only explanation I could find so far as to why he

said I shouldn't have glutathione in my IV drip, but it's possible

I'm wrong and that there's a different explanation. Check the book,

and see what you come up with!

Suze

[Guest guest]

> Hi ,

Hello Suze, Please excuse me for replying when I am not .

>

> I've been trying to find this answer too! Especially since Andy

> responded to my email on Vit. C IV and explicity said not to let

the

> DO include glutathione (among other things). Well the DO told me

the

> glutathione was an especially important component of the drip and

his

> nose seemed to get out of joint when I told him to exclude it from

my

> IV drip. I didn't get any responses on this list to my question on

> WHY it should be excluded,

I'm not sure (and I'm too lazy to go back and look) but I think

you asked ANDY on this list. I almost never answer posts that

request information *from Andy*. Other people do other things,

that is what I do. As with this post (to ) I do my best

to QUICKLY try to judge if the post is really asking for one

person's answer or whether it is just addressed to the last

speaker-- sometimes this is hard, but I make a guess and move on.

I believe that many or most people who ask Andy want Andy's

answer, and I'm not Andy.

I did answer 's post last night. As I said to her, Andy

is generally opposed to glutathione ESPECIALLY IN IVs.

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/message/57332

" Actually I would never encourage anyone to get it. I was saying that

normal or elevated cysteine is an absolute contraindication. I still

don't think it is a good idea even if cysteine is low. "

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For people who are low on glutathione, he recommends supplementation

of other stuff --

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/message/57332

" Even when this isn't a problem, I think starting with

C 4 times a day, or in juice, etc. is a really good idea. "

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/message/35451

" Don't do the iv's. If your kid needs more glutathione, use oral

suppelementation with a high sulfur diet and NAC (optionally with

glycine and glutamine). "

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Have you read the entries in ANDY_INDEX about glutathione? -- or

perhaps even all the sulfur and thiol entries? I think a

number of them are quite relevant to your question. (That

is where I got the quotes above.)

This one is relevant, although it does NOT

include some of Andy's more colorful descriptions of the

types of problems than occur:

/message/57321

In case you don't know where ANDY_INDEX is or if someone else

is looking for it:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html

good wishes,

Moria

[Guest guest]

> > Hi ,

>

> Hello Suze, Please excuse me for replying when I am not .

No, I'm glad you did!

>

> >

> > I've been trying to find this answer too! Especially since Andy

> > responded to my email on Vit. C IV and explicity said not to let

> the

> > DO include glutathione (among other things). Well the DO told me

> the

> > glutathione was an especially important component of the drip and

> his

> > nose seemed to get out of joint when I told him to exclude it

from

> my

> > IV drip. I didn't get any responses on this list to my question

on

> > WHY it should be excluded,

>

> I'm not sure (and I'm too lazy to go back and look) but I think

> you asked ANDY on this list.

I was responding to his post so was addressing him in that sense. I

guess I should've said somewhere in that post that I'd welcome

suggestions from anyone who cares to offer them.

The information you posted here is HUGELY helpful - thanks so much

for directing me to the answers I was seeking! :-)

Suze

[Guest guest]

Moria,

Thank you for taking the time to post all of this information. I am very

grateful to you. KIM