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Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

1016 - The Power of Glutathione: Benefits + How to Boost It

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6804 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this video, Dr. Ruscio discusses the benefits of glutathione, the body's master antioxidant. He discusses how to boost glutathione naturally via the diet, supplements that help boost glutathione, and how to supplement with glutathione directly (including the best forms and doses of glutathione).

 

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📌Timestamps

00:00 What is glutathione?

02:25 Benefits of glutathione

07:27 How to raise glutathione levels naturally

15:53 Should you take glutathione?

17:34 Best liposomal glutathione & dosage

19:41 Best topical glutathione & dosage

20:52 Best glutathione IVs & dosage

21:47 Best intranasal glutathione & dosage

🎧Audio Episode & Featured Studies 

📉Glutathione alterations in depression: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39708105/

📉Altered central and blood glutathione in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35123548/

📉Low levels of glutathione in endoscopic biopsies of patients with Crohn's colitis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10601540/

📉 Celiac disease, inflammation and oxidative damage: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22606367/

📉 Circulating antioxidant levels in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31475863/

📉 Mitochondrial glutathione: features, regulation and role in disease:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23123815/

📉 Mitochondrial glutathione, a key survival antioxidant:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19558212/

📉 Glutathione and infection:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23089304/

📉 Deficient synthesis of glutathione underlies oxidative stress in aging and can be corrected by dietary cysteine and glycine supplementation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21795440/

📉 Oral supplementation with whey proteins increases plasma glutathione levels of HIV-infected patients:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11168457/

📉 Glycine and N-acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) supplementation in older adults improves glutathione deficiency, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, genotoxicity, muscle strength, and cognition: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33783984/

📉 Deficient synthesis of glutathione underlies oxidative stress in aging and can be corrected by dietary cysteine and glycine supplementation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21795440/

📉 Vitamin C elevates red blood cell glutathione in healthy adults: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8317379/

📉 A Review of Dietary (Phyto)Nutrients for Glutathione Support: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31484368/

📉 Oral supplementation with liposomal glutathione elevates body stores of glutathione and markers of immune function: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28853742/

📉 What is Glutaryl?: https://www.aspenmedcenter.com/what-is-glutaryl/

📉 Topical Absorption of Glutathione-Cyclodextrin Nanoparticle Complex in Healthy Human Subjects Improves Immune Response against Mycobacterium avium Infection: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37507915/

📉 Central nervous system uptake of intranasal glutathione in Parkinson's disease:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28725693/

📉 Phase IIb Study of Intranasal Glutathione in Parkinson's Disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28436395/

 

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0:00.0

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0:14.8

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0:22.2

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0:25.8

Hey, everyone, let's discuss glutathione, aptly named the master antioxidant,

0:31.5

a powerful antidote to inflammation, aging, and all of the oxidative stress that modern day we are definitely

0:40.6

bombarded with.

0:42.3

The free radicals that underlie this oxidative inflammatory insult that causes cellular

0:49.6

and tissue aging has a multitude of sources.

0:53.3

Our mitochondria, when they're producing energy,

0:56.1

make these oxidative byproducts, our immune system. This is a big one. If you have any sort

1:01.5

of chronic infection, autoimmune condition, or ongoing source of inflammation, this might

1:07.2

be small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the gut, a fungal overgrowth in the gut,

1:11.8

like candida, some type of gastrointestinal inflammation, leaky gut.

1:16.7

This is where there's a significant taxing and a drain on glutathione.

1:23.8

Air pollution is another source, which is pretty difficult to escape completely.

1:28.3

Dietary sources of oxidative stress that will deplete your glutathione include but are not limited to processed food, consuming a lot of browned foods, actually, the advanced glycation end products in those foods, pesticides, herbicides, metals in food,

1:48.2

alcohol, smoking, certain drugs, psychological stress, and even exercises a healthy

1:54.1

stressor will deplete glutathione by creating some healthy, but nevertheless, oxidative stress.

2:00.8

So today, let's cover what some of the symptoms and conditions that stand to benefit the most

2:07.0

from optimizing your glutathione are how you can boost your body's natural production

2:13.0

of glutathione to fight inflammation, to fight aging with foods first, but then knowing that many people

2:20.2

in our audience are doing a lot of the food and lifestyle stuff correctly already, what can

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