glutathoine musings with regard to flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese

[Guest guest]

Alobar,

 

A couple of weeks ago I raised the question of taking flaxseed oil with egg yolk

(since I don't do well on milk products) because of the sulpher in eggs. Since

reading your very helpful sources, I've found that the sulpher in eggs is linked

to cystine and that eggs have a very high level of this amino acid. Also, in an

interview with Udo Erasmus, he says he takes his oil with a soft or runny yolk.

Since cystine is easily destroyed by heat, I just eat my eggs (organic) raw. I

think Dr. Mercola's arguments on the salmonella question are reasonable.

 

Claire

 

 

[Guest guest]

In preparing the post I just made on Glutathione, I began to

wonder about the sulphurated proteins which Doctor Budwig wants

people to take along with flaxseed oil for treating cancer. Below

are the snippets from my previous post which got me thinking along

these lines.

 

So I am wondering if taking cysteine supplements along with

the Budwig cottage cheese plus flaxseed oil might be beneficial, and

if so -- how much would be a reasonable amount to take.

 

Alobar

 

> http://www.nutritionadvisor.com/glutathione.html

 

> Glutathione is a substance, the levels of which

> in our cells are predictive of how long we will

> live. There are very few other factors which are

> as predictive of our life expectancy as is our

> level of cellular glutathione. Glutathione has

> been called the " master antioxidant " , and

> regulates the actions of lesser antioxidants such

> as vitamin C, and vitamin E within the body.

 

 

> http://www.immunocal.com/Glutathione.htm

 

> Glutathione is a small molecule found in almost

> every cell. It cannot enter most cells directly

> and therefore must be made inside the cell, from

> its three constituent amino acids: glycine,

> glutamate and cysteine. The rate at which

> glutathione can be made depends on the

> availability of cysteine, which is relatively

> scarce in foodstuffs. Furthermore, the cysteine

> molecule has a sulfur-containing portion which

> gives the whole glutathione molecule its

> biochemical activity

 

> glutathione is a very important detoxifying

> agent, enabling the body to get rid of undesirable

> toxins and pollutants. It forms a soluble

> compound with the toxin that can then be excreted

> through the urine or the gut. The liver and

> kidneys contain high levels of glutathione as

> they have the greatest exposure to toxins. The

> lungs are also rich in glutathione partly for the

> same reason. Many cancer-producing chemicals,

> heavy metals, drug metabolites etc. are disposed

> of in this way.]

 

> A recent press release by CBS highlighted the

> need for a " universal or all-purpose drug " able to

> combat any germ or toxic chemical released by

> hostile forces. In general, the idea would be to

> bolster the defenses we already possess, in

> particular the immune system, to fight against

> infections and cancer. CBS made brief mention of

> two substances, cysteine and glutathione, that

> deserve much greater attention.

 

> It is on record that there are many medical

> disorders associated with glutathione deficiency.

> These include AIDS and cancer wasting

[Guest guest]

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" Claire West " <clairewest1

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:27 PM

Re: glutathoine musings with regard to

flaxseed oil plus cottage cheese

 

 

> I just eat my eggs (organic) raw. I think Dr. Mercola's arguments

on the

> salmonella question are reasonable.

>

> Claire

 

hehe. Back when I was a kid, my mother used to feed me

non-alcoholic eggnog about once a week (3 raw eggs per batch) over

about a 10 year period. Over the next 20-30 years I kept up the

practice, although not as frequently. I never once got sick. And

this was before I started using organic eggs. While I do feel the

quality of non-organic foods has steadily gone down over the years,

and while I do use organic eggs all the time, I still feel the

salmonella danger in eggs is much eggsadurated (pun intended).

 

Alobar