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What Measures Can You Take For Your Future Health? If you have had the chance to read much of this Web Site, you have probably run into the word glutathione. SSRI's deplete glutathione from the cells. Deplete is an understatement. There is no feasible way to put information on this Web Site about all clinical trials that have been conducted regarding glutathione and it's role with breast cancer, cancer, tumors and DNA. *(May 28, 2003 - New research suggests that whey, a liquid byproduct from cheese production, may play a role in helping prevent prostate cancer) (Read more.. Opens new browser) Pubmed.gov currently list 558 clinical trials about glutathione and breast cancer. 318 about glutathione and cancer, 7,167 about glutathione and tumors and 7,612 about glutathione and DNA. These clinical studies do not all show that increasing intracellular levels of glutathione cure cancer, tumors or align the DNA. What is interesting about these studies with glutathione is; the ones that do not show this, are trials that were trying to duplicate certain conditions of the disease and to create this duplication, they lowered glutathione levels to make the disease. Increasing glutathione levels may or may not cure or stop the growth of breast cancer, tumors or DNA fragmentation but we are certain that depleting glutathione from these individual cells will cause the disease to begin and to grow. Much of medical science and medical research is no more than connecting the dots with skill and accuracy. This case is no different. Finally, over the past few years there have been physicians and medical researchers that have been able to connect the dots. Parkinson's disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, HIV, cancer treatment and a host of other diseases are now being treated with glutathione. The discoveries with cancer have been most interesting regarding glutathione. In simple terms; (1)Cancer cells are mutated cells. When they mutate, they steal the glutathione away from healthy cells for their own use. The glutathione stored in the cancer cells makes them especially hard to kill. For years it was thought in medicine, you do not want to give the body more glutathione because the mutated cancer cells will just take it from the healthy cells and make them even stronger. A clinical trial was conducted that showed otherwise. (1)The clinical trial has shown that if you increase intracellular levels of glutathione to the healthy cells, the healthy cells will actually begin to fight back the mutated cancer cells. You will now find glutathione treatment being used with most chemotherapy treatments now. This has resulted in most patients needing to use less chemotherapy and at a much less dosage. (1) "More specifically, an in-vitro assay showed that at concentrations that induce glutathione (GSH) synthesis in normal human cells, a specially prepared whey protein concentrate, caused glutathione (GSH) depletion and inhibition of proliferation in human breast cancer cells." This was done with "concentrations that induce glutathione (GSH) synthesis in normal human cells" not at some unreal dosage that no one can take in real life. (2) From the Department of Pediatrics and Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. "We report the in vitro selective inhibitory activity of a humanized whey protein concentrate of growth of mammary carcinoma cells and Jurkat T cells in comparison to normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells. We relate this inhibitory activity to a selective depletion of intracellular glutathione synthesis. The use of humanized whey protein concentrate as a food supplementation may have direct implication in clinical trial with adjuvant chemotherapy." (3) "From Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. A study was conducted to determine the protective effects of two common dietary proteins, soy protein isolate and bovine whey, against chemically induced mammary tumors in female Sprague Dawley rats." "Our results indicate that diets rich in soy reduce the increase the incidence of chemically induced mammary tumors by approximately 20%. Furthermore, whey appears to be at least twice as effective as soy in reducing both tumor incidence and multiplicity." This clinical trial has shown the results with chemically induced tumors. This is what we are talking about with SSRI's and the other medications listed on the preceding article. Chemically induced side effects. It was from the study of SSRI chemically induced side effects that first led me to glutathione as a possible answer to withdrawal problems and the side effect they cause. The past few months have made it very clear that increasing intracellular levels of glutathione will allow someone to stay on their medication for a longer amount of time with little or no side effects. How does this last statement relate to the possible cancer risk now associated with many psychiatric medications? If someone can take these medications, and be relieved of the side effects by increasing the intracellular levels of glutathione, a major breakthrough has been achieved. Honestly, I looked at this over the past several months and cringed. Would the misinformed physician or psychiatrist prescribe even more unnecessary medication, because they could now do it without side effects? I did not want that to rest on my shoulders. This Web Site was created to give the truth about psychiatric medication and to find a solution for the millions of people that want to find a safe way to discontinue their use. The purpose of the Web Site is still to spread information that may be useful for a safe withdrawal. I know some of you that visit this site feel that these types of medication have helped you. I am truly happy for you. With the information that is coming out now about a direct cancer link and these medications, it is time for us to put all differences aside and work as a team to solve this dilemma. Presenting this information about cancer and the use of these medications was not intended to frighten you. It should cause some concern however. The intent was to give you information so you can make a decision based upon factual evidence. My best to all of you, Jim Harper References
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