Melanie Avalon: talking about supplements and things we put in our bodies, I am all about the, you know, original purist natural form and not, you know, I feel like so many things are just doctored and then they just, they're no pun intended, but they're like doctored up and then they just put the, like they'll like put a name on it like vitamin C, glutathione to like make it seem like it's, you know, something really helpful when really they're just trying to make something that's approachable to people that is of questionable ingredients
Research confirms: traditional glutathione supplements demonstrate poor glutathione uptake, with plasma concentrations hardly changing
The new-fangled concept of recommending glutathione as an adjuvant (orally, topically or as mesotherapy) for melasma, freckles and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation is based on its depigmenting properties detailed in [Box 2]
Upon looking at the impact on the GST genotypes, only those with the null genotypes experienced a significant effect from taking NAC
Savignac et al., 2014