Katherine Saunders, MD, is an obesity medicine physician, clinical assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and co-founder of Intellihealth
So, if we do not have enough glutathione, we do not have the building blocks for our cells to work properly, including to detox the body, or create crucial chemicals in the body, such as the stomach acid we need to adjust our food or the melatonin we need to sleep at night properly
Red flags include pharmacies that wont name their API source, telehealth providers without a licensed pharmacist signing off, and products labeled research only or not for human use. Legitimate compounders publish certificates of analysis and operate from a state-licensed pharmacy address
To determine reference ranges, labs test the blood of a large representative population sample (chosen based on characteristics like age, sex, and general health status) and use statistical analysis to identify the middle 95 percent of values for the nutrient in question