Cysteine is one of the building blocks of the vital antioxidant glutathione. Glutathione deficiency plays a role in aging, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and other conditions. Inflammation is the true killer of our bodies and we must do everything in our power to control it.
A recent article was published in the March 27, 2009 epublication of PLoSONE:
Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine say that they have found a direct association between oxidative stress
and inflammatory signals in the blood. This finding paved the way for preventing several diseases by including antioxidants in the diet, and for reducing the impact of inflammation.
Dr Dean P Jones, professor of medicine and director of the Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory at Emory University School of Medicine, said that oxidative stress, a disruption of the body's ability to control reactive forms of oxygen, has been connected with heart disease, diabetes and several nervous system diseases.
The higher the level of oxidative stress outside the cell, the more oxidized cysteine there is.
Other indicators like glutathione are more important inside cells.
This suggests that one could target certain antioxidants to decrease the inflammation in the body to perhaps prevent degerative diseases.
