Research shows that poor diets that are high in refined sugars, processed foods, refined vegetable oils, low in antioxidants and essential nutrients, as well as other factors like exposure to pollutants, stress, frequent infections and a high intake of medications, can all negatively impact our glutathione levels
Suppression of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) in human fibroblasts using small molecule inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase and MK2
Aging Pathobiol Ther
(2016) 150:e1216:12191230.e6
[36] [37] GST-tags and the GST pull-down assay [edit] GST can be added to a protein of interest to purify it from solution in a process known as a pull-down assay
Without adequate amounts of glutathione, each of these processes will continue unabated and lead to a hardened, inflexible lens