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The enzymes in your digestive tract are very good at their jobsso good, in fact, that they often break glutathione down into its individual amino acids before it ever reaches your small intestine
Men are also more likely to develop conditions associated with reduced glutathione or higher oxidative stress, including, More visceral fat than women, which drives insulin resistance 49 Higher rates of sleep apnea, another contributor to oxidative stress 50 Cardiovascular disease, which occurs about 710 years earlier in men than in women on average 51 As estrogen declines through perimenopause and menopause for womenand remains lower in men overalldifferences in glutathione activity likely reflect hormonal influence as much as sex-based biology, Tennant says
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The peptide also inhibits 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT, potentially reducing follicular miniaturization