"As we age, many of us experience subtle changes in our mental clarity-we can't remember a name, we experience difficulty multitasking, or we forget where we left our keys. For decades, scientists have believed that cognitive decline was an inevitable part of growing older, a process termed " age-related memory impairment." But what if this cognitive decline is preventable, or even reversible?"
"Aging brains face glutathione loss, oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage, and inflammation. GlyNAC (Glycine + NAC) may reverse cognitive decline by restoring glutathione deficiency in aging brains. Old mice on GlyNAC navigated mazes faster with fewer errors after just 8 weeks of supplementation. In a 16-week trial, older adults showed improved cognition, strength, walking speed, & reduced aging markers. As we age, many of us experience subtle changes in our mental clarity-we can't remember a name,"
"Our brains consume roughly 20% of our body's total energy despite representing only 2% of our body's weight. As we age, our brains go through several changes that contribute to cognitive decline. We have lower levels of the antioxidant glutathione, our cells experience more damage from a process known as " oxidative stress", and the parts of our cells that produce energy (i.e. mitochondria) don't work as well."
Aging brains lose glutathione, accumulate oxidative damage, suffer mitochondrial dysfunction, and show inflammation and reduced neurotrophin support, impairing memory and thinking. GlyNAC (glycine plus N-acetylcysteine) replenishes glutathione precursors and appears to lower oxidative stress, improve mitochondrial function, and reduce markers of cellular aging. Animal studies demonstrated faster maze navigation and fewer errors after eight weeks of GlyNAC. A 16-week human trial reported improvements in cognition, muscle strength, walking speed, and reductions in aging biomarkers. GlyNAC offers a nutritional strategy targeting fundamental cellular deficits linked to cognitive and functional decline.
Read at Psychology Today
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]