Radiation and Glutathione

Radiation and glutathione seem like complete opposites when it comes to our health, but are they? Well, yes and no!

You see not all radiation is bad! In fact some forms of radiation, like glutathione, are essential to life!

The truth is that radiation has existed on Earth and in the whole universe since the beginning of time! Radiation is actually a natural form of energy!

Radiation is everywhere! In fact, right now, and all the time, no matter what you do or where you go, you are being exposed to natural radiation. Natural radiation is always being emitted by the Earth, sunlight, even buildings.

Since, natural radiation is everywhere, it is also called background radiation. There is no such thing as a radiation-free environment.

Every breath you take exposes you to radiation! The air you breathe contains naturally occurring radioactive elements, such as uranium, radium, and thorium.

Radioactive simply means the act of emitting radiation spontaneously.

You are even exposed to radiation through the food you eat! Foods contains naturally occurring radioactive forms of potassium, carbon, hydrogen, and radium.

Did you know that beer and whiskey and even Brazil nuts are all radioactive? It's true!

So my point is that naturally occurring radiation is not this awful thing to be afraid of! In fact, it is necessary for life! Radiation from the sun, like in sunlight for example, is vital for all forms of life on earth!

In this way, radiation and glutathione, are both required for life! Weird but true!

There is Infrared radiation (IR) and Far infrared radiation (FIR) which is considered harmless for human. In fact, infrared heaters are what is used to keep premature babies warm in hospitals incubators.

But is all radiation safe? No!

There is radiation from microwaves (MW) found in microwave ovens, cellphones, etc., x-rays, and nuclear radiation that is not safe and it large amounts of exposure can be deadly, like in a nuclear fallout from a nuclear power plant meltdown, for example.

Non-ionizing radiation VS. Ionizing radiation

Non-ionizing radiation does not carry enough energy to completely remove an electron from an atom or molecule whereas, ionizing radiation has sufficient energy to interact with matter, especially the human body, and can eject an electron from an atom thus producing free radicals (like hydroxyradicals).

Non-ionizing radiation includes the spectrum of ultraviolet (UV), visible light, infrared (IR), microwave (MW), radio frequency (RF), and extremely low frequency (ELF).

Lasers commonly operate in the ultraviolet (UV), visible, and infrared (IR) frequencies.

Too much exposure to non-ionizing radiation, especially the microwave (MW) radiation from cellphones can be very detrimental to your health.

The ideal is to limit radiation exposure and avoid all unnecessary radiation.

Ionizing radiation includes Alpha particles, Beta particles, Gamma rays, X-ray, Cosmic, and Neutrons (found in nuclear power plants). All Ionizing radiation is harmful to the human body as it rapidly creates an overabundance of free radicals.

The ideal, again, is to limit radiation exposure and avoid all unnecessary radiation.

Of course, in today's world, this in not always possible! For example:

X-ray machines that expose the body to X-rays are found in hospitals, dental offices, government buildings, and airports everywhere. We cannot avoid them, but nevertheless, they produce free radicals in the body and deplete our glutathione.

I am grateful our hospital had an x-ray machine when my son broke his collarbone, but I knew he was exposed to radiation from the machines. Plus, we had to get x-rays done at every doctors visit. It is understandable as his doctor wanted to see the new bone growth progress.

Nevertheless, the repeated exposure to X-rays, was something that I knew was creating free radicals in my son's body depleting his glutathione supply.

Don't even get me started on radiation from cell phones, cell phone towers and now the privacy-invading "smart meters" appearing everywhere!

Is it any wonder why the average person in our modern world is depleted in glutathione?

We are too often overexposed to harmful radiation and glutathione is rapidly depleted from our bodies.

Now how exactly glutathione protects us from radiation and actually helps detoxify us from the harmful effects of radiation is in a word, well, amazing!

Learn more here: Radiation Exposure and Glutathione