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> There are 2 messages totalling 50 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 2 Jun 2001 to 3 Jun 2001 (#2001-73)
>   2. Hormones
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> Date:    Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:27:11 EDT
> From:    Richard Belloff <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 2 Jun 2001 to 3 Jun 2001
(#2001-73)
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> Can I ask what dosages of alpha lipoic acid are used to raise glutathione?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 6/3/2001 2:00:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> >
> > I'd caution EFD members about buying any orally ingested glutathione
> > product, as the most recent literature reviews on glutathione confirm
plasma
> > levels do not increase following oral ingestion in humans. I've asked
HMP
> > for research references on the post oral ingestion plasma levels of
their
> > product and received only a long list of animal and tissue
research---which
> > does not list any studies that showed increased plasma levels of orally
> > ingested glutathione in humans. To date, the only proven effective
methods
> > for raising cellular glutathione levels in humans remains intravenous
> > injections and oral administration of alpha lipoic acid---a precursor
for
> > the synthesis of glutathione.
> >
> >
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:43:46 -0500
> From:    John Cogburn <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Hormones
>
> Recently, I was reading "Exercise and Sport Science", an new exercise
> textbook. In it, the hormonal responses to exercise were discussed.  It
> seems there is a great deal of conflict over how certain types of exercise
> cause the release of specific hormones.  This is also true for the
hormones
> related to body composition - testosterone, cortisol, and human growth
> hormone.
>
> This is in contrast to some generalizations I read on this site, that
> anerobic exercise causes the release of "good" hormones, and high-volume
> aerobics causes the release of "bad" hormones.  While this may be a simple
> and appealing theory, it does not seem that science backs up this
> generalization.
>
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> End of EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS Digest - 3 Jun 2001 to 4 Jun 2001 (#2001-74)
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