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Dr. Also called: Superoxide Dismutase 2 Superoxide defense in its own setting Dr. Purser teaches SOD as one member of an antioxidant team. SOD2 works in mitochondria and uses manganese. SOD converts superoxide into hydrogen peroxide, which …

Dr. Also called: Superoxide Dismutase 3 Superoxide defense in its own setting Dr. Purser teaches SOD as one member of an antioxidant team. SOD3 works outside cells and uses copper and zinc. SOD converts superoxide into hydrogen peroxide, wh…

…. There are several questions to consider: Is cysteine available? Can the cells make glutathione? How is it used and recycled? One test does not answer all of these questions. Where the VARS Triad and MTHFR Daily fit In Dr. Purser’s treatm…

Copper is one of the body’s most important minerals in your body — a tiny metal with massive impact. It acts as a cofactor in essential enzymes like SOD1 (superoxide dismutase) that protect your cells from oxidative stress, and even helps

PURSER WELLNESSThe Unfulfilled Promise of Glutathione From the reading room

Glutathione is not only an antioxidant it is one of only a few SUPER ANTIOXIDANTS another other one being superoxide dismutase, or SOD. What does it mean to be a super antioxidant? Vitamin C, the best known antioxidant, obviously helps with colds and other viral illnesses but in theory, reduced glutathione, the form we can use in our body, is a MILLION TIMES more potent! A million times more effective! It should be but so far has not been. WHY? And what is glutathione? Why is it supposed to be such an amazing vitamin? Well, it’s not really a vitamin as we know it, nor is it a hormone but somet

PURSER WELLNESSWhat is VARS? Super Antioxidant Protection?A conversation with Dr. Purser

…when you say for antioxidants, so does that mean v the vase label will only be on antioxidants. Yes. So that's why it's not on Britain or MTHFR daily. And funny enough with Brightin, it has a few antioxidants in it anyway, but we just don't…

PURSER WELLNESSUnable to Detox From Inflammation?A conversation with Dr. Purser

…r homoyine levels checked um really at any clinic or at any lab and uh and that's a good marker to look at. People always want to lower their homoyine levels and Dr. person will say anything below a seven is going to be very healthy homoyin…

PURSER WELLNESSUnderstanding Your CMA with Redox Results: What Those Two Pages Actually MeanA conversation with Dr. Purser

…appens at the cellular level. From a simple blood draw, the lab isolates your white blood cells (specifically lymphocytes). These cells are then individually “fed” a comprehensive panel of nutrients and antioxidants. By measuring how effici…

Everyone is talking about collagen, protein, and vitamins. Almost no one is talking about one of your body's most important antioxidant defenses. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a naturally occurring enzyme that helps your body neutralize o

Every single day your cells face oxidative stress from normal metabolism, environmental exposures, exercise, stress, and aging. Your body has a defense for that. Superoxide dismutase, better known as SOD, is a powerful antioxidant enzyme

Certain genetic variants can affect MTHFR enzyme activity, which is why understanding your individual biology can change the conversation around nutrition. That is where MTHFR Daily comes in. Designed with methylation support in mind, MTH

What if one of your body's most powerful antioxidant defenses is also one of the least talked about? Superoxide dismutase, better known as SOD, is an antioxidant enzyme your body naturally uses to help neutralize superoxide radicals and pr