This, in turn, helps reduce the risk of excessive oxidative stress leading to a reduced quality of life
A number of studies have shown that oxidative stress increases with aging, and leads to degenerative diseases, like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more
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However, there were many flaws in the study-plasma GSH levels were not measured (as bioavailability of oral GSH is low), limited study period of 4 weeks, no follow-up to determine when the skin melanin indices return to their baseline values, medical students were chosen (young, otherwise healthy population) and the study was conducted during their college time to ensure that sun exposures were minimal
However, their ability to cause severe intestinal and nephrotoxicity initiates burden on the patients life quality