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on raw fruits and vegetables appear to be the ies people experience with raw milk, many of us may be able to enhance
best ways to give us a good glutathione boost. these recoveries even further by loading up on raw fruits and veggies, and
A diet rich in the full spectrum of nutrients will people who cannot tolerate raw milk may benefit from consuming these
also provide many other vitamins and minerals foods in addition to raw, whole eggs if they do not have a problem with
important to boosting glutathione status in less whites.
direct ways. “Reducing” one of our favorite foods to a new favorite molecule may
Glutathione is not the only benefit of raw thus help us come up with better holistic solutions to promote vibrant
foods, nor is loss of glutathione the only draw- health. Here’s to yours! And may the world obtain the same.
back to excessive heating and processing. So
we clearly should not base our diet merely on For references, visit www.westonaprice.org/blogs/the-biochemical-magic-
these data. Some people, moreover, have intol- of-raw-milk-and-other-raw-foods-glutathione/
erances to fruits and vegetables, just as others
may not tolerate dairy or egg whites. These facts Chris Masterjohn is a frequent contributor to Wise Traditions and the cre-
emphasize the importance of considering each ator and maintainer of Cholesterol-And-Health.Com, a website dedicated
individual’s unique biochemistry rather than to extolling the virtues of cholesterol and cholesterol-rich foods. He is the
making a one-size-fits-all diet for everyone. author of three publications published in peer-reviewed journals. Chris
However, to the extent that glutathione is holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and is currently a doctoral student
responsible for some of the miraculous recover- in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut.

Figure 5. Figure 6.

Figure 7. Figure 8.

Juicing is a particularly noxious way to treat fruits. This is at least true when using commercial methods. Each fruit in
Figure 8 has two bars, the one on the left for the whole fruit and the one on the right for the corresponding fruit juice.
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