Once inflammation and oxidative stress start building up and superseding the amount of available antioxidants like glutathione, they can cause damage to cells and the mitochondria inside of cells leading to memory loss, anxiety, depression, joint pain, fatigue, weakness, weight gain, and increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
Even under ideal storage conditions, they are susceptible to decomposing during the post-harvest period [3]
Activated immune cells in mucosal tissues with broken barriers can migrate to other organs and negatively affect their functioning
It functions as a coenzyme, mediating various reactions in energy production, and regulating processes like DNA repair, gene expression, and cellular responses to stress
Crucially, it has been modified so that it has zero hormonal steroidogenic activity