What Science Says About Glutathione in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding The most important fact is: There are currently NO large, controlled clinical trials proving that glutathione supplements are safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding
Lowers Oxidative Stress When the body's capability to resist free radicals and produce them is out of balance, oxidative stress develops
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It activates the Nrf2 pathway and upregulates detoxification enzymes, such as glutathione S-transferase
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1711016 Received 23 September 2025 Revised 16 December 2025 Accepted 31 December 2025 Published 27 February 2026 Volume 16 - 2025 Edited by Antonio Simone Lagan, University of Palermo, Italy Reviewed by Hui Li, First Peoples Hospital of Changzhou, China Filipa Cristina Costa Ferreira, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Agropecuria e Veterinria (INIAV), Portugal Updates Copyright 2026 Xie, Zhang, Lin, Cheng and Huang