Dietary glycine can be rate-limiting for glutathione synthesis in normally fed humans. Glycine is a nonessential amino acid that can be synthesized from other substrates, but the amounts of glycine provided by some common diets is limiting for the synthesis of glutathione. Likely, supplemental glycine should have its largest impact on glutathione levels in those who consume diets relatively low in protein, notably vegetarians and vegans.
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