Frontiers Improving Antioxidant Capacity in Children With Autism: A Randomized, Double Blind Controlled Study With Cysteine Rich Whey Protein Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Studies show children with autism have significantly lower levels of glutathione, the body's master antioxidant. Without enough glutathione, the body struggles to eliminate toxins, making it harder to cope with everyday Evidence of oxidative damage and inflammation associated with low glutathione redox status in the autism brain Translational Psychiatry What is Glutathione? What are the Benefits of Glutathione?