https://selfhacked.com/blog/n-acetyl-cysteine-nac/ Cutting-Edge Solutions For a Better Life Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 https://selfhacked.com/blog/n-acetyl-cysteine-nac/#comment-80083 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:40:57 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=93696#comment-80083 For the following, the American Academy of Family Physicians gives NAC a “B” grade (which is very generous for an over-the-counter supplement):
1) Lessening Flu symptoms
2) Preventing exacerbation of COPD (a chronic inflammatory lung disease with excess mucus production)
3) Treatment of PCOS, a leading cause of female infertility
4) Prevention of Kidney damage from MRI contrast medium (the known entity of “contrast-induced nephropathy”)

]]> https://selfhacked.com/blog/n-acetyl-cysteine-nac/#comment-79885 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:07:44 +0000 https://selfhacked.com/?p=93696#comment-79885 There are reviews listing the various clinical uses of NAC:
1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241507/
2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036554/
3) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24080471-existing-and-potential-therapeutic-uses-for-n-acetylcysteine-the-need-for-conversion-to-intracellular-glutathione-for-antioxidant-benefits/
NAC has been tested successfully in humans with HIV, flu, pneumonia and other viruses, COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, atherosclerosis, fatty liver, PCOS, nerve injury, TBI, neurodegenerative diseases, substance abuse disorder and psychiatric disorders. In many of these conditions the common denominator is oxidative stress. This is why cysteine/ NAC, a rate-limiting factor in the production of the master antioxidant glutathione, is effective across a wide range of maladies.

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