NAC 500mg
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N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) is known for its various physiological and therapeutic benefits, attributed largely to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and mucolytic effects. It is well known to increase glutathione, an essential intracellular antioxidant, by providing a stable form of L-cysteine, the limiting factor in glutathione synthesis. The number of conditions with impaired glutathione homeostasis continues to grow, including not only cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, pulmonary, and age-related diseases, but there is also increasing clinical recognition of metabolic disorders linked to exposure to environmental toxins, such as diabetes and persistent organic pollutants. By restoring glutathione levels, NAC is also well established as the most effective treatment. for acetaminophen toxicity.
Additionally, NAC's ability to cleave disulfide bonds gives it effectiveness as a mucolytic agent, with clinical benefit for people with COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. Breaking disulfide bonds may also be the same mechanism by which it lowers homocysteine and improves endothelial function in the coronary artery. disease. NAC has immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, improving flu symptoms and SLE activity. By modulating glutamatergic and neurotropic pathways, NAC has also been shown to benefit schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism.
Adults: 1 capsule 2 to 3 times daily or as recommended by a healthcare professional. Do not use beyond 24 weeks. Take with meals providing protein.
Medicinal ingredients:
NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) (free form) 500 mg
Nonmedicinal ingredients: Rice starch, vegetarian capsule (carbohydrate gum [cellulose], purified water), vegetable magnesium stearate (lubricant).
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