Reduce congestion related to sinusitis, bronchitis, asthma, and other respiratory diseases. For more than three decades, NAC has been used as a mucolytic ("mucus dissolving") agent to help break up the thick mucus often present in people suffering from chronic respiratory ailments, including asthma, bronchitis, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, and emphysema. Lessen flu symptoms. By thinning mucus and weakening the flu virus, supplemental NAC could potentially lessen the severity and duration of the flu. Prevent heart disease. In some studies, NAC appears to significantly lower levels of homocysteine and possibly lipoprotein(a), substances associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Delay age-related cataracts and macular degeneration. By boosting antioxidant activity in the eye's lens and macula, NAC may have a role to play in preventing cataracts (which cause the lens to become cloudy) and macular degeneration (which can result in blindness as this area of the retina deteriorates). Counter environmental toxins. NAC-supported glutathione interacts with the dangerous byproducts of many toxic substances, promoting their excretion through the liver. These substances include carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, and carbon monoxide; alcohol; such heavy metals as mercury, chromium, and boron; and the microorganisms aflatoxin and Eschicheria coli. NAC has also proved invaluable in the treatment of acetaminophen overdose; it appears to protect the liver from this potentially toxic substance. To help prevent liver toxicity from taking Tylenol (acetaminophen), alcohol and other toxins, take 500mg 1-2 times a day or combine (smaller dose) with other liver protecting nutrients like those found in the Essential Therapeutics Liver Formula. For the majority of other ailments mentioned: Take 500 mg two-three times a day on an empty stomach. For sinusitis: Take 500 mg twice a day between meals. |