The Amazing Health Benefits of NAC ( N-Acetyl Cysteine)
Summary
TLDRDr. Nick Serowski, a wellness advocate, discusses the benefits and controversies surrounding N-Acetylcysteine (NAC). He highlights NAC's role in boosting glutathione, the body's most important antioxidant, which aids in detoxification, immune health, tissue healing, and cellular protection. NAC's ability to improve brain health, fight cognitive decline, and reduce addictive behaviors is also emphasized. Despite the FDA's attempt to ban NAC due to its effectiveness during the pandemic, it remains accessible and is recommended for daily use at 600mg for maintenance and up to 1,200mg for specific health issues.
Takeaways
- 🌟 N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is popular for its health benefits and affordability.
- 💊 NAC is a precursor to glutathione, an essential antioxidant that supports lifespan extension and fights free radicals.
- 🚫 The FDA has attempted to ban NAC, making it controversial, but it remains available.
- 🧘 NAC aids in detoxification, supporting the liver and kidneys in removing toxins from the body.
- 🧠 NAC benefits brain health, improving conditions like psychiatric disorders, cognitive decline, and mood disorders.
- 🚫 The FDA's attempted ban on NAC occurred during the pandemic when its lung health benefits were particularly relevant.
- 🫁 NAC acts as an expectorant, helping with respiratory issues like asthma and COPD by reducing inflammation and improving lung function.
- 🩸 NAC helps balance blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity by decreasing inflammation.
- ❤️ NAC supports heart health by reducing oxidative damage and inflammation within the arteries.
- 💉 NAC has immune-boosting properties, restoring immune function and decreasing viral replication.
- 💊 Recommended daily NAC intake for maintenance is 600 milligrams, with a higher dosage of 1,200 milligrams for specific health issues.
Q & A
What is NAC and why has it become popular?
-NAC, or N-acetylcysteine, is a supplement that has gained popularity due to its numerous health benefits and its affordability. It is a precursor to glutathione, which is considered the most important antioxidant in the body.
Why is glutathione important and what does it do?
-Glutathione is crucial because it is the most powerful antioxidant in the body, helping to fight free radicals, reduce inflammation, support immune health, aid tissue healing, and improve cellular health, which is essential for protecting our cells.
Why is NAC preferred over direct glutathione supplementation?
-NAC is preferred because glutathione is expensive and difficult for the body to absorb. NAC, as a precursor, effectively increases the level of glutathione in the body.
How does NAC support detoxification in the body?
-NAC aids in detoxification by helping the body remove toxins such as chemicals from food, clothing, and other environmental sources that can accumulate in the bloodstream.
What role does NAC play in brain health?
-NAC has been shown to improve psychiatric disorders, decrease oxidative damage in the brain, and combat mood disorders like bipolar depression or OCD, as well as reduce the risk of addictive behavior.
Why did the FDA attempt to ban NAC and what was the controversy?
-The FDA attempted to ban NAC during the pandemic when it was discovered that it could significantly help with lung health and inflammation. This move made NAC controversial as it was seen as a beneficial supplement that should be readily available.
How does NAC act as an expectorant for respiratory issues?
-NAC helps to clear mucus from the lungs, making it easier to expel, and it replenishes glutathione, which reduces inflammation in the lungs and bronchial tubes, beneficial for conditions like asthma and COPD.
How can NAC help with blood sugar balance and metabolism?
-NAC can decrease inflammation, which in turn improves insulin sensitivity. This helps to regulate blood sugar levels and supports overall metabolism.
What are the cardiovascular benefits of NAC?
-NAC helps to decrease oxidative damage to cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease. It also supports overall cardiovascular health, which is important given that cardiovascular issues are a leading global health concern.
How does NAC support the immune system?
-NAC has been shown to restore immune function, increase the number of natural killer cells, and decrease viral replication, which is crucial for fighting off infections and viruses.
What is the recommended daily dosage of NAC according to Dr. Nick Serowski?
-Dr. Nick Serowski recommends a daily maintenance dose of about 600 milligrams of NAC. If sick or dealing with specific health issues, the dosage can be increased to 1,200 milligrams per day.
Outlines
💊 NAC's Health Benefits and Controversy
Dr. Nick Serowski discusses the popularity and cost-effectiveness of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC), emphasizing its ability to boost glutathione levels, which is crucial for fighting free radicals, reducing inflammation, and supporting immune health and tissue healing. He explains why NAC is preferred over direct glutathione supplementation due to cost and absorption issues. The FDA's attempt to ban NAC is mentioned, highlighting its significance during the pandemic for lung health and cognitive function. NAC's role in detoxification, brain health improvement, and mitigating the risk of addictive behaviors is also covered.
💊 NAC for Respiratory and Metabolic Health
The video continues to explore NAC's benefits, focusing on its use in respiratory health by acting as an expectorant and reducing inflammation in the lungs and bronchial tubes. The controversy surrounding NAC's availability and the FDA's consideration of making it a prescription drug is discussed. Dr. Serowski argues against this, advocating for NAC's safety and accessibility. He also touches on NAC's ability to balance blood sugar, decrease inflammation, and improve insulin sensitivity. The potential of NAC to reduce the risk of heart disease by mitigating oxidative damage and supporting immune function is highlighted. Dr. Serowski shares his personal NAC regimen and provides a link for viewers to access the product he recommends.
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Keywords
💡NAC
💡Glutathione
💡Detoxification
💡Brain Health
💡FDA
💡Respiratory Issues
💡Insulin Sensitivity
💡Heart Disease
💡Immune System
💡Dosage
Highlights
NAC (N-Acetylcysteine) has become popular for its health benefits and affordability.
The FDA attempted to ban NAC, which contributed to its controversy and popularity.
Dr. Nick Serowski has used NAC both clinically and personally for its health benefits.
NAC boosts glutathione, an essential antioxidant that extends lifespan and fights free radicals.
Glutathione supplementation is expensive and poorly absorbed, making NAC a preferred precursor.
NAC aids in detoxification, supporting the liver and kidneys in removing toxins from the body.
NAC is used in hospitals via IVs for severe toxic exposure, highlighting its detoxification capabilities.
NAC improves brain health, helping with psychiatric disorders and decreasing oxidative brain damage.
NAC can reduce the risk of addictive behaviors, which many people engage in to some extent.
During the pandemic, NAC was shown to support lung and brain health significantly.
NAC acts as an expectorant, helping with respiratory issues like asthma and COPD by reducing lung inflammation.
There was a debate over whether NAC should be prescription-only, but it remains accessible over-the-counter.
NAC can balance blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity by decreasing inflammation.
NAC reduces the risk of heart disease by decreasing oxidative damage to cholesterol.
NAC supports immune function, increasing natural killer cells and decreasing viral replication.
Dr. Serowski recommends a daily maintenance dose of 600 milligrams of NAC for overall health.
For those facing health issues or needing a boost, Dr. Serowski suggests increasing the dose to 1,200 milligrams per day.
A link to the specific NAC product used by Dr. Serowski and in his clinic is provided for those interested.
Transcripts
NAC has become wildly popular and this
is why it's inexpensive it offers
tremendous health benefits to your
entire body and also the FDA tried
Banning it which makes it a little bit
controversial hey Wellness Warrior I'm
Dr Nick serowski and I have used NAC
clinically and in my own personal life
for years at a low dose because it
offers amazing benefits to my whole body
let's go ahead and talk about all the
ways it's going to help you improve your
health NAC is going to boost glutathione
in your body now if you're not familiar
with glutathione you should be because
glutathione is considered the most
important antioxidant in your body and
in fact when you take glutathione it's
been shown to do some really amazing
things like help extend lifespan it's
been shown to fight free radicals in the
body you know how I said it it's the
most powerful antioxidant so it's
fighting those free radicals which is
going to drive down inflammation which
is very important it also has been shown
to improve your immune health support
tissue healing and if that wasn't all
good enough it actually improves
cellular health and so we really want to
make sure that we have adequate amounts
of glutathione in the body to protect
our cells and one of the big questions
people ask is well if glutathione is so
good why not just supplement or take
glutathione itself versus taking NAC
well there's a reason for that for one
glutathione is very expensive to take
when you're taking a good form the other
thing about glutathione is that it
actually is hard to absorb for your body
so what works better is just taking a
precursor that's actually going to
increase the level of glutathione in
your body and get it that way and so
that's why we take NAC typically versus
taking glutathione and the other thing
to consider is that NAC has a ton of
other health benefits as well like
detoxification NAC has been shown to
help detox your body and support your
kidneys and your liver in this process
we live in a very toxic world glyphosate
on your food chemicals in your clothing
like Flame retardant all these things
are being found in your bloodstream and
unfortunately your body's not able to
get the toxins out of your system
because there's so many of them so when
you use things like NAC it helps get the
toxins out of your body and in fact if
you were to go to the hospital from a
toxic exposure they can use na IVs in
order to support that process as well
just to further drive that point home
now NAC is also very good for your brain
health in fact it's been shown to help
improve Psych atric disorders it's been
shown to decrease oxidative damage in
the brain NAC has been shown to decrease
loss of cognitive abilities fight off
things like mood disorders such as
bipolar depression or even OCD and also
decrease the risk of addictive behavior
and here's the thing is many people say
well I don't participate in addictive
behavior that's not me well the fact is
is that almost all of us participate in
addictive behavior to some degree
whether it's sugar or coffee and
caffeine or or junk food whatever it is
we all have these issues and so
therefore NAC can help improve your
brain health now one of the things I
mentioned earlier is that the FDA tried
to ban NAC and it was very peculiar and
it was very interesting because at the
time that they really started fighting
against um the sale of NAC and it
started being pulled down off the
shelves of pretty much every major store
one of the things that was going on
during that time was the pandemic and so
it was shown that NAC could actually
help in a big way with your lung health
and and help get a lot of the um
inflammation down in the lungs and
support your body in a massive way even
your brain health during this time and
unfortunately they basically went and
made it very hard to get and so that is
why it became so controversial and so
widely known now here's the thing is
I'll put a link in the description below
to the NAC that I personally use and I
use in my clinic and you can still get
good quality NAC but just know that when
these things are found to work really
well for some reason all of a sudden
they fall under scrutiny because during
the time as I said during the pandemic a
lot of people were struggling with
respiratory issues okay this was
something that went to the lungs and let
me talk to you about NEC and respiratory
issues because if you have asthma if you
you know suffer from COPD or any type of
lung issue you want to know this because
NAC acts as an expectorant okay it helps
get mucus up from the lungs so you can
get out of your body it'll help
replenish glutathione which we talked
about which is going to help decrease
inflammation not only in the lungs but
also the bronchial tubes which is very
important I mean imagine you're
suffering from any type of disorder that
is affecting your lungs it helps with
COPD helps with decrease or even
shortness of breath and also it helps
improve lung Health if your lung health
is on the decline so this is very very
important for anybody who's dealing with
lung issues and so when it was falling
under scrutiny they basically said well
should it be a prescription because we
think that people shouldn't be able to
just go buy this stuff it should be a
prescription and at the end of the day I
don't believe that's the case I don't
think it should be because it's
something that's very safe very
effective and very powerful so
fortunately that did not happen it did
not become a prescription and you can
still get it today like I said I'll put
a link in the description below to what
I'm using and then of course we'll talk
about how much you should take okay
because that's another thing to take
into consideration now also it'll help
balance your blood sugar NAC actually
has so many benit benit throughout the
entire body and you're seeing this even
in your metabolism now according to some
of the research it'll help decrease
inflammation which will in turn improve
insulin sensitivity you know a lot of
people think that insulin sensitivity is
just all about getting insulin under
control through using maybe a medication
or something and the reality is is that
you can get insulin under control in one
of the ways is by decreasing
inflammation in the body raising up
glutathione levels NAC can help with
that also NAC can help decrease the the
risk of heart disease when we look at
all the ways that NAC helps the heart
health it's big and this is important
because understand that cardiovascular
issues are the number one problem right
now worldwide and so if you can improve
your cardiovascular health simply by
taking an in inexpensive support every
day why not do it you know when you go
to the doctors they are always raving
and complaining about cholesterol issues
but one of the things that they don't
talk about is the oxidative damage the
inflammation within the arteries that is
causing the cholesterol to become an
issue so they never share that with you
and what what I will tell you is that
NAC helps decrease the oxidative damage
to the cholesterol and that's when
cholesterol truly becomes a problem so
NAC is going to help with your heart
health now NAC also helps your immune
system it's been shown to help restore
immune function it helps increase the
amount of natural killer cells which is
important if you're trying to you know
get rid of a virus or something it also
helps decrease viral replication and
this is a big issue because when you get
sick and the virus keeps replicating it
wants to stay in your body and not go
away so therefore NAC will support
stopping that process and getting rid of
that virus so as you can see NAC is very
beneficial one of the big questions is
how much should you take well I will
tell you what I do what I do is I take
about 600 milligrams of NAC as a daily
maintainer it's helping my kidneys my
liver my brain health decreasing
inflammation raising up this glutathion
doing all the things I need it to do and
so that's what I do for a daily
maintainer now if I'm sick or if I have
any of these issues right here and I'm
really trying to you know boost up the
production of glutathione and improve my
health and overcome this problem that
I'm facing I will go up to 1,200
milligrams per day and then of course if
you look at the link in the description
below where I listed it it actually is
dosed to follow those exact guidelines
in order to improve your health so I'm
Dr Nick zarowski I hope you enjoyed this
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