Re: OT: Valentina, What is NAC?

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> I noticed your post to Amber about it. Thanks Patti

Hi Patti,

NAC stands for N-Acetyl Cysteine.

It's something that for me works just too great to not tell everybody

Ok, to form a good idea, you can go here:

http://www.hon.ch/Library/Theme/HepB/comp.html

there's a ton of useful things in there about different plants (dandelion,

liquorice, milk thistle... etc.) and to the end of the page you will find NAC.

It's too much to say about NAC... It's great!

The only one " tip " I know is that if you want to work for you, you must have a

low plasma cysteine level.

Valentina

[Guest guest]

--Ok Valentina, you are talking to a MOM who never went to colledge so

you will have to explaine to me what low plasma cysteine is and how do

you find out if you have it low? Thanks for the help. You guys know so

much you are awesome!

Patti

- In @y..., Valentina Ardelean <val@t...> wrote:

> > I noticed your post to Amber about it. Thanks Patti

>

> Hi Patti,

>

> NAC stands for N-Acetyl Cysteine.

> It's something that for me works just too great to not tell everybody

> Ok, to form a good idea, you can go here:

>

> http://www.hon.ch/Library/Theme/HepB/comp.html

>

> there's a ton of useful things in there about different plants

(dandelion, liquorice, milk thistle... etc.) and to the end of the

page you will find NAC. It's too much to say about NAC... It's great!

>

> The only one " tip " I know is that if you want to work for you, you

must have a low plasma cysteine level.

>

>

> Valentina

[Guest guest]

>

> The only one " tip " I know is that if you want to work for you, you

must have a low plasma cysteine level.

>

>

> Valentina

And I just found out this week that my ds's plasma cysteine is low -

gonna try the NAC next week.

Valentina, do you know what would be an optimal dose for 7yo 55lb

boy? Should I divide up the doses throughout the day, or just in

am? What benefits did you see when you/your ds used it. Thanks!

God Bless,

Sally

p.s. Patti, plasma cysteine is a blood test from Grt. Smk. Lab. Not

too expensive. Our dr. wanted to run a blood chem. panel to see

where we stood with ds, so I asked him to order the plasma cysteine

too since we were having a blood draw anyway.

Plasma cysteine (according to Andy Cutler) tells you whether you are

low sulphur or high sulphur. This (from what I understand) is good

info. to have when you're chelating. And I believe you all are

planning on it, right?

[Guest guest]

> --Ok Valentina, you are talking to a MOM who never went to colledge so

> you will have to explaine to me what low plasma cysteine is and how do

> you find out if you have it low?

Hi Patti

I never went to any college either but I do have a better school: The need to

take care of my son I bet everybody here knows a lot about this disorder (or

what ever you want to call it) than a lot

of doctors.

Anyway, about plasma cysteine.. I learned that it is something very important

and useful to know, mostly when you chelate, but not only. Let's say when it

comes to mercury and the damages it does in our

bodies...

I will try to tell you (shortly) what I know about this...

Cysteine is a non-essential amino acid, which means our body *should* be able to

create it from other chemicals that exist in there (but I guess we all know how

impaired this chemistry is). It is a

sulfur amino acid. Cysteine is very important because it is the precursor of

glutathione (which I will assume you know what it is and how important it is for

our health), also cysteine is used to make

the famous sulfate )

When the plasma cysteine levels are low, the body cannot produce enough

glutathion or sulfate. High cysteine levels are not ok either, because cysteine

can be very toxic.

Of course, these things that I tell you are " in theory " because until cysteine

becomes cysteine and it is transformed into... other things, it takes a lot of

chemical reactions, which many times are

impaired in our condition. It seems that mercury likes sulfur a lot so it

damages its chemistry any time it has the chance to do it

So for example: if you are low cysteine, and you also have a phenol problem

because the lack of sulfate, and let's say you take NAC (which will provide a

source of cysteine) this doesn't mean that

automatically your body will be able to produce more sulfate. This is true only

in theory because this theory doesn't assume that the body won't be able to

transform that cysteine into sulfate (which

happens actually many times with mercury toxic people).

You should be able to test for plasma cysteine; it's a blood test.

Also, I heard many people saying that another way to test this is to eat a lot

of sulfur foods (eggs, cabbage, broccoli, dairy, garlic, onion, etc) but I

personally believe this is not always a good way

to do it. I can't stand any of those foods. Not only that I don't like most of

them, but they make me feel sick. But I AM a low cysteine person.

Hope this answers your question. I am sorry if I made it too complicated, but

let me know if you need me to tell you more LOL and make it even more

complicated )

Valentina

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> Valentina, do you know what would be an optimal dose for 7yo 55lb

> boy?

Hi Sally,

I am sorry to say... I don't know.. Actually I am not sure..

I found out that for me it works best if I take NAC many times a day. I have

200mg capsules, and I have days when I take 5 or 6 (actually that happened only

when I started to take... I really-really

needed it badly). After that... I felt better so I think 3-4 times a day is ok

for me, when I chelate. The " off " days I don't need it that much... there are

days when I don't take at all. So I guess it

depends.... I am sorry I cannot help you more

I give my 3 yo son (the " on " days) half capsule 4 times per day. He seems ok

with that much...

> Should I divide up the doses throughout the day, or just in

> am?

I think it's safer to give it in am for the start, because I remember when I

first took it, it was in the evening, and I felt so good that I simply lost the

sleep I just didn't feel tired anymore...

My mind felt so clear... I couldn't sleep all that night... I was just feeling

so good... so active (not hyper) just great

> What benefits did you see when you/your ds used it. Thanks!

Me... my spleen stopped hurting, I can finally breathe well, my liver feels like

new... for me it's just a general good feeling...

Denis, my son, when I first gave him NAC... he said " Hi " to all the people we

met that day He is non-verbal!

Valentina