Thanks Charlotte! I hope people can use this information to make informed decisions. I think NAC is very interesting but I'm glad that I spent time and looked into it to the extent I did.
Really interesting article with plenty of food for thought. Speaking of food, do you think most of the foods to which we have access are truly high quality, containing all the good things we assume they do? I have heard this might not be the case, even with organic produce, due to soil depletion, etc. Also, I do think aging is an important consideration. I am closer to 60 than 50 now, not able to run the distances I used to and therefore, must eat less to maintain healthy weight. I eat well, but not much. Supplementation seems to make more sense for me now, than it would have 20 years ago. But I do agree. Natural sources would be the way to go, if possible.
There's certainly an interesting issue with the reduced levels of nutrients in our food. I haven't looked into the research enough to corroborate these claims but I can understand how this could occur due to modern agricultural practices. I think it also doesn't help since there's been some debates about whether the daily supplement measures should actually increase. If that were the case then there's really would be a concern.
There's certainly a case that older people should consider looking at supplements since their ability to produce nonessential nutrients are likely to decline for many reasons.
Absolutely! I think I would only be hesitant if someone just took my entire article, copied and pasted it into their own Substack and claimed it as their own. I have no problem with people citing my paper even if it's a long-text so long as it is cited!
I’ve been on supplements 2 1/2 years. I definitely notice the difference! Of course I try to make sure I’m taking the correct dosage and that I’m taking ones that work together. Most people don’t take nearly enough to even make a difference. For instance, someone that takes 1 multi vitamin. In my opinion, what’s the point? You may as well take a Flintstones chewable-lol! I do take N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine 600 mg./day and Glutathione, Cysteine & C 750 mg./day
I tend to agree. The food pyramid provided by the U.S. gov’t is embarrassingly outdated. But when I asked my M.D. about nutrition advice, he said, I’m not a dietician. Seriously? Do you EAT? is what I wanted to ask. This was right before Covid. Doctors really don’t know as much as we think.
Which is rather ironic since most doctors are never taught anything about nutrition in medical school. I believe they only have one or two classes but never an entire course. I kind of fell down a rabbit hole of watching documentaries on carbs/wheat once, and although I'd like to do more research before providing my own perspective one thing that was continuously brought up was that doctors are never taught anything about the nutritional side of health, and that should be very alarming.
Omg…SO MUCH HAS CHANGED. For one thing, people are more educated about what GOES IN to their body! I sure am at 59! The hard part is finding the good stuff. I’m fairly lucky because I have farmers markets close…and liquor stores close by (kidding)!!!!
Aug 19, 2022·edited Aug 20, 2022Liked by Modern Discontent
L-cysteine is the natural first step resulting from digestion of all proteins, that's the source for NAC, not the opposite....
It is essential that one tries to grasp, why FDA is banning NAC... That fact connects the covid injection materials, the 5G technology and the illegal, thus criminal gene therapies falsely called 'covid vaccines'.
The substance I'm talking about is called graphene, which can be oxidized by NAC.... 2 examplea of references:
with putting it into our food, injection materials, building materials, clothing, you name it. That's why supplementing with NAC is essential detox for our livers, and that's why FDA 'just does not like it as supplement'... The tip of graphene apps is ALL electronics, including computer chips is starting to be based on this cheapest material of all, which of course will be also useful to mitigate officially its lethal consequences:
Remember, graphene is superconductor, thermal conductor, absorbs every single 5G photon, the perfect INVISIBLE weapon to end the entire humanity!!! It can be generated from graphite using specific EMF's... A small begin of some details can be found at:
I tried looking into NAC and seeing if I can find any information on it as being a natural compound and I came up empty. The evidence seems to support that NAC is a purely synthetic compound. It's a surprise to me but if that's the case that at least provides some context to the FDA issue right now.
Thank you for this article, you actually hit an extremely important topic. Not for nothing FDA 'hates' NAC... The acetylation of all proteins at specific amino acids is one of the most important s.c. postmodifications next to phosphorylation. It is basically an addition of an additional CHARGE, giving that specific location a special, important role. The oldest literature I can find on pubmed in regard to NAC goes back to ~1970-ies, when NAC was found to be a detoxicant for acetaminophen overdose.. All later applications relate to liver toxicity, and that's what is so important because liver is the NO 1 garbage disposal of our bodies, that's the last organ which dies with every cancer patient, when treated in a conventional way (chemo in particular!).. I'll cite here piece of abstract from an article about acetylated cysteine (it has to be at the N-term because of the molecular polarity, so forget the 'N-acetylated', equivalent to acetylated, since that's by default the only way to put that acetyl group there):
"The formation of carbon-carbon bonds via an acyl-enzyme intermediate plays a central role in fatty acid, polyketide, and isoprenoid biosynthesis. Uniquely among condensing enzymes, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA synthase (HMGS) catalyzes the formation of a carbon-carbon bond by activating the methyl group of an acetylated cysteine. This reaction is essential in Gram-positive bacteria, and represents the first committed step in human cholesterol biosynthesis."
As you know, cholesterol and liver are extremely tightly connected, without cholesterol there is no liver detox, that's why all 'anti-cholesterol' measurements are so detrimental to human health, ending with disasters. Graphene like every poison goes into liver, thus to get rid of it, NAC is needed. Searching for 'NAC and graphene' goes step further, intercalation onto DNA!!!!!!!!!!
It's quite strange how there are many scientists who have declared that they found graphene in several of the COVID "vaccine" brands and many others who say they can't find any at all. It does seem to be true that NAC will help with COVID, exposure to radiation and general health.
it is equally strange that there were so many magnetized covid injected people, which could have been explained via magnetized rGO (reduced grapehene oxide), and again many didn't find anything. I had very strange exchgae with one of the MD's here on substack, who confirmed that fact after travelling long distance to see these cases, but then pointed to a dubious publication, which was claiming normal people are equally magnetized...!? It ended up with him admitting that the topic is not being touched due to possible 'loss of credibility' by the medical 'specialists'!!! In my opinion, vast majority of MD's lost it already, when looking at the dying victims after the gene therapy being administered entirely without consent.
I do think some people have tried to explain it with a blood condition caused by the shot where iron levels change in red blood cells. Maybe it's not reduced graphene oxide at all? It's hard to tell.
these 2259 atoms are bound to ONE iron atom, which has the atomic number 26, the 4 sulfurs alone have atomic number 4x16=64!
In that one hemoglobin with ONE IRON atom, the space ratio of those 2 makes it impossible to make the blood (which has also other compounds in addition to hemoglobin) become ferromagnetic, attracting the little magnets sticking to the skin... That's why we never saw 'magnetized humans', before these injections with questionable compounds... Only concentrated, super light ingredients like highly magnetic rGO could explain that what we see, in my opinion...
Well you have to keep in mind that it's not the hemoglobin protein itself that is binding the iron, but it's the heme cofactor that forms a complex with iron:
the spike genome is embedded into NANO's, essential part of every covid injectgion material, without which even the synthetic mRNA wouldn't survive in order to get into every targeted cell.. without the nano's there is no gene therapy, no covid injections! the spike comes with it naturally.. The spike is the car, the nanos is the gasoline which drives it.
I will provide some pushback and argue that this may be an issue of conflation between nanoparticles and things such as nanotechnology. The LNPs are referred to as nanoparticles for the mere fact that they are small (i.e. nano) and nothing more. It's the reason nanobots and nanotechnology have their name- they're just tiny.
So we can argue about whether the LNPs themselves are cytotoxic, but for the mere fact that they are labeled as being "nano" doesn't derive anything malicious in nature. I think this is a major part of science not being able to explain things well and many researchers and scientists spending more time blowing smoke up each others rear ends that really trying to convey their research to the public in a meaningful manner; one that allows them to take the information and apply or use it themselves.
Perfect timing. Thank you so much for your substacks on NAC . I've had some confusion over which to use and this has helped me to settle on NAC. Please keep educating us with your wonderful findings.
Thanks Dianne. I'm glad it has helped you! Making informed decisions are what's important and so I hope that people find some use with this information.
Aug 20, 2022·edited Aug 20, 2022Liked by Modern Discontent
Apologies for my late arrival. I starred your newsletter as soon as I saw it knowing a needed a dedicated amount of time to focus, whey, and absorb it (hee hee)
1) Like Heidi, I would like to point others to your article, hope that's okay. Hi Heidi, I'm a new subscriber.
2) Through you, I'm finding mejbcart's comments intriguing. Also subscribing.
3) How completely thorough of a post. Normally I only have an attention span of 30 secs, but I kept traveling through your post with great anticipation. Just really well done. You are a great thinker and educator.
I appreciate this post so much because truthfully it helps me actually deal with the situation at hand, rather than just worry about it.
The bulk of people affected do not have the luxury of affording and accessing supplements on a regular basis. So your lists of food sources are appreciated. They coincide with my previous research. (I tend to fall into the group that occasionally buys supps, but never ends up taking them due to poor discipline and miserly tendencies. )
You also call out toxicity, thank you.
With respect to the comments about the ingredients of "the shots", my thoughts are these. In an experiment, you will want to try all sorts of different things. You will need to try these things in isolated ways (changing one variable at a time) to understand the impact. If you look at the plots of adverse events of the shots by batch number/shipping date you can see greater variation first six months ... i.e. was the clinical experimental trial pushed into real world for evidence? It would make sense to me to vary dosage and ingredients during an experimental phase.
Lastly, a great worry is that while things seem completely clear what's actually happening to some of us, when I speak to some of the greatest minds I've met in my life, their take is opposite of mine. This is very disconcerting because they have very caring hearts as well. It's something I'm struggling with daily, their blatant ignorance of the direct cause and affect of these shots simply based on how they work, let alone how little they were tested. Instead they draw conclusions looking at oversimplified, skewed, and not random and not normalized data.
So now my prior "smart" detector has been obliterated. Dealing with that.
Here we are, mostly unnamed people corresponding with each other just for a reality check in this disheveled world. Thank you for being there for me for my 2-8am.
Thank you Lee! It does mean a lot that people find a lot of value from these posts. Sometimes you can't tell, and I've been told that many of my posts may go above people's heads so it's sometimes a guess as to what gets absorbed. It's a shame that modernity has encouraged shorter attention spans- I'm seeing this all over including myself, so I must shamefully say that your experience is likely the experience of tons of people.
I will admit that I am someone who can fall into the supplement bandwagon when people explain them with such positive detail that I think I should try it- I'll just blame Joe Rogan and his guests for that! So now I really want to look at what I am taking and see if there really is evidence of purported benefits from said supplements.
I haven't looked too deeply into the batch issues but I've heard about some of them. I wonder if these problems are a fault of translation to large-scale production. Some of the early trials could have utilized small-batch, "artisanal" vaccines that could be examined easily and thoroughly using smaller instruments and lab equipment. However, as soon as you scale up the production you're now dealing with possibilities of mold and bacterial contamination, are these vats pressurized or sealed properly, are they being evenly heated, etc. etc, and so I wonder if the early stages were essentially a troubleshooting stage where researchers kind of had to see if they got the upscale production down. Usually chemical engineers would have to spend tons of time ensuring that things are up to par, but with the EUA I can see them just bypassing many of these tests.
It's funny you mentioned the "smart" detector, because I have argued that modernity, social media, and the never-ending news cycles has damaged all of our innate "bullshit" detectors. I think we all have the ability to think critically and have some innate sense to understand that things aren't quite right or don't make sense i.e. can detect bullshit, but that we've essentially been trained out of that through schooling and the news. Losing that ability to critically think means we have to rely on others as a gauge because our own bullshit detectors are now all out of whack, and hence why appeals to authority are so...appealing I suppose.
So when I see people who don't come to the same conclusions as I or others, it's important to figure out where the differences in thought processes lie rather than the discrepancies in our conclusions. Are there some people who lost the ability to think critically and discern information themselves, and thus rely on others to do their thinking? Or maybe they'd rather not experience cognitive dissonance and would like to feign being naïve to spare their own mental fortitude. That goes along with the idea of buyer's remorse, or not wanting to be blamed for not having the proper foresight to have known what would have happened. This goes for people on both sides, and I've grown more critical of those who are vaccine skeptics for the fact that we must be careful in blinding ourselves into thinking we are the more critical thinkers or that we are far different than our opponents.
At the end of the day, they are just as human as we are, with all the faults and desires that humans have.
Wow, 2-8 am is ridiculously early, but I'm glad that you have something to read during those times!
Interesting, thanks for the link. I see that at first glance it's within the context of COVID so that seems very interesting. I haven't looked too deeply into Melatonin as a therapeutic agent so that may be worth looking back at later.
I just recently got a new bottle of Melatonin that's a quick-dissolve one so it may be the new formulation that is giving me the strange dreams.
I have had some memorable dreams too, on Melatonin. But I think this is a good thing. Dreams happen in good quality REM sleep. You only remember them if a good waking phase happens. These are all good signs, imo. Melatonin dosage is the hardest thing to get right, because each person is unique and it changes as we age. Trial and error.
I'm trying the au natural approach first by trying to limit light exposure and going to bed at a reasonable time. I think one thing that was pointed out by Zade and the articles was that consistency in sleep schedules is just as important as the amount of sleep we get since our circadian rhythms have, well, a rhythm to them and asynchronous sleep probably isn't helping us much to keep with that rhythm.
Dear MOdDis - I had to laugh and identify with Charlotte’s exuberance here. It is so good to read real integrative science and actual well cited evidence based REASONING — not just nourishment for the intellect but my soul. And it comes with practical applications that — who knows — could have real consequences. I bless your teachers, family, CreAtor for YOU!
Well thank you MClark! I do hope that my posts provide some good reasoning and background. It does become very difficult when you decide to go down a rabbit hole and you end up with a few dozen tabs open, but I hope that the information collected provides a basic framework for people to work from. So I do really appreciate your comments MClark it helps to fuel me in doing this work!
Dr. Andrew Huberman has talked about this in depth on one of his podcasts. About how melatonin is created by exposing your eyes to the sun at a certain angle at a certain time a day, and how reading on one’s phone at night can mess the production. The YouTube channel Commune had an interview recently titled Light Therapy, in which it was also covered. Also, from my understanding, anyone who lives above 40 degrees latitude is likely to be vitamin D deficient. The argument is that considering that we evolved around the equator running around naked all day, the angle from the sun is likely to not be enough for the average person
There's definitely a growing body of research suggesting that light exposure duration as well as timing of light exposure both play critical roles in our melatonin production. Blue light exposure is one of the biggest factors. It's worth noting that, I believe but can't recall fully, that Melatonin and Serotonin are produced at different times (Serotonin during the day, Melatonin at night).
The latitude argument is the main basis for our different skin tones I believe, such that those at higher altitudes have fairer skin allowing them to take in as much sunlight as possible whereas those closer to the equator have darker skin to dampen much of the damaging effects from the sun.
Interesting, just opened this today and look what appears on Dr. Alexander’s list.
Suggested over the counter (OTC) Nutraceuticals for PREVENTION & TREATMENT, adults and children (4-17 years old); several clinicians and scientists have put this OTC suggestion together
The FLCCC has been touting NAC since the early stages of the pandemic I believe, hence the outcry about the FDA's decision being so coincidental. As an acute treatment option I do see some possible value but I think routine use as a prophylactic is a different story. I'm no medical professional so I can't provide any medical advice but I am having different thoughts about whether this would be considered something that people take for the sake of wanting a prophylactic.
Love, love, love this post!!! It's awesome to have someone go through these studies and explain the supplements better- I'm so full of gratitude!
Thanks Charlotte! I hope people can use this information to make informed decisions. I think NAC is very interesting but I'm glad that I spent time and looked into it to the extent I did.
Really interesting article with plenty of food for thought. Speaking of food, do you think most of the foods to which we have access are truly high quality, containing all the good things we assume they do? I have heard this might not be the case, even with organic produce, due to soil depletion, etc. Also, I do think aging is an important consideration. I am closer to 60 than 50 now, not able to run the distances I used to and therefore, must eat less to maintain healthy weight. I eat well, but not much. Supplementation seems to make more sense for me now, than it would have 20 years ago. But I do agree. Natural sources would be the way to go, if possible.
There's certainly an interesting issue with the reduced levels of nutrients in our food. I haven't looked into the research enough to corroborate these claims but I can understand how this could occur due to modern agricultural practices. I think it also doesn't help since there's been some debates about whether the daily supplement measures should actually increase. If that were the case then there's really would be a concern.
There's certainly a case that older people should consider looking at supplements since their ability to produce nonessential nutrients are likely to decline for many reasons.
Absolutely! I think I would only be hesitant if someone just took my entire article, copied and pasted it into their own Substack and claimed it as their own. I have no problem with people citing my paper even if it's a long-text so long as it is cited!
Great article!!
Ha, go to sleep now little girl...after 2am
I’ve been on supplements 2 1/2 years. I definitely notice the difference! Of course I try to make sure I’m taking the correct dosage and that I’m taking ones that work together. Most people don’t take nearly enough to even make a difference. For instance, someone that takes 1 multi vitamin. In my opinion, what’s the point? You may as well take a Flintstones chewable-lol! I do take N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine 600 mg./day and Glutathione, Cysteine & C 750 mg./day
I tend to agree. The food pyramid provided by the U.S. gov’t is embarrassingly outdated. But when I asked my M.D. about nutrition advice, he said, I’m not a dietician. Seriously? Do you EAT? is what I wanted to ask. This was right before Covid. Doctors really don’t know as much as we think.
Which is rather ironic since most doctors are never taught anything about nutrition in medical school. I believe they only have one or two classes but never an entire course. I kind of fell down a rabbit hole of watching documentaries on carbs/wheat once, and although I'd like to do more research before providing my own perspective one thing that was continuously brought up was that doctors are never taught anything about the nutritional side of health, and that should be very alarming.
And there lies a BIG problem!
Omg…SO MUCH HAS CHANGED. For one thing, people are more educated about what GOES IN to their body! I sure am at 59! The hard part is finding the good stuff. I’m fairly lucky because I have farmers markets close…and liquor stores close by (kidding)!!!!
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L-cysteine is the natural first step resulting from digestion of all proteins, that's the source for NAC, not the opposite....
It is essential that one tries to grasp, why FDA is banning NAC... That fact connects the covid injection materials, the 5G technology and the illegal, thus criminal gene therapies falsely called 'covid vaccines'.
The substance I'm talking about is called graphene, which can be oxidized by NAC.... 2 examplea of references:
1.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331708897_N-acetyl_cysteine_biocompatibly_reduces_graphene_oxide_and_persists_at_the_surface_as_a_green_radical_scavenger
2.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/07/bill-sardi/do-nano-sized-graphene-oxide-particles-in-covid-vaccines-5g-radiation-cause-covid-19/
I do believe the plans of the elites is to saturate the entire world with graphene, it started with spraying it on us via geoengineering fallout (https://mejbcart.substack.com/p/geoengineering-and-covid ),
with putting it into our food, injection materials, building materials, clothing, you name it. That's why supplementing with NAC is essential detox for our livers, and that's why FDA 'just does not like it as supplement'... The tip of graphene apps is ALL electronics, including computer chips is starting to be based on this cheapest material of all, which of course will be also useful to mitigate officially its lethal consequences:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7509323/
Remember, graphene is superconductor, thermal conductor, absorbs every single 5G photon, the perfect INVISIBLE weapon to end the entire humanity!!! It can be generated from graphite using specific EMF's... A small begin of some details can be found at:
https://mejbcart.substack.com/p/sars-cov-2-spike-protein-5g-and-covid19
https://mejbcart.substack.com/p/catecholamines-5g-and-the-deaths
and even at
https://mejbcart.substack.com/p/geoengineering-and-covid
I tried looking into NAC and seeing if I can find any information on it as being a natural compound and I came up empty. The evidence seems to support that NAC is a purely synthetic compound. It's a surprise to me but if that's the case that at least provides some context to the FDA issue right now.
Thank you for this article, you actually hit an extremely important topic. Not for nothing FDA 'hates' NAC... The acetylation of all proteins at specific amino acids is one of the most important s.c. postmodifications next to phosphorylation. It is basically an addition of an additional CHARGE, giving that specific location a special, important role. The oldest literature I can find on pubmed in regard to NAC goes back to ~1970-ies, when NAC was found to be a detoxicant for acetaminophen overdose.. All later applications relate to liver toxicity, and that's what is so important because liver is the NO 1 garbage disposal of our bodies, that's the last organ which dies with every cancer patient, when treated in a conventional way (chemo in particular!).. I'll cite here piece of abstract from an article about acetylated cysteine (it has to be at the N-term because of the molecular polarity, so forget the 'N-acetylated', equivalent to acetylated, since that's by default the only way to put that acetyl group there):
"The formation of carbon-carbon bonds via an acyl-enzyme intermediate plays a central role in fatty acid, polyketide, and isoprenoid biosynthesis. Uniquely among condensing enzymes, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA synthase (HMGS) catalyzes the formation of a carbon-carbon bond by activating the methyl group of an acetylated cysteine. This reaction is essential in Gram-positive bacteria, and represents the first committed step in human cholesterol biosynthesis."
As you know, cholesterol and liver are extremely tightly connected, without cholesterol there is no liver detox, that's why all 'anti-cholesterol' measurements are so detrimental to human health, ending with disasters. Graphene like every poison goes into liver, thus to get rid of it, NAC is needed. Searching for 'NAC and graphene' goes step further, intercalation onto DNA!!!!!!!!!!
It's quite strange how there are many scientists who have declared that they found graphene in several of the COVID "vaccine" brands and many others who say they can't find any at all. It does seem to be true that NAC will help with COVID, exposure to radiation and general health.
it is equally strange that there were so many magnetized covid injected people, which could have been explained via magnetized rGO (reduced grapehene oxide), and again many didn't find anything. I had very strange exchgae with one of the MD's here on substack, who confirmed that fact after travelling long distance to see these cases, but then pointed to a dubious publication, which was claiming normal people are equally magnetized...!? It ended up with him admitting that the topic is not being touched due to possible 'loss of credibility' by the medical 'specialists'!!! In my opinion, vast majority of MD's lost it already, when looking at the dying victims after the gene therapy being administered entirely without consent.
I do think some people have tried to explain it with a blood condition caused by the shot where iron levels change in red blood cells. Maybe it's not reduced graphene oxide at all? It's hard to tell.
I'm sure you know, iron is bound to hemoglobin, which has Formula (https://web.expasy.org/cgi-bin/protparam/protparam) : C729H1128N196O202S4
Total number of atoms: 2259 with
Carbon C 729
Hydrogen H 1128
Nitrogen N 196
Oxygen O 202
Sulfur S 4
these 2259 atoms are bound to ONE iron atom, which has the atomic number 26, the 4 sulfurs alone have atomic number 4x16=64!
In that one hemoglobin with ONE IRON atom, the space ratio of those 2 makes it impossible to make the blood (which has also other compounds in addition to hemoglobin) become ferromagnetic, attracting the little magnets sticking to the skin... That's why we never saw 'magnetized humans', before these injections with questionable compounds... Only concentrated, super light ingredients like highly magnetic rGO could explain that what we see, in my opinion...
Well you have to keep in mind that it's not the hemoglobin protein itself that is binding the iron, but it's the heme cofactor that forms a complex with iron:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heme
that's exactly the case I'm talking about, without citing wiki......
you might be into smt.
all this talk about No virus, Graphene, Nano tech etc. it seems is really a distraction aimed to be a dead end road.
Spike protein is the real deal, and who what else there is in there.
the spike genome is embedded into NANO's, essential part of every covid injectgion material, without which even the synthetic mRNA wouldn't survive in order to get into every targeted cell.. without the nano's there is no gene therapy, no covid injections! the spike comes with it naturally.. The spike is the car, the nanos is the gasoline which drives it.
I will provide some pushback and argue that this may be an issue of conflation between nanoparticles and things such as nanotechnology. The LNPs are referred to as nanoparticles for the mere fact that they are small (i.e. nano) and nothing more. It's the reason nanobots and nanotechnology have their name- they're just tiny.
So we can argue about whether the LNPs themselves are cytotoxic, but for the mere fact that they are labeled as being "nano" doesn't derive anything malicious in nature. I think this is a major part of science not being able to explain things well and many researchers and scientists spending more time blowing smoke up each others rear ends that really trying to convey their research to the public in a meaningful manner; one that allows them to take the information and apply or use it themselves.
It's not a dead end road at all. This Wuhan nonsense is the dead end road they want people to go down and they have successfully duped billions.
Perfect timing. Thank you so much for your substacks on NAC . I've had some confusion over which to use and this has helped me to settle on NAC. Please keep educating us with your wonderful findings.
Thanks Dianne. I'm glad it has helped you! Making informed decisions are what's important and so I hope that people find some use with this information.
Apologies for my late arrival. I starred your newsletter as soon as I saw it knowing a needed a dedicated amount of time to focus, whey, and absorb it (hee hee)
1) Like Heidi, I would like to point others to your article, hope that's okay. Hi Heidi, I'm a new subscriber.
2) Through you, I'm finding mejbcart's comments intriguing. Also subscribing.
3) How completely thorough of a post. Normally I only have an attention span of 30 secs, but I kept traveling through your post with great anticipation. Just really well done. You are a great thinker and educator.
I appreciate this post so much because truthfully it helps me actually deal with the situation at hand, rather than just worry about it.
The bulk of people affected do not have the luxury of affording and accessing supplements on a regular basis. So your lists of food sources are appreciated. They coincide with my previous research. (I tend to fall into the group that occasionally buys supps, but never ends up taking them due to poor discipline and miserly tendencies. )
You also call out toxicity, thank you.
With respect to the comments about the ingredients of "the shots", my thoughts are these. In an experiment, you will want to try all sorts of different things. You will need to try these things in isolated ways (changing one variable at a time) to understand the impact. If you look at the plots of adverse events of the shots by batch number/shipping date you can see greater variation first six months ... i.e. was the clinical experimental trial pushed into real world for evidence? It would make sense to me to vary dosage and ingredients during an experimental phase.
Lastly, a great worry is that while things seem completely clear what's actually happening to some of us, when I speak to some of the greatest minds I've met in my life, their take is opposite of mine. This is very disconcerting because they have very caring hearts as well. It's something I'm struggling with daily, their blatant ignorance of the direct cause and affect of these shots simply based on how they work, let alone how little they were tested. Instead they draw conclusions looking at oversimplified, skewed, and not random and not normalized data.
So now my prior "smart" detector has been obliterated. Dealing with that.
Here we are, mostly unnamed people corresponding with each other just for a reality check in this disheveled world. Thank you for being there for me for my 2-8am.
Thank you Lee! It does mean a lot that people find a lot of value from these posts. Sometimes you can't tell, and I've been told that many of my posts may go above people's heads so it's sometimes a guess as to what gets absorbed. It's a shame that modernity has encouraged shorter attention spans- I'm seeing this all over including myself, so I must shamefully say that your experience is likely the experience of tons of people.
I will admit that I am someone who can fall into the supplement bandwagon when people explain them with such positive detail that I think I should try it- I'll just blame Joe Rogan and his guests for that! So now I really want to look at what I am taking and see if there really is evidence of purported benefits from said supplements.
I haven't looked too deeply into the batch issues but I've heard about some of them. I wonder if these problems are a fault of translation to large-scale production. Some of the early trials could have utilized small-batch, "artisanal" vaccines that could be examined easily and thoroughly using smaller instruments and lab equipment. However, as soon as you scale up the production you're now dealing with possibilities of mold and bacterial contamination, are these vats pressurized or sealed properly, are they being evenly heated, etc. etc, and so I wonder if the early stages were essentially a troubleshooting stage where researchers kind of had to see if they got the upscale production down. Usually chemical engineers would have to spend tons of time ensuring that things are up to par, but with the EUA I can see them just bypassing many of these tests.
It's funny you mentioned the "smart" detector, because I have argued that modernity, social media, and the never-ending news cycles has damaged all of our innate "bullshit" detectors. I think we all have the ability to think critically and have some innate sense to understand that things aren't quite right or don't make sense i.e. can detect bullshit, but that we've essentially been trained out of that through schooling and the news. Losing that ability to critically think means we have to rely on others as a gauge because our own bullshit detectors are now all out of whack, and hence why appeals to authority are so...appealing I suppose.
So when I see people who don't come to the same conclusions as I or others, it's important to figure out where the differences in thought processes lie rather than the discrepancies in our conclusions. Are there some people who lost the ability to think critically and discern information themselves, and thus rely on others to do their thinking? Or maybe they'd rather not experience cognitive dissonance and would like to feign being naïve to spare their own mental fortitude. That goes along with the idea of buyer's remorse, or not wanting to be blamed for not having the proper foresight to have known what would have happened. This goes for people on both sides, and I've grown more critical of those who are vaccine skeptics for the fact that we must be careful in blinding ourselves into thinking we are the more critical thinkers or that we are far different than our opponents.
At the end of the day, they are just as human as we are, with all the faults and desires that humans have.
Wow, 2-8 am is ridiculously early, but I'm glad that you have something to read during those times!
Thank you for another great piece on NAC.
Doris Loh has some interesting research on Melatonin. BTW, I have some very vivid dreams too when I take it (3mg).
https://www.evolutamente.it/en/author/doris/
Interesting, thanks for the link. I see that at first glance it's within the context of COVID so that seems very interesting. I haven't looked too deeply into Melatonin as a therapeutic agent so that may be worth looking back at later.
I just recently got a new bottle of Melatonin that's a quick-dissolve one so it may be the new formulation that is giving me the strange dreams.
Doris Loh’s writings and research caught my eye at the beginning of the pandemic. Many of her papers are written regarding COVID.
And , lol, the vivid dreams with Melatonin I am regarding as a benefit not a side effect!
I have had some memorable dreams too, on Melatonin. But I think this is a good thing. Dreams happen in good quality REM sleep. You only remember them if a good waking phase happens. These are all good signs, imo. Melatonin dosage is the hardest thing to get right, because each person is unique and it changes as we age. Trial and error.
I'm trying the au natural approach first by trying to limit light exposure and going to bed at a reasonable time. I think one thing that was pointed out by Zade and the articles was that consistency in sleep schedules is just as important as the amount of sleep we get since our circadian rhythms have, well, a rhythm to them and asynchronous sleep probably isn't helping us much to keep with that rhythm.
Dear MOdDis - I had to laugh and identify with Charlotte’s exuberance here. It is so good to read real integrative science and actual well cited evidence based REASONING — not just nourishment for the intellect but my soul. And it comes with practical applications that — who knows — could have real consequences. I bless your teachers, family, CreAtor for YOU!
Well thank you MClark! I do hope that my posts provide some good reasoning and background. It does become very difficult when you decide to go down a rabbit hole and you end up with a few dozen tabs open, but I hope that the information collected provides a basic framework for people to work from. So I do really appreciate your comments MClark it helps to fuel me in doing this work!
Dr. Andrew Huberman has talked about this in depth on one of his podcasts. About how melatonin is created by exposing your eyes to the sun at a certain angle at a certain time a day, and how reading on one’s phone at night can mess the production. The YouTube channel Commune had an interview recently titled Light Therapy, in which it was also covered. Also, from my understanding, anyone who lives above 40 degrees latitude is likely to be vitamin D deficient. The argument is that considering that we evolved around the equator running around naked all day, the angle from the sun is likely to not be enough for the average person
I wrote about Melatonin and sleep in one of my sleep posts:
https://moderndiscontent.substack.com/p/getting-better-sleep
There's definitely a growing body of research suggesting that light exposure duration as well as timing of light exposure both play critical roles in our melatonin production. Blue light exposure is one of the biggest factors. It's worth noting that, I believe but can't recall fully, that Melatonin and Serotonin are produced at different times (Serotonin during the day, Melatonin at night).
The latitude argument is the main basis for our different skin tones I believe, such that those at higher altitudes have fairer skin allowing them to take in as much sunlight as possible whereas those closer to the equator have darker skin to dampen much of the damaging effects from the sun.
Interesting, just opened this today and look what appears on Dr. Alexander’s list.
Suggested over the counter (OTC) Nutraceuticals for PREVENTION & TREATMENT, adults and children (4-17 years old); several clinicians and scientists have put this OTC suggestion together
https://palexander.substack.com/p/suggested-over-the-counter-otc-nutraceuticals
The FLCCC has been touting NAC since the early stages of the pandemic I believe, hence the outcry about the FDA's decision being so coincidental. As an acute treatment option I do see some possible value but I think routine use as a prophylactic is a different story. I'm no medical professional so I can't provide any medical advice but I am having different thoughts about whether this would be considered something that people take for the sake of wanting a prophylactic.
I view this as a journey, not a destination. We will learn as we go!