Comments on: Why Bodybuilders Should Say No To NAC

By: Clint

Clint — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:07:58 +0000

In reply to Mike. So well said. I completely agree and it’s well said here. The advances you get with the PEDs is going to greatly outweigh those hindrances. Taking care of that liver is priority.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 04:18:31 +0000

I confirm that NAC interferes with your body’s repair mechanism. I was taking it semi-regularly for 6 months. At some point I strained one of my patellar tendons from overuse climbing up a mountain. No big deal, these things happen and the body repairs. However this time it didn’t, for months this went on. I was favouring it and using my other leg which then triggered my other patellar tendon to degenerate, but I wasn’t putting it through any more strain than I would have previously through exercise; in fact significantly less. And a tendon in my wrist wouldn’t heal. Also, I noticed that I couldn’t get “the burn” anymore after muscle strain. Thankfully I found a few search hits like this one explaining that NAC prevents the body from repairing properly after intense exercise. Every Youtube video talks about how great NAC is, well don’t believe it. It may have certain benefits but you need to be careful taking it. I immediately stopped a few weeks ago and my body is now healing nicely and I’m able to hike up the mountain again. Too bad I lost 4 months of my life where I couldn’t do much exercise.

By: Fuad Efendi

Fuad Efendi — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 12:36:35 +0000

“Experts” from bodybuilding.com also sell online guides on steroids, how to take them, and where to buy.

By: Tec

Tec — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:33:29 +0000

This is just my opinion. Whoever wrote this sounds like “that guy” that thinks they are so much smarter than everyone else, and they’re the only one that knows what no one else knows, and wants to make sure you know how smart they are by writing an article more to show off how smart they are rather than help anyone. A Dr Fauci Jr.
I read parts of this study and noticed it was a government funded study. My personal opinion is there is a war against masculinity and anything that would promote maleness.
Whoever wrote this argues like all the closed minded people I’ve had discussions with that had already made up their minds about an issue with LITTLE to NO facts, and will defend the molehill with their lives, and not want to hear facts and ignore evidence that disproves their ideas.
And if I know this type as I believe I do this comment will be blocked, censored, then removed. And I will be attacked personally, berated, and called names, and usually that’s before I’m blocked and censored.

Finally I’ll say, one skewed study done by people (gov and big pharma) with an agenda who often works to create an outcome shouldn’t be trusted without some skepticism, when there’s plenty of other studies and real wold experience shows a different result. Like I read a study once that said caffeine doesn’t give you energy.
And what do you know, recently the government recently pulled NAC off the OTC market for some unknown reason.(Some studies showed it blocked viruses like COVID from replicating) But you can buy dope legally, and some places gov won’t prosecute selling and using hard drugs, but they must shut down a supplement that helps a guy working on being a very fit and healthy MAN!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:30:27 +0000

Interesting. This also seems to be the case with other antioxidants, such as Vitamin C and Vitamin E.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 22:25:55 +0000

A lot of amateur bodybuilders take steroids or sarms. 99% of professional bodybuilders take steroids or sarms. They use NAC as a liver protectant when doing oral cycles. Given that steroids and sarms increase your performance, the decreased performance from NAC wouldn’t change much.

For naturals, I can see this as helpful.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:56:45 +0000

That study used HIGH doses — 1800-2400 milligrams a day, depending on your weight. Jeez, for some bodybuilders, it would mean 3000-3600 mgs.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:56:33 +0000

It’s possible they were just working out more without taking recovery time which would cause the same problems. The proteins aid in the recovery but they would still need downtime for full muscle recovery so a flaw in that study would be that it was done 8 days straight w/ no downtime I believe.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:31:52 +0000

So much misinformation out there isn’t there!