"Pretreatment with NAC significantly protected against acute ethanol-induced liver damage in a dose-independent manner. Correspondingly, pretreatment with NAC significantly attenuated acute ethanol-induced lipid peroxidation and GSH depletion and inhibited hepatic TNF-alpha mRNA expression. By contrast, post-treatment with NAC aggravated ethanol-induced hepatic lipid peroxidation and worsened acute ethanol-induced liver damage in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, NAC has a dual effect on acute ethanol-induced liver damage. Pretreatment with NAC prevent from acute ethanol-induced liver damage via counteracting ethanol-induced oxidative stress. When administered after ethanol, NAC might behave as a pro-oxidant and aggravate acute ethanol-induced liver damage."
Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a...
by theNJR on Saturday March 30, 2019 @10:20AM
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Note that it MUST be taken prior to consumption:
However, it seems to me that (I'm not a doctor so don't take this as medical fact or advice; I'd be grateful to be proved wrong) all forms of visceral pleasure act to dampen the immune system, at least slightly, at least temporarily. Which would reduce the body's ability to destroy existing precancerous cells. Not much the committed hedonist can do about that...