I came across an interesting article on the Medical News Today website referencing a paper published in the Science Translational Medicine journal which suggests that NAC- N-Acetyl Cysteine may be an effective treatment modality for osteoarthritis.
The authors suggest that they expect that osteoarthritis is a multi-factorial process and the mechanism of action that they have identified may not provide a total solution to the osteoarthritis process however this article/paper may present us with a new treatment modality to deal with this health issue.
Most health care practitioners would agree that trying to treat osteoarthritis simply by consuming nutritional supplements is short sighted and this approach does not take into consideration a functional approach such as looking at factors like diet (inflammatory vs. anti-inflammatory), gut health, toxins etc.
Let’s quickly review some of the benefits of NAC:
