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hepatitis c
InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey, Ph.
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Hepatitis C is a virus that attacks and damages your liver. Many people living with Hepatitis C infections experience no symptoms or very mild symptoms, but this changes when they develop serious liver damage. That’s why it’s called the “silent killer”. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 3,200,000 Americans are infected with chronic Hepatitis C. Up to 75% of these people do not know they are walking around with it. Because they’re not being diagnosed and the virus is not being discovered until there’s liver damage, it can become a very serious situation.†
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For reasons that are not known, less than half of people who get Hepatitis C are not able to clear it out of their systems. Without treatment in the first six months after infection, the virus can become chronic, lifelong, very hard to rid yourself of and quite dangerous. Most people who get infected will develop a long-term infection. Left untreated, chronic Hepatitis C can cause serious health problems, including liver disease, liver failure (cirrhosis), liver cancer and even death. Because of this, according to the CDC, all adults, pregnant women and people with risk factors for developing this issue should get tested for Hepatitis C.†
Hepatitis C is usually spread when someone comes into contact with the blood or the fluids from an infected person. This can happen by sharing drug injection equipment, razors or glucose monitors with someone who is infected. About 6% of infants born to infected women develop Hepatitis C early on, but this can be treated. Healthcare workers are also at risk. It’s not very common, but if a healthcare worker jabs themselves with a needle, it can happen. If you have sex with someone who’s infected with Hepatitis C, it could also spread that way.†
Many people with Hepatitis C don’t have a lot of symptoms. If the symptoms do occur, it would be something that would make it obvious that there’s an issue with the liver. This could include yellow eyes, yellow skin, dark urine or clay-colored poop. You can also have a lot of intestinal problems. You may not feel hungry. Fluid can build up in your abdomen. You can have stomach pain and you can throw up. You can also develop a fever, have joint pain and feel tired. If you have these symptoms, you need to contact your doctor right away before this becomes a chronic disease.†
What can you do to help with your liver? The mineral zinc can help. We know that the immune system needs zinc to create immune cells, but zinc also prevents the immune system from harming you. It helps protect organs and tissues throughout the body. It’s well-known that zinc levels drop dramatically after you fight a virus. Studies have shown that when you have a Hepatitis C infection, zinc-related metallothioneins are needed to fight the virus and protect your organs.†
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Vitamin D is also needed. It’s needed for our immune system. Vitamin D is stored in the liver and activated in the kidneys. Vitamin D helps you to regulate your immune system to fight viruses better, but also to prevent the immune system from destroying you. Antioxidants do not work well if you lack Vitamin D because you become inflamed and the antioxidants are used up inappropriately.†
In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. explains the Hepatitis C virus. He describes how this chronic infection can impact the body and offers recommendations for nutrients that can help support liver health.†
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The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise due to poor dietary intake and lack of exercise. This disease puts people at risk of developing additional medical issues and also severely impacts the body’s primary detoxifying organ.
The liver is a very important organ and it is critical to nearly all biological functions in the body. But factors including air pollution, toxins from food and skin care products and alcohol can disrupt its function.
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Today we are going to discuss NAC. This is a supplement that I find myself speaking with customers about for so many different utilizations when it comes to overall health benefits. So, let’s discuss exactly what NAC is and all of the different clinical ways NAC has been studied (and is currently being studied).
What exactly is NAC?
NAC, or N-Acetyl-Cysteine, is a modified version of the amino acid Cysteine. NAC helps to replenish inter-cellular levels of one of our most powerful antioxidants, Glutathione. By helping to restore Glutathione levels, NAC allows our cells to fend off oxidative stress and free radicals. It’s common for many to think of NAC in the support of liver health; Glutathione plays an essential and critical role in terms of being able to help those little hepatocytes (liver cells) to fend off all of the different toxins that we are exposed to.
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Health Benefits of NAC
NAC has been shown to inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. For example, being exposed to different bacterial or viral infections can cause a cytokine storm; this is when the immune system gets thrown “out of whack” and you get this really big surge of inflammatory cytokines that the body cannot handle. NAC has been shown to suppress this “storm”. In one very recent clinical trial sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NAC was used to fight the COVID-19 virus by boosting a type of cell in your immune system that attacked infections. The study’s researchers believe that if they give patients high dose IV NAC when they are in clinical care units like the ICU, it can help them so much that they would be moved out of the ICU or even taken off of their ventilators. This is an active study.†
A separate research report released in April 2020 in the journal Medical Hypotheses discussed NAC and the prevention of COVID-19 associated cytokine storm. This amino acid has also been studied as a benefit for diabetics, as studies have shown it can help improve insulin sensitivity.†
NAC has been shown to be able to fight off the stomach infection that is brought on by H. Pylori. H. Pylori is the most common bacterial infection in the stomach that is directly causative to peptic and duadinal ulsers. NAC has been shown to inhibit the growth of H. Pylori by reducing the production of the inflammatory cytokines.† Learn more about H. Pylori by clicking here!
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