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This popular supplement may increase risk of birth defects, study finds
news article, 27 March 2026
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260326075552.htm"A new study reveals that high doses of antioxidants—often seen as harmless or beneficial—may actually impact future generations. "
The dose doesn't seem that high "127 mg/kg/day N-acetylcysteine (Figures 1B,C) and 0.013 mg/kg/day selenium ", that works out to a male human equivalent dose of ~ 929 mg NAC and 0.095 mg Se. The NAC + Se was given to mice orally in their water supply, with stevia added - which also has antioxidant properties.
To calculate the equivalent dose I divided the mouse dose by 12.3 and multiplied by the average male weight in the USA, 90 kg.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4804402/#T1~
I'm wondering if the mice have pheomelanin in their testes; some animals do:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pcmr.12231Pheomelanin regulates intracellular cysteine in male finches:
https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/115872514267263073#Supplements #NAC #cysteine #selenium #stevia #anitoxidants #health