About 39% of U.S. adults have fatty liver, which confers a much higher mortality rate to those that have it. This is up several percentage points from just a few years ago.
N-acetylcysteine is a safe, effective, and cheap OTC supplement that's been shown useful in many different health conditions.
That's why the FDA doesn't want you to have it.
Here's an example of why n-acetylcysteine irks the establishment:
N-acetylcysteine reduces disease activity by blocking mammalian target of rapamycin in T cells from systemic lupus erythematosus patients
RCT
Authors specifically mention how cheap NAC is:
"A monthly supply of 600-mg NAC capsules... costs $15–30 on the retail market... sharply contrasts with the estimated average annual direct medical costs of ∼$22,580 per patient in 2009. Thus, the cost of NAC at $180–360/year would be negligible" compared to lupus burden.
When untrained men trained for 6 weeks, VO2max and peak cardiac output increased, but the increase was abolished by calibrated phlebotomy to bring their blood volume back to baseline.