Good stuff here!!!
Do you think NAC and ALA have any benefits ON cycle in combating toxins and by-products in the liver?
Based on limited studies I would make the same admonition with NAC as I did with Milk Thistle, namely that it should be run for an extended period of time.
There is just not a lot of Western (which means accepted) medical studies on NAC with solid conclusions.
If someone were to ask me for a recommendation and they were going to take lets say d-bol for a few weeks to start a 12 week testosterone cycle I would say take Milk Thistle/NAC/R-ALA throughout the oral portion of the cycle, continue through the injectable part and through PCT AND continue for at least a month thereafter.
As an aside, I myself am using NAC & Milk Thistle for six months as well as a few other things to see if I can drive out a few fat deposits I have in my liver. I am lean, use no alcohol and have an other-wise healthy liver. So my condition is unique and not chronic. My point is that I am a believer in trying things that doctors know nothing about.
How does this translate to three to four week pro-hormone cycles of methylated orals...I'm not sure. The potential harm is probably exagerated. The liver will quickly regenerate itself. But if your liver is healthy going into the cycle I would say take Milk Thistle/NAC/R-ALA throughout the cycle and PCT and for a month following the cycle. Don't cut either the Milk Thistle or NAC short.
If your liver is not healthy to begin with due to drug use, alcohol use, obesity or disease than it may not be able to regenerate itself after a methylated cycle and neither Milk Thistle nor NAC should be expected to work magic.