Comparing Riboceine to N-Acetyl Cysteine for increasing glutathione levels Comparing Riboceine to N-Acetyl Cysteine for increasing glutathione levels
Comparing Riboceine to N-Acetyl Cyst... 
Tony Isaacs
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A member wrote to me asking if I had heard of a product called MaxOne, noting that the compound "Riboceine" in the product had supposedly been proven in studies to raise liver gultathione levels 300% better than N-Acetyl Cysteine.
I did some checking and want to share my response:
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I hadn't heard of it until your message. However, upon checking into it I have some definite opinions.
First of all, it is sold via MLM and I have avoided any and all MLM products because they tend to be over-hyped and over-priced, in addition to frequently having minimum monthly orders and autoship requirements.
Now, let's look at their claim (apparently based on an in vitro liver cell study):
According to the sales hype, MaxOne is 300% more effective than NAC at raising liver glutathione levels. Let's suppose that is true. Such comparison has to be per equivalent amount of milligrams (mg). Each MaxOne capsule contains 125 mg of their trademarked product Riboceine. Therefore, the equivalent amount of NAC which should raise glutathione levels in the liver would be 375 mg (300% of 125 mg). MaxOne also retails for $92 per bottle of 60 capsules. That comes to $1.53 per capsule.
The product I use, NAC Sustain, contains 100 capsules per bottle. Each capsule contains 600 mg of N-Acetyl Cysteine. Going by MaxOne's claims, that should raise liver glutathione levels more than 1 and a half times as much per capsule. A bottle of NAC Sustain sells for $18.50 at Utopia Silver and is lowered to about $15.73 when you use the CZ discount code of LR001. That comes to about 15 and 3/4 cents per capsule.
As best I can figure, you pay about 1/10th as much for the NAC and get over 1.5 the benefit as compared to MaxOne.
Isn't MLM wonderful?
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Re: Comparing Riboceine to N-Acetyl ... Tony Isaacs
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Man created this glutathione deficiency problem... by messing with natural processes and foods.
Yeah, man has been messing up all kinds of things and there seems to be no end in sight. At least no good end.
I tell ya, it's a mixed up muddled up shook up world.
Except for Lola.
I am not dismissing it out of hand so much as dismissing it out of pocket. It's main claim to fame in the MLM marketing hype appears to be increasing glutathione production. Why pay 100 times more per 100 mg capsule for a supplement which provides over 1.5 times less glutathione production increase than does N-acetyl cysteine at 600 mg per capsule? And even less glutathione increase than a coffee enema?
Thanks for your input.
Actually your math is wrong, you also have to keep in mind even if you take more NAC, GLutathione levels will not increase more than 70% not to mention there are side effects for taking NAC. But it actually takes 16 capsules A DAY of NAC to raise Glutathione levels 70%, it takes 2 capsules of Max One to raise Glutathione levels 272%, even if riboceine was more expensive the benefits are priceless it slows your aging to a crawl, it gives you the CLEANEST cellular energy, it gives you focus, it detoxifies your body AND pulls heavy metals from your body, it helps you reach the DELTA sleep, etc, etc, etc...
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Noted that this is your second post at CZ and that your first past was an advertisement for riboceine in the Market Place forum.
Having an aversion to MLM marketing in general has nothing to do with whether or not I understand science. You actually have no idea whether or not I understand the science and are merely stating your opinion. You know what they say about opinions, newcomer: They're like arseholes - everybody has one. Some perhaps have more than one . . .
If you want to push an over-hyped and over-priced product, go ahead - but NOT on my private forum. Myself, I will stick with much less expensive NAC and perhaps exercise and coffee enemas. So what if you have to take a bit more NAC than your MLM product? It is so much cheaper that it more than makes up for the difference. Coffee is cheaper still. And exercise is free.
