I seem to get a good response from taking activated charcoal in dealing with the weak/sick/toxic feeling and brain fog that I have alot of the time. It seems to work better than CSM for me. How much activated charcoal can you safely take?
Posted by 0624sm (Member # 15591) on :
My husband sometimes takes 12 - 15 at a time in the middle of the night. This timing allows him to avoid interference with medications, food, and supplements. When he's not taking charcoal, he takes a double dose of Questran (which actually works better most of the time). If we could figure out a way to fit either of those into his daytime schedule, he would take more in the day too. Besides the timing issue, a tendency toward constipation could be a concern.
Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :
I have found A/C to be amazing. It helps with many things.
I agree 100% it does help with that sick, toxic, foggy feeling, I can't believe I didn't know about this until recently when my LLMD suggested it for my son who was so sick on LD toxins from Flagyl and other meds he was hallucinating. It knocked it out. I was skeptical, but not anymore. This stuff is great!
My LLMD said to take 2 hours before and/or after any medications. Up to 4 capsules 4x's per day.
I did a lot of study recently regarding A/C and this may help answer all your questions, many good links also within this thread: http://tinyurl.com/6er75d
[ 25. May 2008, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: lymebytes ]
Posted by BOEJR (Member # 1734) on :
Hi Niff,
thank you sooooo much for this post!
Julia Posted by Radha (Member # 8464) on :
is it ok to take charcoal with any food or will it block absorption of any nutrients from the food?
radha
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
It must be taken away from food as well. It "will" affect the absorbtion of nutrition.
Think of Activated Charcoal the same way your water filters work. That's what they use in your filter! That black stuff!
So it will pull out minerals, etc.
Posted by trish4 (Member # 14156) on :
hey guys...where can i purchase this? and what is the cost?
thanks.. Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
You can purchase it just about anywhere. It's hard to "screw up" the manufacturing process since all it is is activated charcoal.
You would be best served to buy from Vitacost probably. NSI would be fine, or Soure Naturals, or any of the major brands. You can read the reviews and see which one you want.
Posted by brf (Member # 8748) on :
Anytime I take activated charcoal, I seem to swell up considerably. I usually only take 1 which I know is a low dose.
The other night I took 2 and the swelling the next day felt as though I would explode.
Anybody have this happen or can offer a guess into what might be going on?
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