I'm going to try the Buhner protocol, but I'm starting first with nattokinase. Having watched 'Under Our Skin', I figure that if biofilms are part of the problem, why not start by stripping them out first? Nattokinase should do the trick.
Of course, I also modified my diet by stopping all sugar except complex carbs like brown rice and millet. That's been difficult.
I haven't started the Buhner protocol yet, but I have started the nattokinase and doing the sugarless diet and notice that I feel like I can breathe a lot better.
My headaches are less severe.
For a couple days, I noticed really painful buzz in the bottom of my spine. My neck stiffened even worse. Then it got better. There was a day when I didn't have a headache. That hasn't happened in a very _very_ long time.
I am still brain-fogged, but I sense some improvement.
Posted by gr33nman (Member # 20592) on :
I've just received my supply of supplements for the modified Buhner protocol.
I did a spreadsheet of monthly costs: $150 - $200 every month for the andrographis, cat's claw, smilax, resveratrol, zinc picolinate/gluconate, msm, natto-k, vitamins b and c, fish oil, and turmeric once I get into swing with the full doses. The first month I'll be ramping up a little more each week, but after that, it's pill-cereal-breakfast, pill-salad-lunch and pill-pilaf-dinner.
With the number of pills I'll be taking, it's a wonder they don't include the calorie count on the label! Posted by pamoisondelune (Member # 11846) on :
Be sure you buy the right brand of Resveratrol; you know it's not the Resveratrol but the Polygonum cuspidatum (Knotweed) in the Source Naturals brand that is the required herb.
I take all those things that you take, except for MSM and fish oil, plus a lot more, plus 3 antibiotics.
I feel that the Andrographis and Polygonum really help. I wouldn't want to skip any doses, 4 pills each, 3 times a day, although Buhner says 4 times a day.
Buhner says Polygonum is the easiest herb to take ; he says it can be taken every 10 minutes if necessary.
---- Polly Polygonum
Posted by gr33nman (Member # 20592) on :
I've come to trust NSI products. About three of these would be equivalent to one Source Naturals. Here's the info:
Red Wine Extract - 25mg (Standardized to 30% polyphenols - skin and seed)
Grape Seed Extract - 50mg (standardized to 85% phenolic and 75% oligomer polyphenol)(seed) -------------------------
Posted by gr33nman (Member # 20592) on :
Which is the herb that causes the strong smell in your urine?
Posted by cottonbrain (Member # 13769) on :
i think the resveratrol in high doses can do that. can't remember about the ohters.
watch the andrographis and resveratrol -- without food they can really tear up your stomach.
Posted by pamoisondelune (Member # 11846) on :
Your NSI brand doesn't give enough Polygonum!
It gives 75 mg!
Source Naturals brand gives 1 gram!
No other brand that i've seen gives that much.
NSI is the wrong brand! Not enough Polygonum!
---Polly Polygonum
Posted by gr33nman (Member # 20592) on :
quote:Originally posted by pamoisondelune: Your NSI brand doesn't give enough Polygonum!
It gives 75 mg!
Source Naturals brand gives 1 gram!
No other brand that i've seen gives that much.
NSI is the wrong brand! Not enough Polygonum!
---Polly Polygonum
pamoisondelune - Just doing the math:
The Source Naturals brand is standardized 1000mg at 8% trans-resveratrol.
The NSI brand is standardized 75mg at 50% trans-resveratrol.
To get about the same effectiveness with the NSI brand, I have to take take at least two NSI caps (at 70mg trans-resveratrol) to come close one SN cap (at 80mg trans-resveratrol).
The SN brand is actually 60% less expensive per active dose when I do a search on my favorite supplement supplier.
So until I buy more supplements, I'll double the NSI brand dose.
Thanks for the tip. You rock!
Posted by gr33nman (Member # 20592) on :
quote:Originally posted by cottonbrain: i think the resveratrol in high doses can do that. can't remember about the ohters.
watch the andrographis and resveratrol -- without food they can really tear up your stomach.
I am noticing it is a little hard on the gut.
But I'm also taking nattokinase, which needs to be taken on an empty stomach, so I've been taking everything an hour before I eat.
I guess I'll take some stuff before eating, and leave the andrographis and resveratrol for when I eat.
Time-taking for pills just got a little more complicated, eh?
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