Jordana
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The doc wants me to take chlorella and I don't understand where it's supposed to fit.
I take my meds every 12 hours; I take my cholestyramine either one hour after or four hours before my meds. Supplements three times a day; buhner herbs and vitamins, etc.
I don't really eat meals, I just wander into the kitchen and fix rice, veggies, etc when I'm hungry.
Where does the chlorella go?
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- It's food. Enjoy drinking it before a meal, I'd say, especially at first to see how your lower GI will work with it / timing of colon function. Once you get used to it, it may work well as a snack time pick you up even without food.
I do well with it at any time at all. Very easy on me, it feels very nourishing.
Just START LOW
Better yet, ask your doctor, just call the office. They would best know regarding all that you take, etc.
Brussels posted on April 14, 2015 in reply to those questions:
"Yes, chlorella is a complete plant (in dry form), so it is far from single chemicals (like minerals, vitamins, or alpha lipoic acid for example), or from non-food supplements (like clay, zeolites, for example).
In my view then, it is more to be seen as food than as a supplement.
The same way spinach or lettuce won't bind to your magnesium, your vitamins, your antibiotic, chlorella won't bind to these stuff, as it NEEDS many of the things we need for its own survival in nature. So chlorella does contain lots of minerals, amino acids etc.
It will though bind with many heavy metals! It is in research.
I love chlorella, and I take it anytime. Really anytime." (end Brussels' post) -
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Jordana
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I think it binds to drugs though.
But probably not to supplements or tinctures.
I guess I can take it between med doses.
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- As you say you "don't understand chlorella" some more interesting reading to get to know each other:
[My note: while discussion of his product is part of this, you certainly don't have to buy that one - although his research and products are top quality. Still, use the detail presented to help you select the best brands. His articles are exceptional in their content & educational value.] -
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Jordana
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I got a big jar of broken cell wall chlorella from nutricost. I think it's safe, at least from the reviews.
This worries me anyway -- I remember whenever I tried to take wheatgrass juice it made me nauseous and gave me a headache.
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- This is NOTHING like wheatgrass in terms of how it affects you. Nothing.
I had many wheatgrass boomerangs with the actual liquid juice. It can knock a punch to the gut and so much more if one takes a full shot on an empty stomach, especially [even with that little orange juice they give you at the juice bars].
I did better with wheatgrass powder, though. Still chlorella is not wheatgrass. Sure, they are both green but it's very different.
Just start with about 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon (in 1/2 cup water) in the middle of a nice snack or meal. It's fairly neutral in that manner. Use your kitchen measuring spoons for consistency until you are better acquainted with it and can see if you will be friends. -
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- After your comment about wheatgrass juice, just want to caution you also about bee pollen. I've had some of the same profound reactions to bee pollen as I've had with liquid real wheatgrass juice, in a shot glass serving from a juice bar.
Even a small amount of bee pollen - IF on an empty stomach can bring on serious unpleasantness. I started with way too much, like a full food teaspoon (which is far larger than a real teaspoon, properly measured).
Bee pollen can have wonderful properties and effects. But it demands ultimate respect as one first meet it. And it's not a good dance partner for all. -
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Jordana
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I've tried that too and it did not make me happy at all.
I remember thinking, why do all these "health" things make me feel like crap?
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- Dose can be everything, when starting out. Animals are smarter than I was. When an animal tries a new food, it goes for a TINY amount. Next time, just a little more, and on and on. Their idea of "tiny" is likely far less than mine has been even once I really got this concept.
Law of averages and individual differences, too. I've found only a couple of things that clobbered me from the plant world. But, I'd forgotten about them overtime and then it took a few repeats before I connected the dots.
And, really, the "clobbers" were a lot about my not having studied about them before diving in. I just didn't think I need you. I was wrong. Any food in concentration needs a good introduction before jumping into the back seat with it.
[I have no idea where the metaphors are coming from today, just can't think of the words I want and these silly phrases pop up].
But I've not been the first to be seduced by a picture or idea of feeling fantastic. Now. Right now. Forget studying. Go for the gusto.
I had to learn respect first, the hard way. Wheatgrass shots and bee pollen taught me that -- and, oh, taking B Vitamins with too little food (oh, my!). Come to think of it, I had to pull off the highway, to the shoulder of the road the first time I took a Niacin tablet.
Better, I think that herbs / plants / mushrooms are favored over some of the supplements sold by some vendors that promise some kind of action. If it has flashing photos that pull you in with a "you can look like this, or feel like this, too" approach, that's my first turn off.
Be wary of anything that promises action - such as energy, sleep, to climb to the top of the IQ charts, etc. If that promise is what a product is banking on, it's not likely it's in the proper spirit of nutrition.
Go for the nutrients that, in their own natural properties, can feed our bodies so that our bodies will then function better. A good naturopathic doctor can also be a valuable teacher and guide. -
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- Though not at all about lyme, this is one of the best reference resources on my bookshelf that has wonderful chapters, many graciously available through their website. I have learned so much from this book, so very much.
Often, one herb needs another to ensure the best effect. Some plants can be hard to digest alone -- or some may be "yang" ("hot" / aggressive yet some of that power is necessary) yet needs bit of a "yin" plant ("cool" calm) to balance it for the patient's comfortable experience.
We do the same thing when eating spicy foods. We have cooling foods along for that ride!
" . . . Herbs which nourish the blood are usually prescribed by traditional doctors along with digestive herbs such as white atractylodes or trikatu to ensure absorption. . . ." -
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Jordana, I know exactly what you mean by 'healthy things making you sick'.
I guess each case is a case, and chlorella may make you feel sick too. It did, for me in the first months. It took me about 4 months or more to get used to it.
I guess it stirred some heavy metals and made me feel sick.
When you take bee polen, you may feel sick because of some killing power of it. If you herx, you feel sick. If you herx, your detox pathways are dumped with toxins.
For me, I can only take ONE HERB at a time, one product at a time.
Minerals are supposed to make me well, but I feel VERY ILL with some minerals. So I have to work on that too, like you. In my case, it usually has to do with detox pathways being in trouble.
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Jordana
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Thanks, Brussels.
I haven't tried it yet. I'm waiting to feel brave enough.
Because I'm doing Buhner protocols and abx it's hard to tell what's doing what to me at any given time.
Maybe I'll wait til I'm less loaded.
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My husband takes Chlorella tablets along with his bedtime supplements.
He had no problems with it. And he does have issues with detoxing, so needs to start out slow with everything.
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Jordana
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Thanks Manname. It's a good suggestion generally for bad detoxers to try out new things at night, then go to bed and sleep through any resulting misery.
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When I was doing Buhner herbs, looong ago, my critic to his protocols were that they lacked binders.
Stronger people may stand only those immuno regulators, killers, whatever, but people like me didn't want that (my body simply fails if I keep on killing only).
Once I added SYSTEMATICALLY many binders and organ supporting substances, minerals, fish oil, etc, well, my life changed.
At least, I left hell!!
Without chlorella, I think I would still be sick. Another thing I swear was bear garlic tincture, then MSM powder.
Then, if you still add liver supporting herbs (bitter herbs), some gut supporting powders (clay, for instance), and if your budget allows, some potent antioxidant like Megahydrate, I think most of us can get out of hell!
I still used some homeopathic substances to support lymph, did loads of feet baths with salt and infrared, then rubbed any oil on my body (it does help the skin detox!), magnesium supplements and fish oil (or omega 3).
When you get the right combination to what your body needs, you start on the ascending curve again. I hope so!
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