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Topic: Activated Charcoal

Niff
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Member # 11055

posted

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?

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0624sm
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Member # 15591

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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.

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lymebytes
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Member # 11830

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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 ]

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BOEJR
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Member # 1734

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Hi Niff,

thank you sooooo much for this post!

Julia [hi]

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Please consult your LLMD before making any changes to your treatment regimen.

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Radha
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Member # 8464

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is it ok to take charcoal with any food or will it block absorption of any nutrients from the food?

radha

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METALLlC BLUE
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 6628

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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.

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trish4
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Member # 14156

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hey guys...where can i purchase this? and what is the cost?

thanks.. [Smile]

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METALLlC BLUE
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 6628

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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.

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brf
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 8748

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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?

Thanks,
B.

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