Edges-CAM

Do you take Melatonin?  I tried the 3 mg and would take it for a few days at a time.  I had the weirdest dreams.  It made me drowsy but at the same time I felt like I was awake all night.  Anyone have similar experiences.  I read how it's important to take but so far I've had worse nights sleep with it.

Dear Bookie! Ha ha.  OK, I started with the basic dose, I think 1 cap (500mg) three times a day, then doubled it after two weeks.  Then I changed brands and always took a minimum of 3000 per day.  Right now I take three to five of the "uber" absorb per day which equals about 2100mg minimum.  I never had a stomach issue with the high doses, but some of us can have severe irritation from many diff things and not even know it is happening, so you are smart to be cautious.  For example, I didn't even know my ulcerative colitis had progressed and was at a dangerous stage because my symptoms were too subtle; another example is my neighbor just ended up in the hospital with a ruptured duodenal ulcer, and she never had the slightest warning.  So pay attention to any tummy sensitivity and make sure you have a little fat or oil with the curcumin.  Black pepper or bioperine helps absorption too, but it is usually included with the curcumin.  It can be a tummy irritant too, but it is a trade off.  We need this stuff in our systems, it is very important.  What ever you do, take a minimal dose that feels agreeable to your stomach.

I should clarify the curcumin dose:  the super absorb is a 700mg cap, so 3 of them equals 2100mg per day.  The super absorb quotient confuses the dose ratio, so just know that you get the minimum dose but the effect is as if you took up to four times that amount.  I vary what I take daily depending on other factors too, for example, what I ate that day, if I ate curry, if I have stomach sensitivity, mood, etc... 

still don't know the answer to that....I think bioperine has independent positive effects biochemically, but the people I have consulted said it is more important to get the curcumin in the system first, which means super absorb counts first, bioperine second.  But if Bioperine has independent action of it's own, shouldn't we be adding it too?  Also, Bioperine helps with absorption, but you don't need it with super absorb.  I can't wrap my logic around this one......

I too read Edge's posts diligently as well.  However, someone tell me if I am wrong, but when reading his posts about the curcumin, I thought I had read that the dosage was to be higher for those with metastatic disease than for those that have not experineced a recurrence.  Am I wrong and should those of us that have yet to experience recurrence take the higher dose?

I just saw that Edge-CAM has updated his protocol.  Here's the new link, please check it out!

http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancersurvivorforum.org/post?id=4698965&trail=20#1

Donna, thank you for posting this link....I had not checked for updates.  This is awesome information!

Bliss

Hi jodie, you may want to be careful with antioxidant supplements and the green tea while your mom is completing her radiation. The D3 is a great thing to do while on rads but when researching I found that there was a huge uproard over antioxidants supplements while doing the radiation.

what dose in the calcuim and magnesium? x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone
I am glad that you find Constantine's hard work helpful to you over here on the TNBC forum. Thank you  for citing  the No Surrender Breast Cancer Foundation and Constantine as the source for the information that was copied here. We really appreciate it.

I was wondering if you could let me know what you mean when you say you find the  forum hard to navigate? We are constantly upgrading to make it as user-friendly as possible, and I would truly appreciate hearing what makes it confusing so I can fix it!

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