How about taking Chlorella?

[Muse]

Oh man LD I think you started something in here when you mentioned using it for stretch marks! I'm on top of this one

I do think that this thread is in the right place because I believe that was the whole point initially was for hair growth but as we researched and experienced the health benefits it took a shift BUT we are still watching for results in our hair. A lot of us have many other issues for chlorella to fix before it gets to the hair so there won't be any pics for a while (lurkers and newbies-sorry) but when it hits everyone will know. We are all in the beginning stages so to expect pics now is pretty unrealistic. I know that it may seem we have been doing it longer by the size of this thread but the truth is the longest anyone's been on it is a little over a month (LD).

This is why I am so glad you didn't make this a challenge LD. I think we get so caught up around here in giving our hair set amount of weeks or months to get to a certain length with the various growth aids and then at the end of that period maybe some people haven't experienced as much growh but they feel pressured. It's a nice change of pace to just go with the flow and let what happens happen.

 

[belle_reveuse28]

Same here. I'll check in April or May.
I don't remember who suggested it, but the peppermint helped cut the nausea. Thanks.

That was meeee... I'm glad it helped!

 

[Lebiya]

Same here. I'll check in April or May.
I don't remember who suggested it, but the peppermint helped cut the nausea. Thanks.

Can someone please explain more about this pepermint mix, to help with nausea


All I have to do now is start eating better. I would really like to try LD's way of eating 80% veggies 20% meat, I don't even know where to begin with that or what that kind of eating looks like,lol.[/quote]


LD, Please do give us more info on your diet...Id like to start eating healthy by force... Im a student, not a great cook and eating out is taking a toll on my body, PLUS I know that with CHL and SPIR and a good diet, I can def make the 1.5 - 2inch mark!

I don't see why chlorella couldn't be added to conditioner or any other topical treatments. Joico is already doing it. Chlorella is in their Moisture Recovery conditioner.

Exactly!

I’ve been eyeing this thread for someone to post wonderful results if applied externally to the scalp. Even if it does nothing at all, I don’t see how it could be bad atleast. If its good internally, why not externally? Some of the food we eat have been applied topically with good results.

I have a sensitive scalp, and with perming my hair in the past has caused horrid burns, rashes, scars, throbbing pain etc… however I’m now recovering but my hairline is the slowest of all. I think I may start mixing it with water, applying it-Full Head- before a workout, cover with a bag, then wash it out after my workout thoroughly, sounds good? ..Someone please shed more light if possible, I think this could be good!

 

[Lebiya]

That was meeee... I'm glad it helped!

This is good news! pls tell us what you did

 

[yodie]

I sucked on a peppermint when nausea hit and felt stable soon after.

I know nausea is just part of the detox phase. It will pass.

Thanks BR

 

[belle_reveuse28]

Confession time:

I don't know if any of you ladies watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" but for those that did, you know how her father kept thinking he could solve everything with windex?

Well I have a confession:
Lately I've been solving most things with chlorella. I have a scar on my hand that I had since a surgery. Well I was reading on a site that chlorella helps heal cuts faster, so I wondered about scars. Well it said apply it externally like a paste. So When I get home, I apply it externally!

I feel like that guy in the movie, put some chlorella on it!

FYI I started taking pics because I couldn't believe my eyes. It used to be a white thin stripe , then it became pinkish, now it's a light pinkish brown and some parts are the color of my regular brown hand. This chlorella just keeps getting better. I'm even thinking of using on my stretch marks...but I'll wait to see how it works out on my hand first before I walk around like the hulk on my stomach (when I gained weight it caused stretch marks there). I will keep taking pics so that I have proof. I didn't take a pic the first day and I could kick myself! If only I did because it was much whiter than the second and then the third was just sooo much better! I

I think it's chlorellas CGF.

It makes cells have rapid turnover. NOW this sar is two years old. It's from a razor as they had to cut a cyst out of my hand during an operation. So I like that it's turning it back or at least somewhat. I hope it does so even more. Right now it seems like not the color, but the texture is changing from that scar tissue texture back to normal but color changed first. We'll see...

Lucky,
how long have you been applying it to the scar? I have one on my knee from surgery when I was little, and I also have some scarring on my chest from eczema... I'll try anything that helps.

 

[Lebiya]

Belle,

Can you please share more about what you did with peppermint to help with nausea?

 

[belle_reveuse28]

Belle,

Can you please share more about what you did with peppermint to help with nausea?

Yeah, sure! Umm... basically I sucked on a peppermint disc.... I ate about three of them but a few minutes after I finished, the nausea came back. So then I thought it would probably be better if I drank peppermint tea as it would stay in my system longer, and that took the nausea completely away. So my suggestion would be the tea, but if you dont have any, then some peppermint discs should help... It's quite simple, actually.. You just brew the tea and drink it slowly. Your nausea should subside.

 

[belle_reveuse28]

OH, and LD, about the nettle tea.... Can I brew a bag and then save what I dont use in the fridge? How many uses do you get from one bag?

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I don't see why chlorella couldn't be added to conditioner or any other topical treatments. Joico is already doing it. Chlorella is in their Moisture Recovery conditioner.

You've done it now muse! And to think, our versions could be way more potent because we could decide how much to add. Now...if it works or not that's another question(meaning what it could do)...

 

[Candycane044]

Wow! Okay, now I'm curious. I know this is probably gross, but what shade of green is everyone coming in at? I'm dark, dark, dark green.

My BM are really dark green as well.

I don't see why chlorella couldn't be added to conditioner or any other topical treatments. Joico is already doing it. Chlorella is in their Moisture Recovery conditioner.

Muse, I didn't know that! Well that means I'm going to try this soon.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Can someone please explain more about this pepermint mix, to help with nausea


All I have to do now is start eating better. I would really like to try LD's way of eating 80% veggies 20% meat, I don't even know where to begin with that or what that kind of eating looks like,lol.

LD, Please do give us more info on your diet...Id like to start eating healthy by force... Im a student, not a great cook and eating out is taking a toll on my body, PLUS I know that with CHL and SPIR and a good diet, I can def make the 1.5 - 2inch mark!




Exactly!

I’ve been eyeing this thread for someone to post wonderful results if applied externally to the scalp. Even if it does nothing at all, I don’t see how it could be bad atleast. If its good internally, why not externally? Some of the food we eat have been applied topically with good results.

I have a sensitive scalp, and with perming my hair in the past has caused horrid burns, rashes, scars, throbbing pain etc… however I’m now recovering but my hairline is the slowest of all. I think I may start mixing it with water, applying it-Full Head- before a workout, cover with a bag, then wash it out after my workout thoroughly, sounds good? ..Someone please shed more light if possible, I think this could be good! [/quote]


Hey Leibya I wish I could but it's like automatic pilot for me. I eat a variety of veggies in a variety of ways so I don't get bored. I always make sure they're organic and not canned. Either I purchase from whole food, or if I'm on the go, I get them from wholefood already cooked in the prepared section. This may help you too if you have a place like that as they prepare foods fresh, and without chemicals or preservatives. I go around the hot food bar and have a go at piling up different kinds of veggies, and then I go to the prepared food section and do the same thing.

They don't use any chems or anything and their foods are prepared fresh daily. I'm all about getting the freshest veggies so that I can have the most nutrients. If I'm on the run I sometimes just eat vegeterian for a meal, after eating organic oatmeal for breakfast, and then a dinner with meat and veggies (organic). I know it's annoying typing organic so I hope you understand I try to do this because it's very important for me to eat this way. Not only is it healthier, but my health has improved since and as I have thyroid disease I try to do everything I can to feel better. I just think everything should be organic anyways. It ticks me off that it's more expensive. I'm not sure about Ontario, but in the U.S they actually charge more unless you live in the country where there's more access (I know when I lived in Germany lots of foods were prepared organically anyways but I lived in a small town where there were lots of access to local foods without the chemicals,pesticides). There's this place by the school (I'm getting my masters so I know how student's diet can be) where they have macrobiotic vegetables (it just means they're cooked less) and I'll grab lunch or dinner, if my previous meal was meat heavy. I just try to balance things out.

If you pm me and have any questions I may can help you tweak your diet. I tried cutting out certain things one by one. Like eating more veggies: I just started adding more to one meal, then I decided to make one of my meals vegetarian just to see, etc. Now that I do it all the time I just know how to balance. I'll order meat with lots of veggies and focus on the veggies being 80 percent of the meal even if all meals have meat for example, I just know how to eye ball it. I eat tons of fish, and a few times a week I'll have chicken to add variety (it's easier to afford the chicken on the go). I eat all kinds of different cuisines to mix it up or else I'd get bored. If I'm eating pastas or anything like breads they're wholegrain or 100 percent whole wheat. You can get the steel oatmeal of example instead of regular.

I just do whatever to help my body process food easier. Which basically amounts to getting more nutrients into my body. It's not complicated once you get the hang of it, nor is it a diet per se' so I don't have set parameters just the percentage I like to stick to. I'm not perfect one day may be 75 percent instead of 80 but I always like to stick to the ratio of at least 2/3rds vegetables to 1/3 meat or more. Plus I started cutting other meat out of my diet and first ate mostly chicken then added fish once a week, then twice, and onward until most of my meals consisted of it (when I say fish I mean seafood in general not just fish for instance there's a all natural mexican place where I get stone ground corn tacos with spicy shrimp and cilantro. It is really ridiculously good. I like different flavors as I mentioned earlier, or I'd just quit because I don't like boring meals. I could not just salt and pepper my veggies everyday or I'd be outta there. I sometimes will buy them with garlic, or curried, or whatever because you want that variety in order to stay with it).

HTH I know it's long!

In addition

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Lucky,
how long have you been applying it to the scar? I have one on my knee from surgery when I was little, and I also have some scarring on my chest from eczema... I'll try anything that helps.

It really isn't that long at all. I'm staring at it right now as I type amazed. It's been less than a week. I just put it on my stretchmarks yesterday night and noticed this morning they were red. That's the same thing that happened to my hand. It looks like there's more circulation there. Then the color starts coming back. My hand has a little more color to go but the area is changing into regular skin not scar tissue. I'm really impressed with this stuff.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I must add that the article I researched said that it can take up to months so I think it depends on what type of scars and how long they've been there. I just apply every night before bed and don't think about it, let it go.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

OH, and LD, about the nettle tea.... Can I brew a bag and then save what I dont use in the fridge? How many uses do you get from one bag?

I don't ever save the bags as they get yucky, but I do save the tea for a few days in the fridge if I want to. I use up a box and a little of another in a month. Costing around 3ish to four ish dollars so it's not too bad considering what it does.

 

[Muse]

I finally broke down and bought the Naked Naturals green drink. That stuff is great for mixing chlorella AND Spirulina! I actually added my whole days' dose to just 16 oz (9g chlorella and 9g spirulina) and it still goes down VERY smooth.

But like LD said I hate how they jack up the price of organic foods and drinks. Can you imagine how healthy this country would be if we could get drinks like this at every grocery store/gas station for the price of Hi-C or a 2 liter coke.

 

[mariofmagdal]

I finally broke down and bought the Naked Naturals green drink. That stuff is great for mixing chlorella AND Spirulina! I actually added my whole days' dose to just 16 oz (9g chlorella and 9g spirulina) and it still goes down VERY smooth.

But like LD said I hate how they jack up the price of organic foods and drinks. Can you imagine how healthy this country would be if we could get drinks like this at every grocery store/gas station for the price of Hi-C or a 2 liter coke.

I know what you mean, my kiddos love the green smoothies, but they are too expensive for them to drink like talking about it.

 

[Blaque*Angel]

UK Ladies email [email protected] for a free sample of chlorella

 

[CurlyMoo]

I'm a farty monster, but my diet is great. I eat tons of salads, veggies, whole grains and lean meats/fish. I never drink soda, I just stopped liking it a few years back. I drink water throughout the day, and orange juice or milk @ breakfast/dinner. I know my diet is not to blame for the gassy erruptions
As for my SO, he thinks it's hysterical and tries to have competitions with me it's terrible but at least he thinks its amusing. I'm just glad that they're not smelly. I guess that's the chlorella factor?

Well at least he doesn't think you are unlady like. I think they will pass once your body adjusts to CHL. I am on the gassy side too I am considering scaling back on the dosage to see if that's it.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Maybe we should all invest in some Gas X?

 

[IndianAngel22]

I scaled back to 3g for 2 days and now I'm back to 6 in juice. I think I'm doing much better now And I finally looked down at my nails today and saw how long they were. And very white compared to normal. I like this

 

[CurlyMoo]

CRAP! I'm going to cover my entire body in Chlorella from head to toe!

 

[mariofmagdal]

I scaled back to 3g for 2 days and now I'm back to 6 in juice. I think I'm doing much better now And I finally looked down at my nails today and saw how long they were. And very white compared to normal. I like this

I know what you mean about the healthy looking nails. Usually I would have cut them down by now but they are so strong I just left them alone, they are so long and pretty.

 

[IntheIndigo]

Ginger tea or eating small slices of fresh ginger is good for nausea and gas. I use it all the time and have done, since I had severe gastritis last year. I prefer to use fresh ginger for the tea and if you choose to eat the fresh ginger, it is very spicy so you may want a bit of water or milk to wash it down. You can also drink coconut water to settle your stomach and it has tons of electrolytes.

Btw, hello everyone, I'm a lurker that has finally come out of her lurker hidey place.

 

[mariofmagdal]

Ginger tea or eating small slices of fresh ginger is good for nausea and gas. I use it all the time and have done, since I had severe gastritis last year. I prefer to use fresh ginger for the tea and if you choose to eat the fresh ginger, it is very spicy so you may want a bit of water or milk to wash it down. You can also drink coconut water to settle your stomach and it has tons of electrolytes.

Btw, hello everyone, I'm a lurker that has finally come out of her lurker hidey place.

Thanks and Welcome!

 

[belle_reveuse28]

I ordered today from iHerb.com the nettle tea and it shipped today! They will ship your order if you order it before 1 pm. I dont know if that's eastern time only as I am EST. Also, I used a coupon code and got $5 off my first order which made my shipping free. I can't remember the code, but just Google referral code for iherb and it will come up!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

CRAP! I'm going to cover my entire body in Chlorella from head to toe!

Doesn't it just make you wanna roll around in it?!!!!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Ginger tea or eating small slices of fresh ginger is good for nausea and gas. I use it all the time and have done, since I had severe gastritis last year. I prefer to use fresh ginger for the tea and if you choose to eat the fresh ginger, it is very spicy so you may want a bit of water or milk to wash it down. You can also drink coconut water to settle your stomach and it has tons of electrolytes.

Btw, hello everyone, I'm a lurker that has finally come out of her lurker hidey place.

Welocom IntheIndigo! Thanks for the advice. I'm going to use that for future reference. Sometimes I get nauseous during my period (don't know why but I do). This sounds like a good idea.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

I ordered today from iHerb.com the nettle tea and it shipped today! They will ship your order if you order it before 1 pm. I dont know if that's eastern time only as I am EST. Also, I used a coupon code and got $5 off my first order which made my shipping free. I can't remember the code, but just Google referral code for iherb and it will come up!

I love iherb. I couldn't get the $5 as I've ordered from them before. But they usually take a week to come to me, so ordered from amazon this time. As long as it's NOW tea, I'll order it wherever the deal is (and the co is reputable of course) because that's the only brand I know.

 

[kryolnapps]

Hello ladies!

I'm a major lurker and I never post but I had to say thank you to LD and to all the other ladies brave enough to try chlorella and post their experiences.

I had been taking Green food powder since the beginning of the year (I'm a novice health nut!). It does contain chlorella, but in a small quantity. I haven't notice anything amazing yet from the Green food except maybe a slight increase in energy. Then I tried chlorella and wow!!!!

I've been taking it every day for the past 3, almost 4 weeks. I started really slow, half a teaspoon then increased it the second week to a full serving of 2.5g (a level tsp). I take it mixed with my Green powder ( http://www.progressivenutritional.com/veggies/ ) Right along with you ladies I experienced stronger, whiter and longer nails, but no detox symptoms.

4 days ago I increased it to a full tablespoon (6g) and...oh boy!!! I started having flu like symptoms the same day I upped chlorella to 6g. My throat was sore and my head was hurting. The next day my sore throat was gone, but my nose was stuffy and I still had a headache. I'm feeling much better now; I only have a runny nose. I'm not 100% sure if I was detoxing or just had a cold, But I'm incline to think it was due to the chlorella.

See, about a month and a half ago, I had a really bad dry cough. I went to the doc and she told me I might have asthma because I had no fever and she couldn't hear anything in my lungs and I had no phlegm (I hate that word, yuck!!) She gave me these inhalers and I felt better after 2-3 days. However, I still felt like something was stuck in my lungs that I couldn't cough out. Well, the day after I upped to 6g I coughed out this brownish, reddish phlegm (tmi, I know , but this could help someone else) It continued a few times, and the color kept getting lighter and lighter. Now I feel like my lungs are clear!!! This is amazing!!!

Also, I too became a walking farting machine!! My BM's are odor free!! My skin is glowing, even though I have my periods now, my skin did not break out this month. I was hoping chlorella would help with menstrual pain, sadly, it did not. Oh well, I'm still going to take it for a long time!

I have other things happening, but I have to see more before reporting.

I take this brand: http://www.chloressence.com/


Sorry for the long post