How about taking Chlorella?

[luckiestdestiny]

I have to remember to stay on top of my water intake as I increase my dose...that will help flush that stuff out of you, I will also keep my fiber pretty high, I'll be eating oat meal, flax seeds, and high fiber cereal...that will help "keep it moving" if you know what I mean

Chlorella does have fiber in it too. But I think that extra can't hurt, and of course drinking water I agree, so that it helps with chlorella's ability to detox the body and flush out all toxins in the body. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

The Chlorella did give me a few bumps, I havent seen any new ones so I think things are going back to normal. All's good and I will try to go to 5g tomorrow.

That's good to know that you had detox issues and they are all gone now. So others will know what they might expect. Thanks for that!

 

[Kimbosheart]

That's good to know that you had detox issues and they are all gone now. So others will know what they might expect. Thanks for that!

In that vain, I should add that my throat was swollen today and yesterday BUT i don't think Im sick, I think its more detox, I rarely detox through my tummy because I have a freakishly fast metabolism so I suspect Im detoxing through my skin and glands/nodes (whatever, i wasn't the best at anatomy)

 

[luckiestdestiny]

BTW everyone I'm on five and tomorrow I'm upping it to six as I haven't had any digestive or other issues. I have been drinking lots of water, so maybe that's helped. Oh and other types of stuff like juice, and green drinks. So maybe keep that in mind. Up your intake of fluid, w/ primarily water (juice is good too!)

 

[luckiestdestiny]

In that vain, I should add that my throat was swollen today and yesterday BUT i don't think Im sick, I think its more detox, I rarely detox through my tummy because I have a freakishly fast metabolism so I suspect Im detoxing through my skin and glands/nodes (whatever, i wasn't the best at anatomy)

AtlantaJJ was suggesting upping your water. You're at five. Make sure you do that. I haven't had problems but I've been drinking lots of fluid, and I'm going to drink even more. It's a good idea as water helps to remove toxins when the body is detoxing! It will have you feeling better in no time. Please report back.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

In that vain, I should add that my throat was swollen today and yesterday BUT i don't think Im sick, I think its more detox, I rarely detox through my tummy because I have a freakishly fast metabolism so I suspect Im detoxing through my skin and glands/nodes (whatever, i wasn't the best at anatomy)

Must be nice to bolded.

BTW w/ a "freakishly fast metabolism" I wonder if you'll get fast results. It'll be interesting to see how fast your results are.

 

[Kimbosheart]

Thanks, I drink at least 2 liters a day, always have but I still think that I could use more until my system gets used to the chlorella. But its too late to start the 3rd liter tonight!

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Thanks, I drink at least 2 liters a day, always have but I still think that I could use more until my system gets used to the chlorella. But its too late to start the 3rd liter tonight!

Wow. Well if you can stomach 3 liters! Maybe it's just the detox. I think my problems or lack there of comes from the way I eat (all organic) and the fact that I did a detox back in October and that one was really bad! So I think my body has cleared lots of toxins out, so by the time I took chlorella I had no side effects.

I think everyone will be different, but it's good to know it's not a big deal and doesn't last forever (so far from the reports... and I hope it stays that way).

 

[Kimbosheart]

Must be nice to bolded.

BTW w/ a "freakishly fast metabolism" I wonder if you'll get fast results. It'll be interesting to see how fast your results are.

Lets just say you have always been able to set a watch to my regularity. But I have only been taking the chlorella for a little over a week and i can tell that my body likes it a lot. I will keep you posted. Thanks so much, it would have taken me years to find this on my own.

I can see myself having to get automatic shipments in so I can make it a daily staple like my water

 

[yodie]

I'm up to 3 g's a day. I have all these little bumps coming out. I hope my body is detoxing.

I ordered the Source Naturals powder today. I'm going to try to go up to 5 g's by the end of the week with my pills.

Gotta get my diet in check. I've been eating so many cookies since Christmas. Dang! I ate junk today. No more of that.

 

[CurlyMoo]

This is the one i have now. I just wish it listed how much chlorella growth factor it had in it. I picked it up at the vitaminshoppe.

My diet is simply whole foods, instead of junk with 80 percent of my food coming from vegetables (I try to have a range of vegetables including whole grains and peas like chicpeas,etc some vegetarian foods do have protein in it so I'm probably getting more protein from that) and 20 percent from meat. I've been eating lots of fish and chicken and reduced red meat to almost nothing. My next step is to cut up my fish (including fish, scallops, crab, etc) and cut down my chicken.

I also drink nettle tea once a day(it tastes like black tea so it's really easy to drink and I think it pushes things up a notch though it took weeks to start seeing results from it...around a few from what I remember), and then my nettle tea rinse everytime I wash. Nettle tea is known to increase hair growth. So I like doing it internally AND externally.

For external nettle tea hair rinse: I boil the nettle tea, I then add real herbs: rosemary, sage (and if I can get a peach pit I smash it up and also use it, otherwise just the rosemary, sage, and nettle), chop up the herbs, and boil it all together with the nettle in a pot. I've found the amount matters, but I've been doing it for so long now that I just can eye ball it, so I can't tell you how much of each to use.

@ the bolden, I have an Italian seasoning mix with rosemary and sage. Do you think if I crushed some up and added it to the nettle tea rinse that I will still be the same?

 

[luckiestdestiny]

@ the bolden, I have an Italian seasoning mix with rosemary and sage. Do you think if I crushed some up and added it to the nettle tea rinse that I will still be the same?

Not sure how the other herbs would interact. I would just go to a wholefood and go to the veggie section. They have the herbs in these packs. There's a herb pack called poultry mix. It has both herbs needed. You can look at the sage and rosemary to see which ones to use. As it's cheaper that way, I just get that, and discard the other herb in there, chop them up and boil them with the nettle viola! It's about 2 bucks.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Btw guys, there's a thread where someone was talking about how asian women's hair grows fast and I was of course writing that it's nutrition not just genetics. Just thought I'd show you all this stuff too while I'm at it as I had read earlier in the week about how chlorella is popular in asian communities, but I thought I'd place it here just for those who might want to see it:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Chlorella-Detoxifier--Age-Fighter-and-Energizer
Today, it is Japan’s No. 1 health food supplement and frequently included in salads and sushi.


http://watershed.net/ch-faq.aspx
While Chlorella is very popular in Japan and throughout the Orient, it has only recently gained notoriety in the West. It has not become a popularized fad such as Melatonin, MSM, St. John's Wort and other herbs that explode on the market then disappear quickly when interest is lost in them. Chlorella is slowly becoming more widely known as its astounding and profound health benefits are revealed through scientific study and word of mouth. Because of its incredible nutritive properties, when Chlorella finally does become a household word, its stay with us will be permanent, not temporary like so many of the herbs and hormones that have made it onto the cover of popular news magazines.


Could we have stumbled onto one of their hair secrets? I think chlorella aids the body in so many ways, that those who use it, are just reaping all the benefits (including hair growth). I'm sure it's also the fish and stuff...but I'm eating that already so it's good to know I'm on the right track.

Yes, this is a major health and hair secret that has been hiding in plain site. And these people will gladly except being put on a pedestal as naturally able to grow hair at 2" a month without even mentioning that there is a superfood that prolly is put in the drinking water.

Yes Asians do grow hair at a faster rate WITH the help of superfoods that have been apart of their diet for centuries. Yet this is never mentioned in the so called statistics articles on who grows the hair faster and stronger.

 

[CurlyMoo]

You know what, I'm going to find out a year from perfecting my regimen. I started my eating right thing sept ish, and nettle October and around that time my growth took off over an inch (mth). We'll see. Right now since then I get the same amount of growth, and on months when I haven't eaten as well (still try to do the nettle, etc) I get 3/4 inch, on months when I'm on target over an inch. We'll see what's up with the chlorella whether it's quality or quantity (addition).

I'm hoping to be WSL fast and as of Dec I'm a little over an inch past MBL. So I'll report when I become WSL so people can see what's going on and how fast.

BTW I'm braided up or I'd measure now, but I know that I still got at least an inch since my last measurement as my braids were super loose and I pulled them up to eyeball the amount of growth. I am a natural. I plan to stay braided until I get to wsl, so that I don't do something drastic like chop out layers. I want to get to wsl and then knock into the layer thing.

What kind of braids are you in? Synthetic or is your own hair braided? And how do you wash your hair? I was thinking of keeping my hair in twists for the next 6 months while I start my new health and superfood regimen.

 

[yodie]

I keep my hair in twists underneath my wig (shooting for brastrap length by Dec. 2009).

I usually wash my hair in the shower with WEN and/or clarify as necessary.

I redo my twists every three weeks and try to DC twice a week.

Works for me.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Hey, I found this.... http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA400160 ........YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST PARAGRAPH . THIS IS A POSSIBLE CAUTION ABOUT SPIRULINA !

Interesting article Carletta, I think I will hold off on the Spirlina for now and just get some Source Naturals Chlorella. Not sure if I will get powder or pills. Since I want to start a fruit or veggie smoothy every morning I just might get the powder.

 

[CurlyMoo]

I have been taking it for a week now (along with spirulina), and noticed the same thing with my nails! Also, I just relaxed Monday (texlaxed, really.. Too much sulfur in my hair erplexed) and usually it takes a while for my hair growth cycle to start up again, but ALREADY the creepy crawly sensations pretty much throughout the day... And at night when I am sleep, the sensations will wake me up, because it feels like something crawling on my head!

This stuff is definitely a keeper! I don't know how i will report progress, because I still have lots of texture in my hair after I relaxed so...

Use measuring tape.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Review the thread. I provided two links one for powder, one for pill. They were the cheapest I found online. Also you can go to wholefoods and get source naturals yaeyama chlorella which is the one that Barbiedollhair said gave her the most growth. So I just went directly to that brand. HTH

Did they also have the powder form? I'm going to go by there tomorrow.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kusare
I just got my batch of chlorella (it's so green!) and mixed it with my OJ. Turned a really murky green color and the taste wasn't so pleasant. For those taking to powder form what do you do to tone down the taste? If you use it in any smoothies what kind of smoothies are you making?

BTW i'm starting off with 1/2 teaspoon.

Someone said earlier that they tried it with bannana strawberry I think and it tasted horrible, but then they tried it w/ apple and it wasn't so bad. Try apple and see what happens.

How about with cranberry juice and apple juice mixed together. Cranberry is a strong flavor.

 

[CurlyMoo]

Wow. Talk about ambitious. I was planning on increasing mine to 8-10 slowly as that is the "disease fighting level" where you notice extraordinary change. As I have thyroid disease, I thought maybe this could help with that and I could get lots of hair growth too.

The good thing about chlorella is you can't have too much, but my goodness woman, what are you trying to do, have hair down to your knees by tomorrow?
Please keep us in the know, because I definitely want to follow your journey. I'll stick to my original plan. I'm already at 4 and I am excited about how fast my nails and hair are growing, so I can only imagine when I double that.

Thank you for sharing this Luckie. My mother has an underactive thyroid and I think I will be starting her on this. The only problem is that she may not be consistent with it. But I will give it a try.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

What kind of braids are you in? Synthetic or is your own hair braided? And how do you wash your hair? I was thinking of keeping my hair in twists for the next 6 months while I start my new health and superfood regimen.

I just keep my hair braided and dilute them when I wash (shampoo, condish) and they keep pretty well (when they get frizzy I just rebraid). It's just my own hair w/o synthetic. I was thinking this time of just doing a weave because pinkskates went from MBL to almost waist length doing that. I thought it might give me a change of pace and as I have a friend (who has nice hair and is a stylist) does weaves well for others, and will do it for me really cheap! I didn't know that w/ hair that long it could go into weaves, but apparantly pinkskates did it w/ no problem, and my friend was like sure she could do mine. I even pour the tea rinse on and leave it while I'm in braids and do different styles. I've had friends do synthetic and I know that the crown and glory method does it that way...I'm just not familiar with it. I'm not super familiar w/ weaves (did one years ago and that was that when my hair was in an inbetween stage and I didn't want to manipulate it too much. I made sure they were super careful and I'd detangle it myself which is why they didn't hinder any of my growth progress) but more so than the synthetic hair braids (which I'm sure is similar but I don't have any tips for that. Wish I could help.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Did they also have the powder form? I'm going to go by there tomorrow.

Not the one I went to But the the lady said some of them do.

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Thank you for sharing this Luckie. My mother has an underactive thyroid and I think I will be starting her on this. The only problem is that she may not be consistent with it. But I will give it a try.

Hope it helps.

 

[CurlyMoo]

I've been taking this for a week now and the habit of ripping my nails are gone because it's too hard to rip them! LOL. They're growing nicely too.

WOW, that's fast results right there.

 

[CurlyMoo]

WOW! Two Days and my nails are super strong ! and i used to have a split in one of my nails because it broke really badly!NO SPLIT ! the split is gone my nail is finally one! Love chlorella

Now that is really fast. Which Chlorella are you taking and in what form?

 

[CurlyMoo]

Okay so I know you guys are going to think I'm crazy, but I am just convinced, and when I'm convinced, I act fast. It's probably because I did so much research. I just know that this stuff is the bizness. So here's my plan:

I know that I have been eating organic, and I did a body detox program back in Oct, and that I was on 2, 3, 4g, without problems in the span of a week. I didn't even have diarrhea or the opposite. And I just feel so much better.

So I'm upping it again to five. If I'm okay with five in the next two days, I'm going to 6 grams. It says that your poop should be green when you're taking enough and I'm not there yet (sorry to tell you my biz but that's what the article says, please re read my posting from earlier in the thread if you haven't already). It also says that people can take even more than that. So I am ordering my powder now, so it's here when I run out of tablets, and I will probably eventually go to 8 or 9g (following the article I posted earlier weeks from now) if I don't have any problems. I plan to stay to 6 for at least a week though, before upping from there. W/ the powder that's only 2 teaspoons which I'm putting in a tablespoon of apple sauce and then gulping it down bit by bit so I don't taste it. Then I'll do a glass of water after so that it dissolves.

Please follow your body and only go as far as it allows, until you are able to adjust to whatever your goal dose is whether smaller or larger. Some may be able to go faster than others depending on their body, diets, environmental factors like smog, etc as your body has to detox. I've been lucky so far. I will of course change the plan if I hit a detox wall and scale back of course!

So far so good. My hair is shocking me now, so I want to see where this goes. Plus I know at that amount I'll have more than enough of all the vitamins and minerals I need for the day, so that's good also (better than any hair vitamin could ever be and in food format so that it doesn't build up toxically in the body like vitamins can...I'm sure you guys read all the literature I posted so you know what I'm talking about). Here goes yay::sweet:

Now if your waste is green does that mean that you are also releasing some of the vitamins becasue your body has obsurbed so much in one day? I would think that the green color must come from the chlorophyll. I know this happens when I take ordinary vitamins. My urine would be neon yellow. I was told that the body can only take so much until it just releases the extra through your urine. But that was urine not solid waste.

 

[CurlyMoo]

That's the one I bought. 16 oz waiting on it in the mail

I like the price for the 8oz better but I wonder how many months that would last me? erplexed

 

[CurlyMoo]

That's the one I ordered



Woa big money, Sun Chlorella! That's some great stuff (according to what I've been reading) you should see great results in no time. Like LD said I think most ladies in here are just taking Chlorella. That alone should be enough to see significant growth w/o the spirulina but I plan on adding spirulina to my regimen later on (when I get some more extra cash) because I am trying to fight a disease with these green foods and I want to maximize my benefits by taking both to help fight it off.

Ladies I am guessing that the new growth that we get from chlorella will be pretty strong because of all the highly absorbable protein we are taking in. Yet another plus. I wonder if when we all start up and show our results the ladies in the other growth aid threads will drop that stuff and try this out. Could this eliminate topical growth aids all together on the board?:scratchch

Bite your tongue about my Mega-Tek. I love me some MT. And Babydoll is still using her MT/MN mixture. If I can get the same or more growth with Chlorellla that I get with MT I would consider dropping it due to the extra costs. But all in all I really enjoy MT not just for the fact that it has increased my growth but it has strengthened my hair and nails. Without making my hair hard. And the smell is delicious unlike Chlorella. I view MT as a protein conditioner with umph. Now that I think about it, I really want to simplify my life and dammit now you've got me, :scratchch too. UGH!

Yes, will this mean that we won't need protein conditioners or any Auyrvedic powders? Ok, ladies what say you, do you think you can drop some of your hair products? What effect does Chlorella have on thickness? I know it increased growth but how is it growing in?

 

[luckiestdestiny]

Now if your waste is green does that mean that you are also releasing some of the vitamins becasue your body has obsurbed so much in one day? I would think that the green color must come from the chlorophyll. I know this happens when I take ordinary vitamins. My urine would be neon yellow. I was told that the body can only take so much until it just releases the extra through your urine. But that was urine not solid waste.

Not vitamin waste. As chlorella is a whole food, the body processes it differently. Probably chlorophyll but I don't know for sure. But from the articles I've read, they rave over chlorella's ability to be absorbed in the body fully, and utilized because it is a superfood.

 

[CurlyMoo]

We never officially started a challenge here.. I asked about it earlier and nobody said anything. So I'm asking, do you ladies want to start a challenge, or a study, shall we say! LOL>... How about something along the lines of what Luckiest is doing... Several people take a certain amount, and those who can stomach it or take it safely, take larger amounts and see what types of results we get. The biologist in me coming out. Letme know what you guys all think... I'm ready!

I started taking this stuff last week, I think, and my nails are growing like crazy. My hair is natural and so therefofre, I have major shrinkage, I can't tell if I've got growth or not, but I do know that recently I just cut it to shoulder length and did take pics, so we'll see. I'm going to measure today and see what I get a week from now. I'm taking 3g daily, will up it to 5 today. Although I am seriously hoping that this will be the end of topical growth aids and multi's.

EEEK!

You know I really like this thread and the current method of updating to be very comfortable for me. The idea of yet another challenge is frightening and It feels like pressure. Count me as a no. Or lets take it slow to see if some of us will need encouragement. Right now everyone seems so excited and determined.