gn1g said:
yes Hair Love you have an audience and I for one am leaning forward to catch every tip. I have a couple of questions and comments for you.
1. WHy are you taking the Iron Glycinoe during your cycle? I take Iron randomly but mostly during that time to help lighten the flow. I also take it to help minimize my shedding.
2. Do you know of any supplment that stops shedding.
3. Cooper 2mg per day is suppose to turn your gray hair back to its normal color and so does alfafa.
4. I take papaya enzmyes with most every meal, do you think people need stronger enzymes?
5. Tell us more about other supplements u take?
I get all bloat and itchy when I don't take the MSM also.
Hi there! As you can see, I am no longer "Hair Love." I'll answer your questions in order:
1. I take iron glycinate during my cycle because I feel kinda blah duirng my period from the blood (iron) loss. As I mentioned, I don't take any supplement with strict regularity anymore. That's because I spent decades on strict supplement regimens. I figure I have a pretty solid health foundation since I never, ever get sick. I do a supplement here and there for maintenance. The iron glycinate I use, by Nature's Bounty, contains Vitamin C, which helps the iron to absorb better. If you Google 'iron glycinate,' you'll see what the medical community and consumers think of this form of iron as opposed to other types. It stops me from feeling sluggish and rundown during my period. I take one or two pills the week of my period, nothing major. Iron builds up in the liver and can be VERY toxic if you take too much. That's why I limit it to 2-3x a month outside of any red meat (sorry, but yum!), spinach and mutivitamin I take.
2. As for shedding, I noticed that taking silica and eating a lot of various proteins stopped my shedding. Eat a wide range of clean, antibiotic and hormone-free proteins from plant AND animal sources (eggs, turkey, chicken, fish, beans, lentils, nuts, etc.). That's if you're not a vegetarian.
3. Thanks for the copper tip. I heard that before, but what I don't get is that I've taken copper all my life and I still have some gray hair. I heard that brewer's yeast, iodine, and kelp are supposed to help, but they didn't do jack in the gray hair department for me. I read that blackstrap molasses, when consumed, is supposed to help. We'll see. My friend said she didn't take Pepperie tea (
www.pepperie.com) consistently enough to see results, so that will be hit or miss for me.
4. As for enzymes, it's not so much that you need
stronger enzymes, but a wider RANGE of enzymes. From my recollection, papaya enzyme pills only contain the enzymes that break down carbs (amylase), fat (lipase), and proteins (protease). There are MANY more enzymes than that! For example, lactase breaks down milk sugar, cellulase breaks down plant fibers (cellulose), serrapeptase comes from the belly of a silkworm and it digests non-living matter like tumors and such. Vitalzym is known to be one of the best on the market, if not the best. There are all kinds of forums on the Internet from Vitalzym users who swear it broke down their blood clots and dissolved tumors. I tried serrapeptase, and I can attest that it dissolved and liquefied something in my body, because I had all kinds of weird stuff coming out of my body in mucous form. I wasn't even sick, but I took it as a preventative measure. Serrapeptase scavenges yucky matter out of your bloodstream and dissolves fibroid tumors and stuff. I could go on, but I think I've been pretty thorough on this.
5. What else do I take? Hmm...what DON'T I take is the question. LOL. I take lecithin and milk thistle for my liver. At the beginning of each new season, I use a product called Ultimate Cleanse by Nature's Way which is a full-body cleanse that cleans not just your colon, but your ORGANS (liver, kidneys, etc.), lymphatic system and bloodstream. You can get it at Whole Foods and GNC, and most nutritional supplement shops. It's a seven-day cleanse. You eat light (fish, chicken, fruit, veggies, rice, etc.) and have no alcohol, caffeine, or nicotine that week and just take some of the herbal and some of the fiber pills. BEST CLEANSE EVER! Not only do you shed solid stuff, but mucousy, gunky stuff from your gallbladder, liver, lymphatic fluid, and toxic bloodstream matter.
Whenever something works for me, I spread the word, but I ESPECIALLY make sure I share the 411 with my own. If any of this works for you, spread the word!