what supplements do you take, how much, and why?

My list is a lot like Deanna's. I don't take a multivitamin either because I take enough stuff and you can't control what's in multis.

Vitamin D drops (5,000 units) --trying to get my D level to 80

Melatonin 10 mg

Iodoral iodine 50 mg

Selenium 200 mcg

Magnesium Gycinate 2 caps

Curcumin (turmeric) Life Extension brand super absorbable 3 caps

Vitamin C  2- 4,000 mg

An I3C type formulation like Deanna

Special mushroom blend from herbalist

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Stayhealthy's post reported for spam and misinformation.  All cancer is NOT caused by lack of oxygen to the cells.  Simple, simple?  Breast cancer? Otto Warburg?  Your husband has a simple secret cure for cancer that we can email him for? Give me a break. 

that is so stupid of you to say that anyway...you need to study some yourself and then you will know the facts...

2) Fish oil 2000 mg a day for post menopausal high cholesterol as an alternative to a statin drug

This is one of the supplement you said you took....Fish oil is awful,awful, We have been misled to believe it is a wonderful supplement and its not...throw it in the garbage and is no subsubstite for statin...did you doctor tell you that? It causes problems down the road....

http://www.brianpeskin.com/BP.com/reports/CAMB-Fish-Oil-Fallacies-Report.pdf

Please read and study the link...His research is based on hard science and he lectures to doctors all over the world and they seek him out for his research...

thanks

Busted nutri-man.  You've been reported on several threads.

Deanna, I now take arimidex and am considering adding broccoli seed extract (which has  sulforaphane glucosinolate, which I'm guessing also involves DIM or I3C). Have you heard anything about  what happens if this supplement and arimidex are taken at the same time? I am concerned that the broccoli seed extract might block the anti-estrogenic effect of arimidex, or vice versa. Thanks and good wishes to all, Rose

ive founds the contoversy with flaxseed to take/or not very interesting. there are conflicting views about soyh products. some say they prevent reoccurences w/ post meepoal women;some say its' a problem if you have her 2 neu. for now, im avoiding soy, and any estrophytogens. takee 2000 mg. of fish oil; and grape seed extract. i can tell you, i've Dried up from it, and figure its' working as a natural als. i could not handle se's from any of the RX als.. am talking to onco the 29th about her research on soy: so we'll get yet, another opinion. i know i started grape seed because someone i know here referred me to the mayo clinics studies on it. its working for me, no side effects, so why not! hope my 2 cents helps..     light and love,   3jaysmom

I started a thread last year (shortly after my diagnosis) about my supplement regime, and it was a looooong list. I figured I wanted as much cancer-fighting help as I could get and wanted to quickly restore depleted nutrient levels.

Gradually, I have transitioned to getting key nutrients in fresh, organic whole foods, and the only supplement I take daily is iodine (either Iodoral or Lugol's). The reason I still take that one is that that's one that's hard to get in daily food (kelp is very iodine-rich, but it also is often contaminated with mercury and other heavy metals).

So, my "supplement" regimen would really look more like this:

• cod liver oil + daily sunshine exposure (for vitamin D)
• green tea (2 cups a day)
• brewer's yeast (for B vitamins)
• cayenne (for improved blood circulation)
• cinnamon (for insulin/blood sugar regulation)
• freshly-ground flax seeds (for omega-3's and natural lignans - great for breast health)
• plenty of organic veggies (for alkalinization, thinner blood, etc.)
• curry several times a week (for the turmeric - great cancer-fighting spice - I usually dump some turmeric and black pepper or cayenne on my daily two pastured eggs)
• plenty of filtered, fluoride-free water with organic lemon (for alkalinization and lots of other good reasons)
• pastured eggs (for DHA/omega-3, CLA's, vitamin D, vitamin A, etc.)
• apricot kernels (for amygdalin)
• exercise (for oxygenation, circulation, proper hormone balance)
• a good night's sleep in complete darkness (for proper melatonin levels which affects other hormone balance)

Basically, I challenge myself to cram as many anti-cancer foods, herbs and spices into each meal as possible. I stopped consuming ALL fast food and processed food (eliminating all chemical additives and GMO ingredients) after my diagnosis last year so that I'm not introducing new carcinogens or negating the positive effects of all the good foods I'm eating.

Along with a diet and exercise regimen and doing other things such as dry skin brushing, saunas, alternating hot and cold water in my showers, meditation, relaxation and visualization, etc., these are the supplements I take:

CoQ10 - 3 capsules a day

Maitake D - 3 capsules a day

Melatonin - 3 mg. before bed

Vitamin D - 2000 IU daily

Curcumin - 3 capsules a day

Nutrasea Omega 3 supplement - 2 capsules a day

Complete Calcium - 1 caplet per day

Green tea - 3 cups daily

Flax seed - 2 tbsps per day

Flax seed oil - 2 tbsps per day

Special botanical supplement to help boost my immune system that is made up of:  red clover, burdock, mistletoe, cleavers, calendula, poke root and wild indigo.

Hi Ladies:

Ok tried the pill "A" after 4 days tossed in right out.  I had head pain that amost made me go to the ER.

So ladies what do I start on that is "NATURAL"????

Thanks much

J

Can I also ask where do you buy this DIM I hear so much about???  Thanks

I take:

green tea extract

resveratrol

curcumin

vit D

Calcium

DHA 

roseroscoe wrote:

Barbara, Thanks much for the input. Since both arimidex & broccoli seed extract are AIs, do you or does anyone know if there is evidence showing that they would enhance rather than compete with each other?

I haven't read all the pages on this thread.  However, this caught my eye.  I will have to find you the research on this, but once upon a time a man named Constantine posted on our sight and helped us very much with alternatives and traditional meds.  He said any cruciferous veggie interferes with AIs.  Also garlic.  I don't have time to find his research, but I will look this weekend.  I will either PM you are post back here IF I DON'T FORGET!  LOL

On the subject of aspirin, nsaids and other cox2 inhibitors being beneficial, this is from the National Cancer Institute:

Why is the National Cancer Institute (NCI) studying COX inhibitors in cancer prevention and treatment?

More than a decade of epidemiologic research suggests that people who regularly take drugs that block COX enzymes have lower rates of certain precancers, cancers, and cancer-related deaths. The data are most consistent for colorectal cancer, but this reduction in risk is also seen for other cancers. Laboratory and animal studies using a variety of NSAIDs and COX-2 specific inhibitors show a decrease in cancer incidence with the use of these compounds. On a molecular level, studies have shown that the inhibition of the COX pathway changes the characteristics of cancer cells by reducing cell proliferation, increasing programmed cell death, reducing formation of blood vessels to feed cancer cells, and changing the body's immune response.