Vicki, the very fact that your issues are under control and yet you still post anything interesting that you find out there in case it helps others is exactly why I joined this board. I have learned so much that helps me be a better advocate for myself when dealing with my doctor. So thank you again for all of your time here!
aww thank you nicgmer and Serbian, I really appreciate your support and I know most on here understand as well. HUGS!
for those who are interested it appears virgin coconut oil is the one to use and some facts about it good and some unknowns: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/22/coconut-oil-healthy_n_5167057.html Virgin coconut oil and even a refined version (most studies have been conducted on refined coconut oil) are now available in grocery stores and health stores and are being touted for their ability to help us lose weight, stave off illness and even prevent Alzheimer's. Sure, it's better than its junk food predecessor, but is it quite all that? "It has properties that are promising, but we need a lot more research before we can say this is the superfood of 2014," says Kristin Kirkpatrick MS, RD, LD, manager of wellness nutrition services for the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Recently, a study conducted on mouse cells and published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease got some attention when it found that treatment with coconut oil helped protect cortical neurons in a lab setting. Can we extrapolate that to a protective brain effect in living humans quite yet? Of course not. Coconut oil may also help encourage weight loss, as in a 2009 study during which women with abdominal obesity who supplemented their diet with coconut oil were able to lose more weight than those who were given a soy bean oil supplement. But Kirkpatrick cautions against the "health halo effect," in which we give a pass to foods that we think are healthy and lose sight of portion control. "Just because we think there are some health benefits doesn't mean you can use a whole jar of coconut oil to cook," she says. Natural coconut oil is made of 90 percent saturated fat (butter, a distant second, contains a comparatively puny 64 percent saturated fat), but the kind of saturated fat matters just as much as the amount. About half of virgin coconut oil's saturated fat is lauric acid, a medium-chain triglyceride that turns out to have a number of health-promoting properties, including the ability to improve levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. People can also more easily digest medium-chain triglycerides and convert them to energy, according to The Wall Street Journal, making coconut oil a good choice for athletes. That said, because it's so high in saturated fat, even the purest, most natural coconut oil could be problematic for longterm heart health, according to a Harvard nutrition professor. "Most of the research so far has consisted of short-term studies to examine its effect on cholesterol levels. We don't really know how coconut oil affects heart disease," wrote Walter C. Willett, M.D., chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School for Public Health, in a newsletter. "And I don't think coconut oil is as healthful as vegetable oils like olive oil and soybean oil, which are mainly unsaturated fat and therefore both lower LDL and increase HDL."
Lauricidin arrived yesterday. I usually feel pretty awful for a couple of days whenever I start anything new whether it's a prescription or a supplement so I'm waiting until this evening to take my first dose. That way I'll have the whole weekend to feel bad if it has any kind of negative effect on me. I'll try to remember to post weekly updates but brain fog does have a way of making me a little forgetful sometimes. Best wishes to anyone else who has decided to give it a try. I've got my fingers crossed for you! Lulu
Hi Sharon It comes in a jar along with a scoop and is in a small pellet form (kind of reminds me of the size and shape of Arborio Rice) that you swallow whole with either a glass of water or juice. I'm going to follow the recommended dosage which is: 1st week: 1/4 teaspoon (or 1/4 scoop) 2-3 times a day with food 2nd week: 1/2 teaspoon (or 1/2 scoop) 1-3 times a day with food 3rd week maintenance dose: 1 teaspoon (or a whole scoop) 2-3 times a day with food I think I'll start out taking it twice a day for the first few days just to see how well I tolerate it.
Thank you Vicki! I'm hoping to have some positive results to share with everyone over the next several weeks.
I’ve been on Lauricidin for 9 days. I started with 1/4 teaspoon twice a day with meals. I had a couple of days where I was nauseous from it but that’s not unusual for me as I don’t generally tolerate new meds or supplements very well in the beginning. I increased my dosage to 1/4 teaspoon 3 times a day with meals this past Wednesday and then Friday I increased it to 1/2 teaspoon 3 times a day which I’ll continue taking for a week and then up it again to the full maintenance dosage of a teaspoon 3 times a day. I haven’t had a vertigo attack since a week ago Thursday but I think it’s far too soon to say that it’s from taking the Lauricidin. I’ve been having attacks about twice a month so the real test for me will be if I can get through at least one whole month without an attack. I’ll try to remember to update again in about a week or so. Have a wonderful week and take good care of yourselves, everyone! Lulu
Thank you for the update. I was just curious if you get ear fullness and if it has helped with that at all?
Hi RedBird I can't say I've noticed any improvement with regards to my ear fullness but I haven't been on the supplement very long. I should probably mention though that I've had MM since 1998 so unless I experience a drastic change in any of my symptoms (like tinnitus or ear fullness) I don't really notice it too much anymore. After 17 years with this disease I think I've just sort of gotten used to it. Right now my main goal is to be rid of the gosh darn vertigo attacks. I feel like if I can get that under control then maybe all the other symptoms will improve in time as well.
Thanks much for the update Lulu and great no vertigo so far and I hope it stays away. But I agree it is too soon to tell and your not on the full dose yet. But any day w/o vertigo is a great day. Fingers crossed!
Thanks to Lulu. Appreciate hearing of your progress in trying this. It will be interesting to see how it goes for you. Please keep up with the updates.
Thanks Lulu I'm hoping u never have another vertigo episode. Today was 14 days of 2,200 mgs of Monolaurin. I just upped to 3,300. The only thing I can report is my ear has been making some new sounds. I still have hearing but the last few days it's been fluctuating between good and not so good. I don't have aural fullness, which I despise. I will keep taking long enough to give the monolaurin a chance. I am confused about the maintenance dosage. Why do we need a maintenance dosage if the virus has been killed.
Thanks Vicki, Michael and Santa Last night I started feeling pretty yucky with almost flu like symptoms....slight muscle aches and chills. I'm assuming this is from the Lauricidin as everything I read when I was researching it said it's not unusual to feel much worse before starting to feel better. I know I've read the same from many others here who are taking prescription antivirals....that they went through a period of feeling worse first too. I'm hoping this means it's starting to work but also hoping I won't feel this way for too long because I'm kind of miserable right now but I'm gonna tough it out and keep taking it. On the plus side still no vertigo and it's coming up on two weeks. I'm still not quite ready to credit the Lauricidin for it since I haven't been taking it for very long but I'm remaining cautiously optimistic that it is indeed the supplement doing its thing. Santa I think the maintenance dosage is recommended for people who are taking it to support their immune system against things like colds or the flu and for digestive health as it's supposed to be good for promoting a natural balance of healthy bacteria and yeast in our systems. In other words, even if one is taking it in the hopes of killing off viruses like we're doing, you can continue taking the maintenance dosage for other things as well. Kind of like taking a multivitamin every day.
Good answer Lulu---on the maintenance Sorry you are feeling bad. I am suffering from allergies today. Woke up at 5:30 with a steady stream of mucus sliding down my throat. Got up and flushed out sinuses with bulb syringe and saline solution. Yucky bright yellow came out. My wife is starting to take OPC for the veins in her legs. It's amazing what it has done for mine.
I just ordered two bottles of this from Vitacost, but not the Vitacost brand. Ordered the brand Health From the Sun. http://www.vitacost.com/health-from-the-sun-vegetarian-monolaurin-1100-mg-90-vegetarian-capsules-1 versus http://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-monolaurin-300-mg-60-capsules-1 And shipping cost to Asia is around US25 No choice. JOH, the latter Vitacost you ordered has lower monolaurin milligram. Why did you not order the former one, since they are about the same cost?
I'm sorry allergies are giving you such a rough go of it, Santa. The worst part of the Spring allergy season should be ending shortly so I hope you'll be feeling better very soon.