Anyone familiar with this supplement? Watched a video with Montel endorsing it. I read about the makeup of the supplement and it does contain some good stuff. Montel swears by it apparently.

I know this thread is a couple of years old, but . . . A friend of mine told me about this and I've been doing some research on it. I'm not sure. Some people swear by it and have made comments on how much better they feel and health benefits they have been getting from it.

But, I wanted to know the same thing you did . . .Has anyone had any experience with it and if so, has it helped your MS?

One of the ingredients is turmeric, which has been shown to help with MS. There are other herbs but I can't remember the names of them.

I did a little more research and found this . . . It has to do with oxidative stress and MS.

http://www.bjbms.org/archives/2011-1/6-Dzuvo.pdf

"Conclusion
Our results showed that oxidative stress play an important
role in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and suggest the importance
of antioxidants use in diet and therapy in MS patients."

It's interesting and if the claims being made by the manufacturers of Protandim are true and if this study is true, then it stands to reason that it would help people with MS.

Antioxidants are always good.

What you need to decide is if this price is good for YOU.

For example, tumeric listed on ingredients is not absorbed much from the GI tract. So it will help down there, but not get to the blood stream.

Research each ingredient, and see if its form is utilizable in that product.

Curcumin (found in tumeric) has many patented forms now that increase absorption, and it is these forms that show up in studies.

There are critiques on the net about the company who makes this. They are a MLM place, with sales very aggressive.
Keep that in mind.

If you can afford it, there is nothing there I see as dangerous...but it may not provide what you expect. So keep that in mind.

Our local compounding place sells this for quite cheap. I've been meaning to try it since I saw it and asked about it.

I've been taking Protandim for the past 6 months about. I can say that I haven't gotten a cold or flu since I started taking it even though others in my family have had colds in the past few months. I researched each of the ingredients and I knew that turmeric which is the 5th ingredient listed on the bottle is good for MS.
In my understanding, the 1st ingredient in this is the ingredient with the most in it. The ingredients as listed on the bottle are Milk Thistle Extract, Bacopa Extract, Ashwaghanda, ( whatever the 2nd and 3rd actually are..lol ) Green Tea Extract and Turmeric Extract. It's not cheap @ about $40 for a month's supply. As for me, the jury's still out on if it's helping me or not, but I'll continue to take it along with my daily supplements.

G

does protandim help burning mouth?

I'm not sure, but I'd be interested to know if anyone's tried it!