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.

Wow....$40 a month is steep but if it's helping you I'd keep taking it.

I've been taking a Turmeric Curcumin supplement (Puritan's Pride 1000 mg). I read that Turmeric may prevent and slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease by removing amyloyd plaque buildup in the brain. Since my Mom and sister both died of Alzheimer's I want to do whatever I can to keep it away.

Here's a link that shows the benefits of turmeric/curcumin:
http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis...-turmeric.html

I've been doing the same thing. LOL Researching each of the ingredients so I know more about them and understand how they work. Plus, having such bad allergies, I have to be a little more careful with what herbs I put in my body. I'm still working on my research.

What do you like about it and what don't you like about it? Has it actually improved anything for you? Has it helped with fatigue issues?

$40 is steep. However, if I don't need to take some of these vitamins and supplements I have been getting lately and even knock some meds off my list, the price may equal out to less than what I spend now per month. But, this is something that I need to think hard on. Right now, I try to get all my vit and nutrients through food sources. It's not an easy task and I do take a multi every other day for insurance. And, if you haven't gotten a cold or anything while on it, that would save some money too (between meds, supplies, and drs visit, if needed). But, yeah, I would really need to do a cost analysis to see if it was truly worth it.

Anyhow, I would like to hear more about what you have experienced while taking it and maybe some others would be interested as well.

$40 isn't bad, depends on what you compare it too. If you can lower other medications that often cost up to $100 or more, its a good deal. Just being objective. However, I know for some it can be high, the economy ain't easy.

Some drugs cost thousands per month. For instance, the Interferons, at least those I'm familiar with. True, insurance sometimes covers most of it, but in the end we pay. I talked to a woman on Thursday whose husband takes 3 shots a week of a special formula to improve his anemia--$3000 a week. The insurance won't cover it until he gets really anemic, then covers it for a while. I was on Pegasys (an Interferon) for a while until I had to quit due to side effects. $2600 a month. $200 co-pay for me.

I will post on Nattokinase elsewhere--I just started it.

I have followed this product(Protandim) development for MANY, MANY, MANY years.

It started life as "Ependymin" and lots of initial hype...

There was only one problem, make that ONE BIG PROBLEM.

It also helped abnormal cells grow VERY fast. A Very bad thing if you have cancer.

This whole thing was based upon a Masters Thesis.

http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Availabl...528103-102730/

The bottom line is that they had to get something on the market.

They found a good researcher that said that he could put together a combination of supplements that would do "almost" the same thing.

Thus we got Protandim and all the sales folks were happy.

jackD


Here is how THEY presented it...