Protandim
 

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.

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.