I didn’t either at the beginning. It’s like the effects snuck up on me slowly. Inch by inch.
3 weeks of broccoli sprouts and I feel Good.
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Things seem to have returned back to normal for me again. I had a run of excellent days though. So are the effects short lived ?
I still don’t notice anything. Been taking them about a week. I am going out of town Monday though. Think I will leave them at home.
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Well tomorrow my bottle runs out.
I won’t buy another one in the interest of science and will see what happens. I.e. do I deteriorate.
I still never noticed anything with them. I am out of town and left them at home. I still have some left.
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Has anyone tried this product and this dosage? Seems like this is the only product we know (from the researchers) definitely has the active ingredient (sulforaphane) at the correct levels.
I’m not sure if it’s the broccoli sprouts but I’ve taken them for 1 month and my cannabis cravings have gone. I don’t feel like a spliff. I “think” it’s the broccoli, I’m not sure what else it could be.
I’m free from the weed lol
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Well it’s only been 2 days without broccoli. But I feel distinctly worse. I’ve ordered some more bottles.
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I’ll repost this here from a separate thread I created :
The good effects snuck up on me inch by inch so I wasn’t sure it was doing anything. Now my bottle has run out and so I can see what it was doing.
- Anxiety and mild distress have returned
- Appetite has increased. I’m finding it difficult to stick to my 1900 calories a day
- Worrying has returmed
- My desire to take L-theanine to cope has come back as a result
Ive ordered more bottles from iherb.
https://www.iherb.com/pr/Source-Naturals-Broccoli-Sprouts-Extract-60-Tablets/2456
http://www.prostaphane.fr a french laboratory which proposes a special form of sulphoraphane. I will try very soon
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Both sarcosine and broccoli have an effect on glutamate and are both linked to prostate. Strange!!!
I feel really rough. I’ve gone back to my pre-broccoli state. My broccoli pills should arrive this week though.
I’d certainly reccomend everybody gives it a go. I’m sold on it.
The effects happen inch by inch and are really subtle. It’s only when you stop taking it you realise how it’s been helping.
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Ordering some, thanks for this.
This stuff is also present in spinach an presumably other “dark leafy greens”. The very tops of the broccoli (is my guess anyway) probably the part that contains this stuff, as opposed to the watery stalks.
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It would be really interesting if some people would try the product that is being used in the clinical trial, at the dose they are using (6 tablets a day):
Avmacol:
https://www.avmacol.com/avmacol
Where to buy Avmacol:
The dosage of Avmacol they are using is 6 tablets a day.
I don’t know what dosage the bottle says to take but I bet it’s less than 6 per day.
At that dosage, at the $23.95 price, it would cost about $70 per month. (3 bottles of 60 tabs each)
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Ive had a history with supplements and in my opinion and upon trial and error, and a little research ive personally come to the conclusion that its usually best to get nutrients from their natural source (i.e. Eating the food directly). Getting a higher dose of the desired substance in pill form sounds good in theory, but some times theres problems with, for example, absorption of said nutrient because it does not come with the other nutrients which it naturally occurs with in the whole food.
For example you can take an iron pill but if its not accompanied by vitamin c its very poorly absorbed, therefore a whole food like spinach which naturally contains both would be better.
Our bodies are built around nature because thats the environment in which we evolved. Thus processed supplements (not including pharmaceuticals like aps which are useful in intervention) are, i think, probably not as ideal as consuming the whole food itself.
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I agree it’s best to get it from food rather than supplements. But there is a downside from food, and that’s convenience. It’s easier to to just take a supplement rather than eating. Because sometimes I just can’t be bothered eating and it also takes up time and effort, and a lot of humans are lazy and wouldn’t stick to eating something everyday on schedule. It’s just more convenient to take the supplement. But it’s best to get it from food, I definitely agree with you.
I don’t take any vitamin supplements anymore, I get them from food. But herbs and plants I don’t mind supplementing with.
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Thanks @Green Honestly i wouldnt be surpised if it was as simple as eating an arugula salad with lunch and dinner. I think were all searching for a magic pill to solve our problems (not just schizophrenics, everyone) and i dont think it exists. In a few months theyre probably going to have some “new supplement that ‘scientists’ are promoting”.
Honestly natural foods really are the most convenient way i think. Sure taking 6 brocolli pills a day sounds easier, but then theyre probably best with vitamin c, now were taking a suppliment for that, then ‘research shows that taking it with fibre increases its effectiveness’ so were taking a fibre pill…then we read that its best consumed in a liquid form with vitamin e because it protects the plants antioxiant properties
Lol
And in the end i think we are faced with a handful of pills emulating essentially the natural food itself which contains this substance, iron, vitamin c, antioxidants, etc
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Some nutrients are difficult to get from food. In the case of iron, spinach has a lot less than most people think, and it’s difficult to absorb. So if your iron levels are already normal it’s fine, but if you are deficient, eating spinach isn’t going to do it.
Supplements don’t always have what they say in them though. Which is why I’m growing the sprouts. But it’s a fair amount of work.
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