Mono5: question about a supplement I am hoping you're familiar with...

lindaprocopio

My last chemo should be on Thursday (postponed AGAIN due to my low platelets!) and my son gave me a supplement he thought I should start taking after I am done with chemo. It's called NeuroCleanse and includes 2 bottles of pills: CellClear and BioClear+. The claim on the box is "the only true celluar detox".

The CellClear (said to "activate your body's natural detoxification system and escort toxins from the cell delivering them to your bowel") has 458% of the Daily Value of Vitamin C; 1660% of B-12; 131% Vitamin E; 125% Vitamin K and a host of other vitamins and minerals at less than 100%, plus some interesting extras like milk thistle, tumeric, burdock root, dandelion root, and garlic.

The BioClear (said to "actively bind toxins and bile in the gut to permanently remove toxins from the body") has 1800 mg activated carbon and organic psyllium husk.

I'm kind of afraid to take these, and will run them by my oncologist, but I wanted to get your opinion (and anyone else's!) since you seem to know a lot about supplements. Thanks!

BonnieR

Ask your doc best bet
Hi Linda, I have not heard of either of these, but glad you are asking your medical team. They would know more than anyone. Hugs Bonnie

rasunshine

detoxing
Detoxing of the liver and the body is very important. All of our toxins are going to filter through the lymph and the liver and we need to keep them in good working order. You really need to rid the body of the residue of the chemo also. Around 65% leaves, but where does the rest of it go, stored in subcutaneous cells..I looked up the Neuro-cleanse and I would take it...but I was also raised on the natural side of medicine. One thing you may want to consider if you do not take it and want a really deep cleanse is detoxing in a FAR-infrared sauna. You detox on the cellular level..
Also the Agua foot detox pulls all sorts of toxins out, including very aged ones.I feel anyone that has had chemo should detox. The Milk Thistle, etc. are all very supportive nutritients for the liver.I take them everyday..This small organ probably works just as hard as our heart..if it is not working right, then neither is out body..Check out the natural cures for cancer and you will get a wealth of information..Good luck in your decision....God Bless, stay well and remember .....let the sun shine in...

rasunshine

fuzzytrouble

detoxing your body
Hi Linda, I don't want to scare you about this but not everyone can tolerate detoxing. A co-worker of mine did a detox and he ended up shocking his body and his eyes got so bad he couldn't do his work, I read online that our bodies detox everyday and I know you will look all this up before you do anything. Our bodies are going through a hell of a time right now and to further stress it after chemo and radiation might not be good. I don't mind a little extra chemo in me for a while just in case there might be some bad seeds lurking someplace and pop up. Just a good diet and vitamens should help us along. Let us know what you find out, I know how you research. lol

Hugs to you,
Sharon

mono5

Everyone should detox, Linda....
....and I take a detox formula everyday as well as include in my diet, foods that assist in this process. Fresh raw fruits and vegetable make up a portion of my diet. I avoid fast foods and packaged foods that may contain GMO. Organic foods are my choice. Raw foodist seem to be healther and cancer free. I've attended some of the raw food meetups. I've heard that most people on the standard american diet are in state of compensatory health, that is, we can appear to be healthy, but the immune systems can be, and is often counter-balanced by toxins in food, water and the environment to a point of "Bingo"... why me? I thought I was health!

I haven't heard of Neuro Cleanse. If its a good detox formula it should contain a fiber ingredient like psyllium. Does it? I usually use supplements that have testmonials from independent sources. Like from amazon.com or iherb.com. I haven't had much luck with oncologists and nutritional supplements. They seem to bo on a different planet. You might ask your oncologist what he ot she does to avoid the beast.

Work on inproving your immune system, as thats the most often overlooked. Spend a few bucks and get your immune system tested. A good naturopathic doctor can help you there.
The function of immune surveillance is possibly the most critical function to protect the body from chronic and degenerative diseases like cancer. Macrophages(immune cells) engulf and digest the particles they destroy but Natural killer cells use a different mechanism. NK cells, like heat-seeking missiles, attach themselves to the surface of microbe, cancer cells or other substances and inject a “granule” into the interior of its “prey.” The granule causes a chemical reaction that makes the cancer cell or bacteria “explode,” often within only a few minutes.
The activity of NK cells can be measured by a test called the NK cell function test, also known as the four-hour chromium-release assay. The test is straightforward. The patient’s blood is placed in a container holding live cancer cells and the percentage of cancer cells destroyed by the patient’s blood is measured after four hours. The more active the NK cells in the blood are, the higher the measured percentage will be. This test is becoming more common and is now available in many conventional labs. I believe its necessary to test for NK cell cytotoxic activity to know the capability of the immune system in cancer and chronic disease. I have a link to a free telephone consultation with one of the best alternative docs on the planet if your interested. Cheers..

LPack

water
I find drinking water with juice from a fresh squeezed lemon to help filter out the toxins in my body. And that is pretty natural.

Libby ☺