Re: forskolin revisited

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I have thought of taking this for awhile.. It is also good to

help get rid of ecoli overgrowth causing cystitis. { a main

problem of mine} .. I have seen a study of it for this

problem with good results , somewhere in my google travels..

And I seem to have figured out the right strength to look

for when buying ..

I revisited iherb to look at the strengths . I am figuring

this extract number out.. this is the number to look for

when deciding how strong it is.Am I right??

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1 & pid=4237 & at=0

This one Paradise Herbs is a 20:1 concentrate equivalent to

2500 of coleus forsholii , giving a total of 250 mg

forskholii -- very good price

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1 & pid=-

2710864272705997490 & at=0

This one Planetary Hebs 125 mg -20 % forskholii -- another

good price

nanci

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> Yes, it's pricey. Perhaps best used only when you need to feel

okay

> and/or have no access to prescriptions.

>

> I buy it at Swanson: $11.79 for 60 caps @ 9 mg forskolin each.

>

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In frequent-dose-chelation kristinhomme wrote:

I'm finding forskolin very helpful. (It increases the " second

messenger " , cyclic AMP, used by many hormones and neurotransmitters --

that's all I know). I don't have access to adrenal or thyroid

prescriptions (although I do have a growth hormone prescription, which

is very helpful).

I've been taking coleus forskohlii by Enzymatic Therapy according to

the bottle recommendations (2 per day) but on page 152 Andy recommends 80 mg,

and my capsules contain only 9 mg forskolin -- so I'm thrilled

to be able to increase the dose of this magic herb.

----------I took Forskolin for quite awhile, but can't say I noticed anything

good or bad about it. I was using the VRP brand, and probably took 2/day, which

may not have been enough (says 100mg, 10% forskolin). It certainly sounds

wonderful in AI and on the bottle, but I just don't know if I really need it, or

if I wasn't taking enough of it.

So if you could elaborate on how it is helping you and why you call it a magic

herb, that would be very helpful! Thanks--------Jackie

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> So if you could elaborate on how it is helping you and why you

call it a magic herb, that would be very helpful! Thanks--------Jackie

>

I wish I could do an analysis of all the different types of fatigue,

like Andy did for depression. I don't have them all figured out yet,

but I think forskolin helps for what I would call metabolic fatigue,

including inappropriate hunger and weakness (hypoglycemia?). I think

it feels similar to Adrenal Cortex Extract but gentler, with no side

effects (e.g., ACE can give me greasy skin).

Incidentally, What Andy calls " hypoglycemia " I would call " functional

hypoglycemia " , meaning it behaves as hypoglycemia even though lab

numbers may not show it. For months I tried to catch some low-blood-

sugar readings with a gluco-meter during my acute metabolic crashes,

without success. In a semi-stuper, my blood sugars were usually

around 90 (but my blood pressure was often only 85/55).

Kris H.