User supplement reviews: a valuable research tool
For years I’ve used the customer reviews at online health food stores to learn about experiences other people were having with various supplements and health issues.
Articles for category: nutritional therapy
Hypnagogic fun with melatonin supplements
(Updated April 2023.) I have conducted three self-experiments with melatonin supplements, none of them particularly helpful with my sleep, but highly intriguing nonetheless.
Treating a UTI without ABX
Thank you, Irish chicks. In the summer of 2021, in an attempt to avoid crowded waiting rooms, I decided to investigate online a bit before visiting the doctor about a urinary tract infection (UTI). From the bottom of my heart I thank the Dublin ladies behind liveutifree.com for helping me survive this ordeal.
Scary leg pain resolved with calcium
(Updated April 2023.) Before my gluten-freedom (which commenced April 4, 1998) I became aware of a constant, aching bone pain in my legs that didn’t seem to be a tissue or a muscle or a joint thing. It was most noticeable when doing the dishes or standing in line at the airport.
My very first nutritional therapy success: carpal tunnel syndrome
(Updated April 2023.) One of my first experiments in nutritional therapy, and one of the most straightforward, was directed at that bane of the data entry worker, carpal tunnel syndrome.
Successes and failures treating chemical sensitivities
(Updated July 2022.) I first noticed that I was reacting to some chemical substances around 2002, when I developed splitting headaches from paint used in my apartment, even the low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) stuff.
Fun with lymph cleansers
(Updated April 2023.) Except for a few half-hearted liver flushes, I did not bother with detox treatments in any of my health self-experiments until I suddenly switched my entire focus to mold avoidance.
I tried to detox lead and all I got was this stupid vertigo
(Updated April 2023.) (See also this post on iron-induced vertigo.) I developed vertigo after my second dose of DMSA treatment for lead chelation. For the next four weeks I had trouble moving quickly, standing up, going down stairs, etc., with no signs of it abating.
The aftermath of bromine poisoning from a mattress
(Updated April 2023. See also this post on eliminating bromine from my diet.) In 2017 I purchased one of those $200 memory-foam, squished-and-rolled-up mattresses that come in a box in the mail, from a company that rhymes with Linus.
All the pills I’ve loved before
(Updated April 2024.) Here’s a roundup of the vitamin and mineral supplements that have had the most dramatic effect on my various health annoyances.
