PRECAUTIONS for supplements

• If you have a candida infestation, do not take high dosages of CoQ10. The CoQ10 may feed the candida yeast cells in the intestinal tract and increase their growth rates. Very little CoQ10 will actually get absorbed into the body. ref
• This theme of normal regular nutrient functions supporting negative consequences in disease states appears to get played out with many nutrients:  D-ribose, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin A, D, E & K, to name a few.
• Nutrient format and dosages have to be considered. Optimum windows of dosages exist which have to be respected in order for nature to offer maximum health protection.
• Red Yeast Rice for cholesterol lowering. RYR could contain monacolin K that has cholesterol lowering activity, similar to a weak statin. ref But, levels of this element in RYR products vary considerable from zero to a modest amount. Plus, the same brand can vary bottle to bottle. In 2011, RYR products were tested for a contaminant with an association to kidney failure in animals and genetic damage in both animals and human cells. This mycotoxin, Citrinin, was found in 4 of 11 products. Critinin is formed by a fungi and often found in stored foods such as grains. If proper methods are not carefully followed, it can form during the Red Yeast Rice production. Every batch of RYR has to be tested for safety. These facts ilicit the precautionary effect for RYR. It should not be used if safer methods are available.  

Nemesis of The Graduate

Those of you who saw the movie from the 1960's called "The Graduate" with Dustin Hoffman most likely remember the one word of advice he was given, Plastics. This was the starting point for the food industry to convert almost every possible glass container into a plastic substitute.

Plastics contain certain chemicals that mimic the activity of estrogens. This next story shows how this chemical can influence what comes in contact with it. A young Scientific researcher was testing estrogen on different substances in test tubes.  The results startled the young researcher when there was also estrogenic activity in the test tubes without any added estrogen. This was totally unexpected.

He asked an older researcher how this could have happened. The older researcher asked the young scientist if he used glass or plastic test tubes. Plastic was his answer. The older researcher suggested he run the same experiment again using glass test tubes this time. Sure enough, no estrogenic activity without added estrogen. The plastic test tubes leached chemicals into the test sample and this created an estrogenic effect. This is an ever expanding toxic chemical source in today's environmental mine field. These plastic chemicals are now found everywhere in the world, even in the middle of the ocean and on the highest mountain tops. (PCBs)

Liquids are best purchased only in glass containers. It is questionable if tablets and capsules are affected by this leaching plastic process. Remember that it is the accumulation over time from many sources that presents a problem.