I totally agree with taking 5htp and supplements!! I was hesitant of taking 5htp and it worked amazingly! I had panic attacks for 4 months with terrible anxiety in the morning from a break up stressful breakdown. And it’s like an awful nightmare you pray to wake up from!! I am so happy you got over your stressful situation.

HI Alyssa, we typically recommend 1 with breakfast and 1 with dinner.

HI Diana, the 60 caps bottle is 300mg per capsule where as the 100 caps bottle is just 100 mg per capsule. We like the higher mg count as you don’t have to take as many capsules to reach the 600-900mg a day goal.

Hi Jolene – we recommend staying at the dose your son’s doctor recommend.

You can learn more about die-off here: https://healthygut.com/5-die-off-myths-everyone-needs-to-know-about/

We recommend epsom salt baths – you can learn more here: https://healthygut.com/how-to-take-epic-epsom-salt-baths/

Hi Jolene – we don’t recommend using a fiber supplement. You’ll get plenty of fiber from a whole foods diet like SCD or our Solving Leaky Gut program. If you are struggling with constipation, here are some tips: https://healthygut.com/real-food-tips-constipation/

Hi Jolene – you can try these supplements in any phase of the diet – just be aware when you’re picking the ones you use for illegal ingredients.

Hi George – thanks for commenting.

This is an issue we take really seriously because we’ve been where you are.

Steve and Jordan have tried a ton of supplements – and what they’ve found with supplements is that there is typically a direct correlation between quality and price. They tried a ton of glutathione supplements and the Citrisafe product is the only one they recommend – despite the high price tag- because it is really effective.

Going into 2016, we are looking for ways to make really amazing supplements like this more affordable. In the meantime, please know we wouldn’t recommend an expensive supplement if we didn’t believe it was completely worth the cost.

Hi Patricia – thanks for your question!

L-tyrosine with 5HTP is a supplement recommended for brain support, but as Steve mentioned we recommend you work with a practitioner for any dose above 300 mg 5HTP and 3000 mg L-tyrosine. A practitioner can help you find the right dose for your individual circumstances!

We have recommended practitioners you can contact here: https://healthygut.com/practitioners/

I hope this answers your question.

I was reading your note and would to know why you should take L-Tyrosine with 5HTP.

Regards,

Patricia Lyons

Hi, thanks for commenting. This article represents Steve and Jordan’s understanding that health isn’t a fixed state that you achieve and maintain but rather an ongoing journey that requires tweaking as your life and circumstances change. Steve and Jordan support people is finding the solution – be it SCD or something else – that helps them feel their best long-term.

Thanks for all the great tips. One point however people who are mercury toxic or who have amalgam fillings must not take ALA let alone in the quantities described. It will make you seriously sick. Please caution people.

Then I heard the Paleohacks podcast interview of Dr. Kalish where he cautions against using 5-HTP without L-Tyrosine, and without the assistance of a practitioner.

I immediately added L-Tyrosine to my routine, taking 100mg 5-HTP and 1000mg of L-Tyrosine, and feeling better. I’m now going to bump it down to 50/500, until I exhaust my supply. Then, it will be time to find a Kalish Method practitioner, and do it right.

Here’s a link to the podcast:
http://blog.paleohacks.com/dr-kalish/

Stephanie W,

I am on Biocidin, my doctor wants me to work up to 10 drops a day with breakfest and dinner. Right now I can only handle around 3.

I can handle the mild herx at 3. How are you doing on it?

The 60 caps is 300mg per pill which is what we use not the 100mg caps.

Next to acetyl-glutathione, are there any other vitamins/minerals/amino acids in it, and in which quantity?

I cannot see this on the picture and I would like to know the composition…

Kind regs,

Shirine

Laura give it a shot. Dr Amy Myers is who introduced me to the this specific product and I know she’s used it with high stress athletes at higher dosages of 900-1200 mg with reportedly good results. But as with anything more is not always better, best to work with someone. Most dosages of this product are 300-600 mg a day.

Bill great question, I’ve looked at Guardian before, they irritate me with their lack of information about the glutathione they use. Citrisafe is using a proprietary deliver molecule and they deliver much higher dosages than most others on the market. It’s impossible to say whether it’s all about the dose and all S-Acetyl-Glutathione is the same. My guess it’s more complicated than that.

Hang in there Elizabeth! There’s always hope!

Like most industries the supplement one is a pay for what you get industry. We don’t always recommend the most expensive thing out there, which you’ll notice if you click on all the brands I recently used. We recommend the ones that get results, which does correlate a lot with price.

They are based on research, other known dosage uses from the top practitioners I know and what I’ve experimented with in my own body. Always best to be working with a practitioner who can suggest the right amounts for you.

As a side note I first tried using much higher dosages of Ubiquinol to try and biohack transatlantic flights and liked it a lot so I started testing it in other ways.

Your welcome Marilyn glad to hear that!

Yes give them a try, especially the journal stuff, make sure to be eating SCD or Paleo, Glutathione and Ubiquinol.

Us to, we’d love to hear from a wider audience what people’s experiences are.

Hey Debi – just click on the box above that says join the mailing list. Even if you are already signed up we need to get your email to do the random drawing so sign up again. You can then get extra entries for sharing on social media.

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