My “Spring Health Kick” Update

This is an update to this post, “My Spring Health Kick– the products I picked out to help…”

Well it’s been about 2 weeks taking all the supplements I ordered and I’m not sure this is going to well! I have a metallic taste in my mouth, from what I’m guessing is either the spirulina or the “Crystal Energy” drops, trying to cleanse heavy metals from my system.

I’ve been taking the MSM powder once a day and the crystal energy drops have been in every glass of water I drank and the “Health Force” “Manna” Spirulina powder I take only once every other day mixed in my salad or in a smoothie.

So I’ve consulted with my father, a Clayton College graduate, and he says spirulina is tricky because the source of it matters. I still feel I bought a quality product however. It is without pesticides and is very potent (“therapeutic doses” it states)– maybe just too therapeutic for me!? He said the metallic taste is from the spirulina drawing out the heavy metals from my system, but that when you are cleaning heavy metals out at this rate you also need to be taking something to pull it out of your system like psyllium husks for example. He recommends stopping both the water drops and the spirulina and introduce them back to see which one is causing it.

Next I consulted my Aunt, Dr. Simm. She also expressed concern that my spirulina was possibly not from a good source. She highly recommends her brand of spirulina powders instead, “Purium Health Products”, which can be found here.

So I will continue taking the MSM powder, which HAS helped with the inflamed pain in my body, and stop the crystal energy drops and spirulina and re-introduce the water drops first and see how the metallic taste goes. If the spirulina is causing it, I’ll try Aunt Simm’s products.

Though I really like the crystal energy drops because it HAS made my water really thirst quenching as it promised. Maybe I just need to drink less of it or maybe I will find out it isn’t causing the metallic taste at all. I will let you know which is the culprit soon!

* Update- July 2nd *

Well it’s been almost 2 months since my last update and spring has sprung and summer is here already! So the culprit was the spirulina. Sunfoods was super awesome about it tho and sent me in it’s place, raw cacao powder, which I’ve been dying to try! It’s delicious! I make smoothies out of it with rice milk and bananas. Great coffee replacement and very nourishing.

I’m happy to report that with all the msm lotion and MSM powder I ordered, my body aches are gone and with the proper hydration (crystal energy supplement), my headaches too! And the cacao has helped me cut back on coffee I’m back to yoga class too! Bring on the summer, I’m ready!