Monolaurin

Hi everyone, I just order a bottle of Monolaurin, has anyone ever tried this supplement before? I read that it can help boost your immune system. I can not seem to get rid of my Candida overgrowth so I am hoping that this helps with that. I am a little worried of starting it because the last time I tired an immune booster (LDN) it caused me to have more pain, do you think this will cause a herx? Thank you for your help!

Monolaurin makes people herx, as it has powerful antiviral and antibacterial properties. Good stuff, but start slowly if you are hoping to avoid a herx. I don't know much about its use for Candida.

The pellets are better that the capsules, or that what I gather at least. I only took the pellets.

It took most of my symptoms away slowly After taking it for a year and a half. I stopped because it was making me gain too much weight but I will cycle back on it eventually.

I had several herx moments because its very strong. I would go very slow with it.

Some people report not digesting the pellets but just took it with food. Good luck!

Well it’s made from the fatty part of coconut milk which is pretty fatty. If you look at the label for the pellet kind it tells you the fat content. Its almost all fat but I didn't care and needed to gain weight at the time anyway.

I might be wrong but it sure felt like eating a couple of teaspoons of it everyday made me fat quickly. It’s a fatty acid and it only has 1 other ingredient. It has the consistency of hardened shortening.

I don’t Know how the body stores fat versus calories but it would be interesting for someone to check out.

Some people on here have trouble keeping weight on so that might be helpful. Anyway, that was just my experience.

Actually the capsules have the fat too. Coconuts have 3 or 4 types of fatty acid that kills germs and have other benefits too. Monolaurin is the most potent and what you get in the pellet and capsules is monolaurin with the other fatty acids removed. Although, the Inspired Nutrition brand has some of the other fatty acids still in it, I believe.

Some people say that coconut with all of the fatty acids is more potent than any one of them by its self. You can get coconut oil capsules at any store but you’d have to take a lot of them to equal the amount of monolaurin in Lauricidin.

One thing about it being fat is that it can get to any part of your body especially the brain. I had several brain herx feelings from taking it but they subsided with time.

Anyway the gaining weight wasn’t a huge issue and I felt like I could ween off a bit.

HealingWell posts about monolaurin here:

https://bit.ly/2ulitfq

Personally, I've taken Lauricidin with zero effect. I was taking a full scoop of the pellets in one dose.

If u have gut issues the pellets do go through you and I called the makers and they said take lipase a digestive enzyme if that is the case and bam worked great and now my gut is way better too.

The capsules made me herx badly for the first 4 days. I was stuck on the couch and could barely move. It's advised to slowly work up to the desired dose. You may have to open up the capsules into food.

I personally haven't tried the pellets. I've seen an improvement after 4 months with both the EBV and candida so thinking about decreasing my dose soon. I'm unsure if/how it's affecting the Lyme.

The fat content was not a concern since weight gain was not an issue with me; I have been dealing with the opposite.

It worked for me? To be fair, I’ve never tested positive for Lyme so I might just be dealing with coinfections but it definitely helped me.

Also, go read some of the reviews on amazon for either brand. There are tons of people saying it helped them although I know Some are probably fake, most of their stories sound familiar enough for me to believe them.

ref monolaurin and other brand names for the same thing -

i just thought it worth highlighting that there is lots of confusion on the internet about two different chemicals here

1, lauric acid - the fatty acid found in abundance in coconut
2, lauricidin - or monolaurin (both names for the same thing) which are a chemical derivative of lauric acid - but not found in coconut

number 2 is thought to have some strong antimicrobial properties - not number 1
many people on the internet confound the 2 - thinking that coconut contains lauricidin

its thought that there may be a pathway in the body that converts 1 into 2 - but this is conjecture and has not to my knowledge been demonstrated or identified - you can however, see how it might add to the confusion.

ref effects - some people here report very strong herx from even a few pellets of number 2 per day
so i would start slow and low

this unlikely to be an issue for those without a gall bladder - as these low doses are only tiny amouts of fat - and these particular medium chain fats tend to absorb in the gut without the need for bile from the liver in any case.

whether or not there is any trace left of coconut - assuming the lauric acid the producer started with even came from coconut - would depend on their manufacturing process -

my guess is that there are no longer any detectable levels of proteins from coconut ( its normally the proteins in foods that are the allergens - not the fats or sugars ) and that allergy response is therefore unlikely - but whether you feel its appropriate to risk it will depend on how severe your allergy to nuts is - nut allergies can be very severe indeed in some people - others have more of a sensitivity that cases only mild gastric upset.

but as above - other reactions are common with lauricidin and this could be confounding

perhaps the manufacturer would be likely to answer you on coconut allergy if you emailed them