Walking by Faith - Tudca Q

I did a web search and found a practitioner code posted publicly. I never actually used the code to order directly from CellCore. I haven’t ordered any since Microbe Formulas merged with CellCore.

I also used Nutricost brand, but I didn’t think it was as effective. It seemed to be a brand that the weightlifting community thought highly of and was way cheaper.

Thanks Castroh and Walking by Faith.

Would you say CellCore is the best quality Tudca? I am going based on your recommendation as I know nothing about this supplement.

not to discount peoples personal experiences - but as long as its a trusted brand that puts in the capsules what they say they put in the capsules - TUDCA should be TUDCA wherever its purchased - as its a single chemical ingredient

so it SHOULD just be a case of what dose of TUDCA is in there - regardless of brand ( maybe just check there is nothing else as an excipient that you might react to)

by this i mean as TUDCA a single chemical substance - as distinct from say - plant extracts which are mixtures of many many chemicals - and will be variable variable dependent on quality of the original plant source, extraction methods etc etc

if there are variations from brand to brand with things like TUDCA its most likely to do with things like actual dose differences

anyway - i just mean to say that it makes sense to try something someone else has had success with if you can afford it - but to try not to stress too much about the source of single ingredient supplements like this - there really shouldn't be a huge variation in content or effectiveness - just pick a recognised brand that can be trusted to put what they say on the label in the actual capsules - worst case you might just need to use a bit more of other brands vs a premium product.

we are actually agreeing WBF - natural products that contain many many chemicals in their make up - like herbs that i mentioned - will vary from source to source

single chemical ingredients - like TUDCA should not

if cellcore's product is called TUDCA but actually has other things in it - then clearly that will be another factor

turns out there is a bunch of stuff in the "advanced TUDCA" product from cellcore

see this link and scroll through the images to see a picture of the ingredients label
https://cellcore.com/products/advanced-tudca?_pos=1&_psq=tudca&_ss=e&_v=1.0

-NAC
-melatonin
-some form of activated carbon / fulvic acid ingredient

if you are sensitive to supplements, chemicals etc - i would go for a single ingredient product containing 250 to 500mg of TUDCA to make sure its TUDCA you are getting effects from - not the other ingredients

the other option is - i have seen suppliers here selling it as pure powder in puckets for 25g and up - so you might find a supplier that sells it as a powder - without the fillers excipients etc

the nutricost one has 250mg vs Cellcores 350mg per capsule - so that might explain WBF experience.
it also has some excipients - but nothing that sounds too bioactive

good Luck Sunfun

article here goes into some of the mechanisms and benefits that are aside from the liver benefits that its best known for

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030606/#

the reducing oxidative stress inside cells caught my attention - as that is something that chronic infections cause a lot of - and could be where benefits are coming from.

the blocking of apoptosis is a bit more murky - apoptosis is often seen as useful in intracellular infections - which often block apoptosis so they can hijack the cells for longer - so blocking it with TUDCA doesn't have obvious benefits - unless it somehow gives the body a rest from too much cell die off and recycling

Wow thanks Garzie! I didnt even know of the other ingredients! Now that I do I definitely won't be taking it. I will look into the other one you suggested. I prefer to take it without any extras.

Thank you DUde for your input!

All of you guys are great. I love this forum. Bless you all!