The wonders of D-Limonene; for GERD, Candida, liver and gall bladder detox, anziety, sleep + other

I remember you mentioning this awhile back, astroman and I bought some (Jarrow:) Thing is - I never took the stuff - yikes!

I take my T4 at night and wonder if D-Limonene would interfere.

I need to research more no matter what to figure out when I could take it.

Thanks for the reminder and for the awesome link!

CD- you take all your T4 at night? Wow.

That never worked for me since I snack before bed. I do take a small amount of natural thyroid at bed, knowing only the T3 is absorbed.

You could take this daytime with food. I've done that, burps less with food. It tastes just like orange peel, since thats what it is.

This is awesome for the liver, and my liver is far from awesome (master gene mutant here!).

My gene Dr puts this stuff on a pedestal.

Good luck finding it in any store, online only usually. The word is not out yet.

D-Limonene is an unrefined version of Pectasol-C, a modified citrus pectin (MCP) and it costs much less. These terpenes do much more than originally thought and can help change the flora of the GI tract though antibacterial or antifungal activities or through the removal of metals bound in the GI tract. I've seen people benefit from taking MCP with both fungal and H pylori issues. It can help decrease the amount of stomach acid these patients often have. They are both great products and I could see the benefits when taking Pectasol-C powder.

My interest in MCP has been on its effects on Galectin-1. The studies show its effects on Galectin-3, but I have yet to find any research on it in regards to Galectin-1. I have explored the possibility that protozoans mimic or secrete proteins similar to Galectin-1 to weaken our immune response to enhance their survival and/or decrease mucin-1 to penetrate the extracellular matrix.

I often talk about the importance of eating alkaline foods and Galectin-1 is one great example of why I say this. Galectin-1 is an extremely important protein involving cellular growth, proliferation, and T-cell activity. We Lymies suffer from problems with all three of these things, especially T-cell activity. When Galectin-1 is oxidized, carbohydrates don't bind to it like they normally do so alkaline foods help with decrease its activity. Our inflammatory process has Galectin-1's fingerprints all over it. Maybe this is why people that eat carbs hold more water? People eating the Paleo Diet that see benefits from it most likely get their benefits from the reduction of carbs and the decreased activity of Galectin-1.

If you ever get cancer, the research says that D-limonene or Pectasol-C powder would be a very good thing to take. I feel it is beneficial even if you don't have carcinoma.

I just ordered more from Vitacost, $9, its cheap.

Brands of D-Limonene:

Jarrow (I use this), Solaray, Swanson, Rocky Fork, Enzymatic therapy (quadriple the price).

www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-1105-LIMONENE.aspx?activeIngredientId=1105&activeIngredientName=LIMONENE&source=0

Since D-limonene detoxes the liver (speeds up the process too aparently) it can change the rate at which certain medicines that are effected by liver function is "broken down".

Its pretty much medicines that are known to "be hard on the liver" to begin with. So D-Limonine can speed them up or slow the "breaking down" action of these meds. And vice versa, they can speed up or slow down D-limonine. Doent sound like reactions, just might increase or decrease the effectiveness of liver effected medicines.

Diflucan is the most common one here probably. Coumaden would be an important one (blood thinner).

Funny thing is, there are lots of popular natural suppliments that can effect RX drugs. A.Lipoic Acid is just an example. St Johns wart is a huge interactor.

Thanks for expanding on things, astroman. That's exactly the type of thing I'm talking about. Hubby takes a med that has the potential to be affected by D-limonene and there are other natural supplements that he also can't take.

astroman said...
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Funny thing is, there are lots of popular natural suppliments that can effect RX drugs. A.Lipoic Acid is just an example. St Johns wart is a huge interactor.

Exactly! I know my choices of some supplements (Alpha Lipoic Acid being one of them) probably affected my thyroid levels. Since I've added supplements here and there, I have one possible explanation for my erratic thyroid. It was a chance I was willing to take. I think I'm driving my doctor nutz with the requests/pushes for dose increases. lol

I just received mine and will start taking it.

Do you recommend taking it in the evening?

I don't have any problems, but it sounds like it is good to take for anyone anytime.

Thanks for the info! I have been throwing whole mandarin oranges in my juices lately and now I am glad to know the peel is very beneficial.

Tillybear said...
Just wanted to update this thread with my experience thus far on the D-Limonine: I can say I'm definitely sleeping much better. All through the night unless nature calls. Hot flashes are reduced 90% as well if that's related somehow. But either way, my sleep pattern was miserable before this product and nothing else has changed so credit to the D-limonene! Thank you for posting this thread, astroman. I did order the Jarrow brand fwiw.

To me, this would indicate that you had an elevation in intraluminal aluminum and the D-Limonene helped eliminate it. I would extrapolate that farther and say a bacteria was sequestering the aluminum and H pylori is often the culprit.

Hot flashes can occur from the exothermic reaction of nitrogen breakdown. Too much nitrogen breakdown can lead to higher temperatures than normal. High nitrogen ingestion, which most often comes in the form of animal protein, will increase bacteria like Bilophilia which decrease good yeasts like Saccharomyces. A balance must be maintained between good yeasts and the other bacteria present because the yeasts increase the fermentation of carbohydrates. This not only helps to eliminate carbohydrates but also decreases sulfite levels in the body by converting them to sulfides. Flatulence is hydrogen sulfide gas and comes from the action of the yeasts. Too many sulfites kill the yeasts and they need to be replenished. My belief is that people with Lyme have a decrease in good yeasts from a combination of too many sulfites and too many antibiotics. Antibiotics lead to an increase in Candida and other unwanted yeasts which overgrow the beneficial yeasts. Florastor is a good option to replenish the good yeasts.

www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7484/abs/nature12820.html

www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/abstract/S0167-7799%2815%2900139-0?_returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0167779915001390%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

k07 said...
I almost didn't click on this post but I'm glad I did! I take MCP every day (3 capsules just once usually around 3 pm or 7 pm away from meds/meals). I have noticed on the days I skip it my insomnia returns. I think I should really try to up it to 3 pills/2x a day. Just hard to find a blank spot to take it in the day.

So would anyone know if D-Limonene may provide additional benefits that I don't get with MCP? I like MCP and would only switch if the unrefined version (D-Limonene) did more.

I like the powder better than the capsules when it comes to MCP. I saw benefits from taking MCP along with eating only raw vegetables for several weeks. MCP did not help after that as far as I could tell. D-Limonene showed any benefit as far as I could tell. I may had already fixed the problem by then. It is much cheaper than MCP and would be a 1st line agent IMO because of the price. I wouldn't take it unless I changed my diet though. No since in taking it if you don't try to eliminate whatever bacteria are causing your problems.

astroman said...
MCP- what exactly is this?

Modified Citrus Pectin