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Posted 11/27/2018 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone,

For those of you using xylitol, do you buy the regular natural one that is available in the supermarket as a sweetener (I am really unfamiliar with it)? I am intending to give it a try as a part of sinus rinse, as someone suggested here, so want to be sure I am taking the right thing.

What time of day do you take activated charcoal, away from meals and supplements I'd imagine? How many capsules? I read it tends to deplete magnesium. I want to use it to help me detox mold.

Lastly, do you go swimming in a swimming pool? smile I have been using sauna for months now, it's just next to a nice swimming pool, but besides being very weak, I always thought I was too toxic to go in and add chlorine to my mix of toxins. I think I was right, because the first time I went for a short swim two weeks ago, I felt sick for 2 days afterwards. Basically, I think it depleted my vitamin C - from what I read online. Yestreday, I went for a swim again, and again didn't feel great, my joints started creaking and snapping again, skin became very dry etc, but I took large doses of vitamin c so I'm ok now.
Would you/do you use a public swimming pool? Is there any way to protect one's self from chlorine, apart from vitamin C spray or rubbing oil on the skin?
Also a silly question - can chlorine affect mold in the body? I am not suggesting it's good for you, I feel it's harmful, I am just curious about the effects of it.

Thank you!
Posted 11/27/2018 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
I generally take activated charcoal in the middle of the night (I usually wake up once naturally). It's just easier that way... I take 2 capsules which is 500mg if memory serves.

Are you doing infrared sauna or regular sauna? I've heard infrared is helpful for mold detox.

I don't know about the chlorine. But it's great that you are able to do some physical activity. Swimming was a good one for me especially when exercise intolerance made everything else impossible. I would use a public swimming pool, especially if I could find a way to manage ancillary issues like you mention.

The physical exertion might also be playing a role in your response? I'd keep trying it out for a bit and see if you can find a way to manage the issues that come with swimming and see if your body acclimates. It'd be great if you could do the physical activity consistently, but if it keeps making you sicker every time may have to wait until your body is at a stronger point? or could initially swim once/twice a week. See how that goes, then build up from there if things are going ok.
Posted 11/27/2018 2:45 PM (GMT 0)
The clinic i go to said to get the jarrow brand xylitol... i order it on amazon
Posted 11/27/2018 3:35 PM (GMT 0)
I take 5 charcoal capsules in between lunch and dinner about 2 hours apart from herbs/supps/food.

I don’t get in swimming pools for the reasons you mentioned. I started avoiding them after I got sick but still didn’t know what was wrong with me. I just felt very toxic all the time and had this sense that the pool could hurt me somehow. All instinctive. Had no knowledge about mold, Lyme, or detoxification, etc., back then.

My advice would be to follow your instincts. There are some pools that don’t use chlorine. I’m not sure what they use in place of it, but it doesn’t have a smell like chlorine.
Posted 11/27/2018 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I also have problem with chlorine in swimming pools. I've noticed that some swimming pools have higher levels of chlorine, they dissolve spandex in swimwear, I avoid them.
I go to swimming pool in a club that has sauna and steam room. I slather Vaseline (I haven't tried oil) on my skin before entering water. After swimming, I take shower and go either to steam room or sauna and stay there until I sweat. Than I take shower again and put some lotion on my skin. I am fine but I need to space the swimming pool visits to once every two weeks.
I've heard about ozonated and UV filtration swimming pools maybe you can find one in your area.
Posted 11/27/2018 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
I order the Jarrow brand Xylitol. I didn't know that's the one Dr. J 's clinic recommends...I guess I lucked out.
Posted 11/27/2018 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all so much for your replies!

I am using both traditional and NIR sauna, but somehow I am not able to break a sweat from the nir sauna - probably my lamps are not strong enough, I'll have to replace them.
Since I finally started treating mold, I am feeling a lot better, and I feel I could exercise consistently (but it's still early days). I guess I am looking for a shortcut because I'm not the biggest fan of pilates, I'd love to just go swimming whenever I go to the sauna but chlorine really seems like a problem so far.
Duza, that is pretty much waht I do, except that I didn't use vaseline or oil, I only just googled that.

I am avoiding to take anything at night, I listened to dr rhonda patrick say that taking anything except water makes our liver work, so it's good to give it a break at night, but it does seem tricky to find the right schedule for activated charcoal. For exemple, I said to myself ok I had lunch two hours ago, I'll take it now, and then 20min later I felt like eating somethng lol.

WalkingByFaith, I think that's one of the best advice in illness, to follow the instinct, somehow body knows best, we just have to learn to listen and inform ourselves enough.
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