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[ironfistx]

This supplement is interesting but when I read about it online people are talking about using it to detox and I kind of think that isn't really an actual issue with like toxins and stuff.

 

These ingredients are in joint pills.  Are they anti inflammatory?  What do you use it for?

[albedo]

My wife has been using it from time to time for osteoarthritis without impressive benefits. Have you looked at:

http://examine.com/s...sulfonylmethane ?

I think it sums up to anti inflammatory effect and sulfur content because it is necessary for the connective tissue. Did not find much on human studies. Evidence does not look very impressive.

[Dorian Grey]

I may be wrong and invite correction here, but doesn't sulfur feed undesirable gram negative bacteria in the gut?  Sort of an anti-probiotic?  

 

I've read a sulfurous odor in flatus indicates a predominance of gram negative bacteria, and know when I take my FOS and lactobacillus GG probiotic, my flatus does not smell sulfurous (or have much odor at all).  

 

Just my observation.  What say thee fellow knowledge seekers?  

[Kalliste]

Shouldn't that make eating legumes rather unhealthy? And it seems to be they are very healthy

[Dorian Grey]

Don't know if eating minor amounts of dietary organic sulfur might be different than mega-dosing msm supplements.  

 

Sulfur is important, but more might not always be better.  

Edited by synesthesia, 26 April 2015 - 06:16 AM.

[Alphatrial]

When my wife was using MSM we discovered that she didn't get stung anymore by musquitos. That's because of the sulfur smell that they don't like. As she is somewhat allergic to musquitobites, we found it a blessing.

[albedo]

Oh, very interesting. I must then take it too as it would explain why between my wife and myself it is always me who got bitten ... ;-)

[stephen_b]

I find it great after a big athletic effort as an anti-inflammatory. After a tough 50k trail race in the heat and with a lot of elevation change I was pretty beat up. A rounded teaspoon of the stuff really brought the inflammation down to where it really did not feel that I had run that far. I find it a much better alternative over ibuprofen.

[Junk Master]

The only reason I'd take it, like Stephen B, is to alleviate the length of delayed onset muscle soreness after endurance exercise.  To that I'd add, SAMe is a better choice except for it's expense.