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Andrea Barnett Budin · 09-16-2016, 12:04 PM

Updated last March 2016 (FROM INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGIST IN NY) -- FOR ALL THOSE WHO'VE REQUESTED THIS and can't locate where I last posted it: BE WELL, MY SISTERS !!

ESSENTIAL SUPPLEMENTS AND DAILY ADJUNCTIVE MEDS:
ALPHA LIPOIC ACID 300 AM/PM -- detoxifies liver, antioxidant, neutralizes free radicals, protects cells from damage, can cross the brain barrier, energizes, relieves muscle and joint pain, heart healthy
ARGENINE 500 X 2 AM empty stomach (sustained and immediate release) helps keep EF (ejection fraction) up , HEART HEALTHY
)B-12 (as methyl cobalamine) 1 mg lozenge -- AM for energy
B-5 Riboflavin 500 Pantothenic Acid AM good for neuropathy
B-6 (P5P50) activated B-6 bedtime -- heart healthy, assists sleeping aides
B 1 (Benfotiamine or thiamin) 300 + B 2 100 ea AM/PM energy
BIOTIN 5,000 healthy hair/nails
C 1,000 w/BIOFLAVINOIDS + Rutin (AM) -- enhances immune system, reduces recurrence of cancer
-- INCREASE C X 3 if sick w/both Echincacea w/goldenseal and Astragalus AM/PM
+ zinc lozenges X 6 -- for a week
CALCIUM 500 AM/PM -- body can only absorb 400 mg of calcium at a time. CAPSULES because calcium pills in particular are way too big
CARNITINE 500 AM/PM -- assists in gastro absorption, energizes, lowers triglycerides, relieves muscle and joint pain
CO ENZYME Q10 ( Doctor's Best UBIIQUINOL concentrated Co-Q10- 50 mg w/ Kaneka's QH) - Good for gums, heart, energy, muscle and joint pain -- AM
CHROMIUM PICCOLINATE 500 Empty stomach - metabolizes fats and carbs and lowers sugar circulating in blood
Vitamin D3 -- 10,000 AM daily -- assists organ function, healthy bones, assists organ function which declines w/age, healthy bones, blocks bc cell growth

ASK FOR Vitamins D and B to be checked in blood work

DIM-PLUS AM (Nature's Way) metabolizes estrogen, helps heart and hot flashes

E 400 WITH TOCOPHEROLS (I use Vital Nutrient brand) ( 1AM + 2 PM) -- heart healthy, helpful in oxidation in lungs, protects white and red blood cells, helps body's immune system. boosts stamina, protects from free radicals, keeps skin and tissue healthy
ECHINACEA w/GOLDENSEAL AM/PM -for 1 wk plus ASTRAGALUS 1,000 AM/PM - next wk -- rotating weekly -- boost immune system

EXHILARIN AM / PM mental acuity, relieves stress and hot flashes, energizes
FLAXSEED OIL 1,000 heart healthy, anti-cancer, detoxifies, improves brain function, good for eyes
FOLATE w//QUATRREFOLIC 400 AM red cell booster, heart healthy
GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT -- 120 AM / PM mental alertness
GINGER ROOT EXTRACT - 1,100 AM/PM/BEDTIME (2 pills 3x a day, to ease IBS, assisting digestion to promote gastrointestintal comfort
GLUTAMINE 500 AM empty stomach -- amino acid, assists in gastro absorption, energizes
GRAPESEED EXTRACT 150 (AM) anti-oxideant, protects skin cells, can cross blood-brain barrier, protects brain and spinal nerves against free radical damage, exhances anti-tumor effect, protects liver, strengthens connective tissues including heart system, supports immune system and slows aging
IMMUNE BOOSTER New Chapter Lifeshield mushroom blend AM + PM
LUTEIN 40 w/1 Zeaxthin AM eye health, prevents tearing all day, assists in preventing cancers
LYSINE 500 AM empty stomach bolsters immune function
NAC 600 (AM) supports healthy liver function, rids body of toxins
NADH (AM PM) on empty stomach -- anti-oxidant, relieves chronic fatitude, energizes, boosts mental acuity, supports healthy oxygen-rich blood, detoxifies kidney, lungs, bowels and blood stream toxins
OMEGA 3 -- (Vitacost brand) 2,100 AM + PM -- EPA + DHA -- (HER2 site's RB has written a book on the multiple benefits of Omega 3, most especially for breast cancer patients and for far more reasons to include in your list) traditional diet of Greece is highly recommended by many experts
PHYTO FORMULA 1 scoop in OJ in AM for chronic fatigue
POTASSIUM 99 AM + PM energizes, heart healthy
PROBIOTIC Garden of Life Primal Defense for IBS (AM) and normal bowels
PROBIOTIC Vitacost 10-20 IBS (PM) markedly helps normal bowels
RESVERATROL 250 (AM PM) tumor shrinking, boosts immune system, anti-oxidant, heart healthy, HER2 blocker
SELENIUM 200 AM -- anti oxidant, protects cells from damage
THEANINE 400 PM bedtime 2 pills reduces stress, increase GABA, dopamine and serotonin production, crosses brain barriet, boosts T cells
WHITE KIDNEY BEAN 2,000 AM/PM carb blocker
WOBENZYME -- 1-2 AM + PM -- anti inflammatory (which is the cause of all ailments and disease -- it is an immune booster and eases pain of joints, etc.)
ZINC -- 30 AM immune booster

09-16-2016, 12:04 PM	#1
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	My really big supplements list Updated last March 2016 (FROM INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGIST IN NY) -- FOR ALL THOSE WHO'VE REQUESTED THIS and can't locate where I last posted it: BE WELL, MY SISTERS !! ESSENTIAL SUPPLEMENTS AND DAILY ADJUNCTIVE MEDS: ALPHA LIPOIC ACID 300 AM/PM -- detoxifies liver, antioxidant, neutralizes free radicals, protects cells from damage, can cross the brain barrier, energizes, relieves muscle and joint pain, heart healthy ARGENINE 500 X 2 AM empty stomach (sustained and immediate release) helps keep EF (ejection fraction) up , HEART HEALTHY )B-12 (as methyl cobalamine) 1 mg lozenge -- AM for energy B-5 Riboflavin 500 Pantothenic Acid AM good for neuropathy B-6 (P5P50) activated B-6 bedtime -- heart healthy, assists sleeping aides B 1 (Benfotiamine or thiamin) 300 + B 2 100 ea AM/PM energy BIOTIN 5,000 healthy hair/nails C 1,000 w/BIOFLAVINOIDS + Rutin (AM) -- enhances immune system, reduces recurrence of cancer -- INCREASE C X 3 if sick w/both Echincacea w/goldenseal and Astragalus AM/PM + zinc lozenges X 6 -- for a week CALCIUM 500 AM/PM -- body can only absorb 400 mg of calcium at a time. CAPSULES because calcium pills in particular are way too big CARNITINE 500 AM/PM -- assists in gastro absorption, energizes, lowers triglycerides, relieves muscle and joint pain CO ENZYME Q10 ( Doctor's Best UBIIQUINOL concentrated Co-Q10- 50 mg w/ Kaneka's QH) - Good for gums, heart, energy, muscle and joint pain -- AM CHROMIUM PICCOLINATE 500 Empty stomach - metabolizes fats and carbs and lowers sugar circulating in blood Vitamin D3 -- 10,000 AM daily -- assists organ function, healthy bones, assists organ function which declines w/age, healthy bones, blocks bc cell growth ASK FOR Vitamins D and B to be checked in blood work DIM-PLUS AM (Nature's Way) metabolizes estrogen, helps heart and hot flashes E 400 WITH TOCOPHEROLS (I use Vital Nutrient brand) ( 1AM + 2 PM) -- heart healthy, helpful in oxidation in lungs, protects white and red blood cells, helps body's immune system. boosts stamina, protects from free radicals, keeps skin and tissue healthy ECHINACEA w/GOLDENSEAL AM/PM -for 1 wk plus ASTRAGALUS 1,000 AM/PM - next wk -- rotating weekly -- boost immune system EXHILARIN AM / PM mental acuity, relieves stress and hot flashes, energizes FLAXSEED OIL 1,000 heart healthy, anti-cancer, detoxifies, improves brain function, good for eyes FOLATE w//QUATRREFOLIC 400 AM red cell booster, heart healthy GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT -- 120 AM / PM mental alertness GINGER ROOT EXTRACT - 1,100 AM/PM/BEDTIME (2 pills 3x a day, to ease IBS, assisting digestion to promote gastrointestintal comfort GLUTAMINE 500 AM empty stomach -- amino acid, assists in gastro absorption, energizes GRAPESEED EXTRACT 150 (AM) anti-oxideant, protects skin cells, can cross blood-brain barrier, protects brain and spinal nerves against free radical damage, exhances anti-tumor effect, protects liver, strengthens connective tissues including heart system, supports immune system and slows aging IMMUNE BOOSTER New Chapter Lifeshield mushroom blend AM + PM LUTEIN 40 w/1 Zeaxthin AM eye health, prevents tearing all day, assists in preventing cancers LYSINE 500 AM empty stomach bolsters immune function NAC 600 (AM) supports healthy liver function, rids body of toxins NADH (AM PM) on empty stomach -- anti-oxidant, relieves chronic fatitude, energizes, boosts mental acuity, supports healthy oxygen-rich blood, detoxifies kidney, lungs, bowels and blood stream toxins OMEGA 3 -- (Vitacost brand) 2,100 AM + PM -- EPA + DHA -- (HER2 site's RB has written a book on the multiple benefits of Omega 3, most especially for breast cancer patients and for far more reasons to include in your list) traditional diet of Greece is highly recommended by many experts PHYTO FORMULA 1 scoop in OJ in AM for chronic fatigue POTASSIUM 99 AM + PM energizes, heart healthy PROBIOTIC Garden of Life Primal Defense for IBS (AM) and normal bowels PROBIOTIC Vitacost 10-20 IBS (PM) markedly helps normal bowels RESVERATROL 250 (AM PM) tumor shrinking, boosts immune system, anti-oxidant, heart healthy, HER2 blocker SELENIUM 200 AM -- anti oxidant, protects cells from damage THEANINE 400 PM bedtime 2 pills reduces stress, increase GABA, dopamine and serotonin production, crosses brain barriet, boosts T cells WHITE KIDNEY BEAN 2,000 AM/PM carb blocker WOBENZYME -- 1-2 AM + PM -- anti inflammatory (which is the cause of all ailments and disease -- it is an immune booster and eases pain of joints, etc.) ZINC -- 30 AM immune booster __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now... Last edited by Andrea Barnett Budin; 09-16-2016 at 12:07 PM..