DH suffers from psoriatic arthritis (when the psoriasis on his hands flare up, so does the arthritis in his knuckles). Of couse, he doesn’t eat low carb; can’t get him to give up his potatoes, bread, and cookies.

He’s waiting for me to try this regimen first. If I have luck, he says he’ll try it too.

THANKS for such great info!

Hi Kathy–

I don’t know that it makes a difference.  I take my regimen whenever I think of it.  Usually it’s early in the day, but if I forget, I take it at bedtime.  It doesn’t seem to make much difference to me.  Once you get blood levels where they need to be, a daily infusion just keeps them there, and it probably doesn’t matter much when it is as long as it is.

Cheers–

MRE

Hi Michael–

The supplement I now take is 800 mg curcumin, which is actually about 750 mg of curcuminoids, along with 5 mg of BioPerine.

Cheers–

MRE 

I just wanted to thank you for the curcumin suggestion. I have been taking fish oil for years and then read something on cod liver oil so about 4 or 5 months ago I switched to it instead and I got some additional relief from the pain in my hip joints. I then read this article and started taking curcumin and within a week felt a great improvement from hip pain. Prior to this I would take NSAIDs in hope of getting relief but it never helped much. I was amazed at how much relief I have gotten from this. Also, my NSAID usage is almost completely non existent except for occasional headache.

I keep trying to convince others (family/friends) but no go as yet. HA! Their loss.

Thanks a million, and love your blog!!

Hi Licia–

I’m glad the circumin helped.   Since I’ve been on it daily along with krill oil and fish oil, I have not taken another NSAID.  It just took me a couple of weeks to get to that point, which is typical with natural products.

Cheers–

MRE 

There’s at least one other company that “makes” krill oil..one place selling it is Vitacost.com. Notice there is no mention of phospholipids..and the amounts for the other things aren’t the same.

Interesting website you have here

Hi Only Natural–

Thanks for the heads up.  I’ll check this out next week and report back.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hi NM–

Don’t forget the krill oil and the circumin.  Both are a part of the regimen I found so successful.

Best–

MRE

I just started your krill oil (1000mg) and curcumin (500mg) regimen today. I’ve been taking fish oil for several months already, totalling 3g EPA and 2g DHA daily. This is the dose recommended to me by my rheumatologist for RA. I don’t know if it helps or not, to be honest.

My question is by adding the krill oil am I now getting too much Omega 3? Should I cut back on the fish oil?

Thanks so much for providing this means of communication. It’s tremendously helpful.

Christy

Hi Christy–

The krill oil is a fairly small dose, but it’s potent because of its phospholipid structure. I wouldn’t think you would have a problem, but since you’re not my patient and I don’t have an exam, labwork, etc. to go on, I would recommend that you check with your doctor who put you on the fish oil.

Best–

MRE

Last poster was most likely using the term ‘little tent’ as a euphenism for getting an erection or “morning wood”. Maybe your knew that and were just teasing? Heh.

Anyways, very interesting about the curcumin reducing CRP. You take the curcumin and fish/krill oil alone? Or with or around a meal? Any problems with stomach upset? I wonder because I ocassionally took a supplement with curcumin and boswellin (boswellic acid) by itself to help with aches. Never made it a regular part of my regimen because I would sometimes burb up the stuff.

Hi Rich–

I shoulda figured out the ‘little tent.’ Thanks for the heads up.

I take my fish oil/krill oil/circumin all at once and I’ve never had a problem. Of course, as my wife is quick to point out, I have a stomach of iron.

Best–

MRE

Had to come back here and let you know how well this fish oil/krill oil/curcumin regimen is working for my husband, who has osteoarthritis and suffers nasty flareups.

He’s been trying this for about a month or so, and has said the magic words, “It seems to be working.”

That is, in itself, a miracle. He’s tried just about every supplement on the market in an effort to reduce the arthritis flare ups and deal with the pain. He was also prescribed Naproxen 500mg twice daily.

We’ve been married for two and a half years, and this is the *first* time I’ve ever heard him say, “It seems to be working” about any supplement he’s tried. Normally it’s, “No, I don’t notice much difference, I guess it doesn’t work” in regard to the various supplements tried (everything from borage oil to something called ASU).

Within about two weeks of adding krill and curcumin (he was already taking fish oil), my husband was able to start skipping doses of the naproxen. It was only about a week ago that I noticed he was limping around a bit, and in quite a bit of pain…

Turns out he ran out of his curcumin and krill oil, and had been having to take more of the Naproxen again. While he has been prescribed a regimen of naproxen 500mg twice daily, he prefers to only take it unless he really needs too (because of the known negative side effects).

To make a long story short, I made sure we got some more krill and curcumin, and today my husband doesn’t need any naproxen.

The krill oil isn’t all that expensive (compared to things like OsteoBi-Flex), and the curcumin is darned cheap.

Anyway – thank you so much for sharing this information about the krill and curcumin. It really does work.

For anyone else trying it – it’ll take a couple of weeks before you start noticing a major improvement, at which point you might be able to “ditch” your NSAIDS. And it’ll take about a week if you happen to run out of krill/curcumin to start noticing that the joints are hurting again.

Hi Sara–

Thanks for the inspiring story of your husband’s success. I’m sure his GI tract appreciates the break from the constant bombardment by naproxyn.

You make a point worth repeating. With natural substances such as the krill oil/fish oil/circumin regimen it takes a while to see results. Natural substances have to build up in the tissues, a situation that doesn’t occur overnight.

Best–

MRE

The only change in supplements was a minor one with my B vitamins. About 8 months ago, I was taking a tablet for most of the B vitamins. In an attempt to reduce the number of tablets I substituted Costco’s Kirkland B50 formula. It was the strongest B combination I could find. I soon decided to add a folate tablet, and am considering adding a biotin tablet and a B12 tablet.

Everything else, as far as supplements go, was the stuff I have been taking for about 3 years. Diet is the same, maybe more protein. Exercise is more intense, using Slow Burn. The hormones released by Slow Burn are profoundly stronger than my prior exercise.

I have gotten better at getting the “growth hormone” night time pulse. Very low carb intake during and after supper. I don’t “feel” the growth hormone pulse, but I awaken with a little tent. I am assuming the growth hormone pulse is a precursor to that event. If I am not very careful about my late carbs this event does not occur.

It doesn’t seem to me that these changes explain the drop in CRP. I do remember thinking that CRP would probably change more than homocysteine, so maybe we have two data points. One data point being the change in homocysteine, and the other data point being the larger change in CRP.

Yours in Protein Power,
David

Hi David–

Thanks for the info. I have a question about your comment. You wrote “I don’t “feel” the growth hormone pulse, but I awaken with a little tent.” Is the ‘little tent’ a typo or is it some term I’m totally unaware of?

Best–

MRE

Thanks
JP

Hi JP–

A Specific Carbohydrate diet can be a low-carbohydrate diet but doesn’t have to be. AS and Sjogren’s syndrome are both inflammatory diseases. Omega-3 fats help them in the same way they help all inflammatory problems–by changing the ratio of pro-inflammatory/anti-inflammatory products. You might want to consider adding some krill oil to your regimen because of its greater absorbability and extra anti-inflammatory properties.

I have no experience with Celadrin, so I can’t really comment on its effectiveness or lack thereof.

Best–

MRE