Thoughts on Sulfur Supplementation?

nikkit321

I've never heard of this so thought I'd throw it out there for all of you who are more knowledgeable than I. Not necessarily cancer related, but for general health purposes.

http://www.naturalnews.com/037292_MSM_sulfur_breast_cancer.html
http://www.organicsulfur4health.com/2015/06/15/cancer-doesnt-like-an-oxygen-or-alkaline-environment/
https://www.cancertutor.com/organic_sulfur/

janejellyroll

I don't know anything specific about sulfur supplementation, but I would be very cautious about getting health or wellness information from Natural News. It's really into pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, including using homeopathic "medicine" to treat illnesses like Ebola.

usmcmp

Our body has a very specific pH in which it maintains. Taking supplements or drinking special things to try to change the pH of your body is an exercise in futility and a waste of money. You'll change the pH of your urine because your body is fighting to keep everything else inside the same and urine is how it removes the waste or the excess things that are trying to change your pH.

ninerbuff

It's sounds like pseudoscience. Anything ingested orally has to make it through digestion. Many supplements, etc. lose viability once hydrochloric acid gets hold of it.
Don't believe a lot when it comes to homeopathic reviews. Most of it is pseudoscience and speculation.

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Gallowmere1984

I am not going to say that sulfur serves no purpose within our bodies, as most would agree that we still have a long way to go in figuring out all of the precise biological functions of every mineral.

That being said, I'm not gonna be loading myself up with it until we know more about precisely what it does, why, and what the UL would be. And no, that doesn't count taking advice from terrible correlation articles.

CSARdiver

No scientific evidence to support this.

@usmcmp is absolutely correct - pH modifiers are absolutely insane.

Edit: About the only supplement with strong supporting evidence is Omega 3 fatty acids - fish oil. Nearly everything else is unproven and quite frankly, potentially dangerous.

Gallowmere1984

CSARdiver wrote: »

No scientific evidence to support this.

@usmcmp is absolutely correct - pH modifiers are absolutely insane.

The only supplement with supporting evidence is Omega 3 fatty acids - fish oil. Everything else is unproven and quite frankly, potentially dangerous.

Erm, no...just no.

Creatine is even more widely studied.
Micronutrients of all kinds are pretty well studied, though we do keep finding new stuff about several of them (D3 comes to mind).
Beta-alanine is well studied.
CitMal is well studied.
Ephedrine/caffeine is well studied.

I could do this for a while.

CSARdiver

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

CSARdiver wrote: »

No scientific evidence to support this.

@usmcmp is absolutely correct - pH modifiers are absolutely insane.

The only supplement with supporting evidence is Omega 3 fatty acids - fish oil. Everything else is unproven and quite frankly, potentially dangerous.

Erm, no...just no.

Creatine is even more widely studied.
Micronutrients of all kinds are pretty well studied, though we do keep finding new stuff about several of them (D3 comes to mind).
Beta-alanine is well studied.
CitMal is well studied.
Ephedrine/caffeine is well studied.

I could do this for a while.

Just re-read my comment and agree - that was hyperbolic and generalized.

I'm considering the general use supplements and not those specific to athletes.

Link to a solid reference point on Evidence-Based Supplements:

https://ods.od.nih.gov/Research/Evidence-Based_Review_Program.aspx

amorfati601070

I'm sure others will appreciate the flatulence.