Excellent, LJ. I'm renewing my subscription.

Pico has a keen eye for the important details

Where's Jinx?

Like he's not in enough trouble for forgetting the cellar?

Where CHN, while we're at it?

I have to take one exception to the original post.

I have found that Acai helps a LOT with symptoms of Crohn's Disease. If I forget to take it at night, I pay the next day. As long as I take two at night, the rest of the day is "normal".

Pete, take note!

I did.

But.. You waited till now to tell me?

My mom swears by baby aspirin + omega-3s for her crohn's. It helped my cousin's UC, too. He was becoming steroid-refractory, and the a+o combo helped him get off steroids all together.

I'll mention the acai to mom.

How much omega 3 does she take, Pie?

I only just figured this out in the last few months...by accident!

4 softgels per day, 700 mg EPA + 500 mg DHA each = 1200 x 4 = 4.8 grams/day
Two in the morning, two at night, with a baby aspirin both times.

(This is the specific brand; they seem to have excellent testing standards.)

How did she arrive at the number of 4 per day?

2 grams is the recommendation for all us 'normal' folks -- she started with that, and doubled it when she got better results. It's Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) according to Jinx's favorite organization, the FDA.

You do have to keep an eye on blood clotting times -- omega 3s can reduce the effectiveness of endogenous clotting factors.

Yeah, keep in mind they're ok with acetone (nail polish remover) as a food additive...

It helps with all the nail polish teenage girls chew off their nails :rolleyes:

So, I went and bought a box of green tea. Man, that stuff is rank.:greenface

Very cool lists! Glad to see my Red Yeast Rice is at the top.