Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, nurse, nutritionist, herbalist, or otherwise medically trained person.
I am an ordinary person who has suffered from adult acne since 1995 and have found no solution to my acne through conventional medicine.
March 5, 2003
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
1:21 PM (Pacific)
Okay...I have now taken 4 of the Stress-B's, starting from March 2 through today.
I've reduced the amount of brewer's yeast so now it's 2 tablespoons. I take the Stress-B in the morning and the brewer's yeast at night. The logic of this is to spread out the nutrients...ultimately I want to do pills only, rather than brewer's yeast (which is good, but expensive and clumsy to take). When the yeast is finished, I'm going to try adding in a chromium supplement (approximately the same amount as the yeast, around 200 mcg).
I am *not* going to do anything that requires taking 5 tablets of anything per day. To me that is not practical.
I'm going to start out, after the yeast is finished, taking a B-vitamin tablet and a chromium tablet, once per day. (Unless of course I can find a single tablet that combines the two and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.) If that doesn't fly, I'll try taking a smaller dose of the B-vitamin, twice per day. It may not be necessary though.
I can say that my skin is noticeably smoother and better. Fewer clogged pores, overall a much better appearance. I would go so far as to say it's worth trying even if you don't have acne. I'm not much of a pill junkie, I don't believe in miracles, etc., but this amount of B vitamins...I am not sure if it's the B-5, the B-6, or the B-12, but who cares, you can always find a B-complex vitamin to take...is good for skin.
In fact, the next logical step might be to check out Costco and see what sort of B-complex pills they have. I know they have chromium, I saw it there last time I checked. The real key is moderation. Taking too much even of vitamins, will have a reverse, if not dangerous, effect. I know chromium is not something to monkey around with. I'm not interested in taking more than the 200 mcg.
