interesting, im gonna get beeswax and policosanols soon, may do the swanson capsules for policosanols.I have a tree in the backyard. The fruit is small, usually 1.5 inch diameter, occasionally 2 inches. Nice to eat it as a tree-ripened fruit, although birds usually peck at it before I get to it, which is fine. These are native guavas, which is why it's small. The inside is pink, and it is sweet with a slight tartiness, so sometimes it's also used to make a sour soup, like tarmarind, when it's not not yet ripe. The guava you find at supermarkets may be the larger kinds, more crunchy and the flesh is white. Taiwan makes good guava of this kind. It's not as sweet though, as it has to be picked when it's not ripe, otherwise it spoils in transit.
It's known for its pectin enzyme. It can sometimes be constipating, but if you've got a healthy gut, it has no effect.
When I mix the policosanol in ethanol (with ultrasound) it turns the ethanol into a weak milky white. When I add the Vitamin E (with glycerin and water from the capsule), and mix again, it blends into a homogenous transparent liquid. It always leaves a waxy coating after I drink up the mixture from the test tube, and it takes longer to clean up. I wonder how well it dissolves into the olive oil.
I took it for 2 weeks, mixed as I described with the photos earlier.
Then I stopped for two weeks, as my bp went uip after going down iinitially. But there was no loose bowel during the 2 weeks I was taking it.
When I resumed, I began to experience loose bowel.
Last night, I removed the policosanol from the mixture, but this morning I still have loose bowels.
Once my gut settles (taking AC and skipping breakfast), I'll do a mixture with the policosanol but without the cyclodextrin, and see how that goes.
It's odd I'm getting a delayed gut reaction to it. It may be that it's taking a while for the gut lining biofilm to be disrupted, and whatever is released by the biofilm is causing the loose bowel movement. But I'm not just taking the policosanols, so any of the components could be causing that, or a combination of.
regarding biofilms, what supplements or food strategies do you recommend to break and excrete biofilms... i heard magnesium stearate can contribute to these which is odd since stearic acid is apparently useful to supplement or consume? would saturated fat from the diet be enough to break biofilms up...
also apparently kidney fat is more saturated, and has more stearic acid