Customer Reviews

Garden Of Life fucoTHIN, 90-Count Bottle

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I actually started taking this for other reasons after doing some research on PubMed. One thing I will say up front is that I'm only taking one pill in the morning, not three a day. I have not had the "seaweed-pee" effect. It has made me much more sensitive to caffeine, but I suppose it's good I'm cutting back. I did feel "off" the first couple weeks, and I occasionally crave beets (go figure), but I think there is a good reason for that.

There is something important to remember when taking this product. It triggers the metabolism of white fat cells. What many people don't realize is that the body uses fat (more so white than brown) as a sort of garbage can. Chemicals that it cannot properly metabolize, especially chemicals that are oligophillic (oil-soluble) rather than hydrophillic (water soluble, which tend to be urinated away), are simply sequestered into fat cells. It's the body's equivalent of "sweeping under the rug". So, if you have things like pesticides and such sequestered in your fat cells, and you add fucoxanthin and suddenly start metabolism in your fat, all the sequestered stuff is suddenly dumped back into your system. In the long run it's good to clean it out, but it can make you feel like crap at the beginning.

If you take this, start with just one in the morning, not the recommended three. Also, cut back a bit on caffeine. (If you're on other health supplements, taurine, guarana extract, and yerba mate extract *are* caffeine. Caffeine is a simple, flat, *non-chiral* molecule.) Drink extra clean water to help your body flush. Eat more fresh veggies to help break down extra homocystine.

I started taking Fucothin in mid-Sept 2007 along with my low sodium meal plan & lost 18 pounds effortlessly by Halloween. Skipped it for several weeks over the holidays, and put on 8 pounds!! I just started taking it again less than 2 weeks ago with my low sodium meal plan and lost the 8 pounds - now going forward for the rest of the winter. My energy is noticeably better when taking Fucothin & I have to force myself to eat some days. Drink lots of water & the weight comes off faster. I recommend this product wholeheartedly. Just wish the price was lower, but look for free shipping & it's worth it.

I started a diet last june (2006) lost about 20-25 pounds then hit this plateau in November (2006). I tried everything from exercising more, eating less calories, eating more calories, balancing my Omega 3's, switch my diet around, nothing seemed to work. Long story short i have been taking Fucothin for about 2 weeks (may 2007) and i have lost two pound per week!!! Of course i have been eating health and watching my portion size, but i am not counting calories and i do exercise...but i have been doing that and couldn't break it! So, truly this is a blessing i also recommend Jordan Rubin's book The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness here is the link if you want to look it up. The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness

Fucothin is not an instant miracle product and it's not advertised to be. Over time I have noticed a difference in how my clothes fit through the abdomen. When I stopped using Fucothin for about a month, I noticed that my clothes were getting tighter and tighter. After I resumed taking Fucothin for several weeks, then I noticed the reduction again. Deciding whether Fucothin will work for you after only a week or two is wrong. Allow four to six weeks.

I have been taking Fucothin as directed: 3 softgels a day for 6 days . My appetite has decreased, and my food cravings have decreased. I have lost 6 lbs in 6 days. I am exercising 4 times a week and that is nothing new for me. I have always exercised. My diet is pretty much the same, just smaller portions. I eat whenever I am hungry. This product is truly amazing. I have no side effects of nervousness like on some of the other products and my appetite has truly decreased and I feel great.
Garden of Life has always made good holistic supplements so when they came out with this I did not hesitate. Try it. It is definately worth every penny.

I've been taking fucothin for 2 months now. I have not had any of the foul smelling urine others have reported. What I have noticed is I can eat anything I want and not gain weight. Even when I have eaten soooo bad and step on the scale just knowing that I gained, I either stayed the same or actually went down a little bit. That never happens to me! I'm actually going to start counting calories and exercising because I feel like if I do that I'll really see results!

before i purchased this product i would want to know how affective it was and how long it took to take affect! well i started taking fucothin about 3 weeks ago and it states that you might not see results for up to 6 weeks but i have noticed that just in thime that i have been taking 3 a day i can pull my jeans up and down without unbuttoning them! just so you know you do have to change your diet but they make it so easy for you just go to PerfectWeightAmerica.com and they set it all up for you!!! GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!
Kendra

I decided to try fucothin because of recent articles I had read on the product and its ability to increase metabolism without changing your diet or exercise habits. I bought two bottles because it claims to take six weeks to work. My job is extremely physical, but otherwise I did not change anything. I was about halfway through the second bottle before I noticed the smelly urine. Luckily I had read the previous reviews, so I knew what was happening. Unfortunately, I did not have the weight loss that the others claimed, or I wouldn't have minded the smell. I had actually gained two pounds. Between the rotten vegetable smell and the weight gain, I decided it wasn't worth it to keep taking the pills. I had even tried doubling up the doses like another person suggested just to get rid of the pills faster. Another side effect was the warm patches that would appear on various areas of my body. So I was getting the thermal effect, it just wasn't causing me to lose weight. But the extra heat sure is good for winter in Wisconsin! Bottom line: don't expect a miracle pill, it isn't going to work for everyone. Proper diet and exercise is the best way to go.

I started taking Fucothin about 8-9 weeks ago. I am an 18 year old male that is 5'10 and weighs(ed) 185. I took only the 1 pill for each meal for almost three weeks. Then I read the bottle again and realized that I had forgotten to up the dosage. I upped the dosage and started taking 3 at each meal. I have lost about 12lbs. I eat no differently actually in some cases I have been eating worse. I have continued to work out exactly the same as before. I'm impressed. I do like the fact that I can cheat to some degree. I had heard of some people have urine trouble as far as their urine smelling I have had not trouble whatsoever. That is why the bottle says to drink eight ounces of water with the pills.

This is a costly product that I took for five months based on various web info sites and recommendations. I saw absolutely no appreciable benefit when I used this product in conjunction with wise dietary intake and exercise vs. just proper diet and activity alone.