KALA HEALTH MSMPure Coarse MSM Powder Flakes – US-Sourced MSM for Joint Health, Skin Appearance, and Hair & Nail Support – 8.8 oz, Organic Sulfur

This supplement is vital to overall health and should be taken every day.Many commenters here seem to have an issue with the taste which I will admit is not pleasing but I will offer a tip for those of you looking to try this life changing supplement: scoop it up and dump it under your tongue and leave it there. For one thing, you will not taste it as there are no taste buds under the tongue, but more importantly, you will get the product into your system through the sublingual delivery process which means it will not only be more effective and fast acting, it will also not go to waste as occurs through the traditional gulp it down and let your stomach and liver deal with it process. This is a great approach for other vitamins/supplements as well. After leaving it under the tongue for a few minutes or more, grab a drink and gulp it down. Done, easy. And more effective. I cannot recommend this delivery system enough. PUT IT UNDER YOUR TONGUE! There, that’s thatNow, as for those of your who complain about headaches and feeling sick. Understand that this is a detox symptom and you should be glad it’s happening. MSM is cleaning your polluted system out, and sometimes it hurts. Don’t stop, let it do it’s work. After 2 weeks of taking this everyday you will no longer have these symptoms. If you do, well maybe you have a crazy amount of pollution. I recommend sticking with it until the symptoms subside, and then enjoy the glow, energy, pain relief and sense of well being that Kala Health MSM is sure to provide. It’s amazing.Last point I’ll make is the dosage. I read people taking 1/4 teaspoon? Hmm, well maybe if you weigh 60 pounds! Even then I’d say that’s a very weak dose. I’ve been taking this brand of MSM since before it was cool, I dunno how many years but suffice it to say I used to buy the 5 gallon buckets which I would love to see being offered again. Anyhow, I recommend you start small which to me (200 lb active middle aged man) is one teaspoon. From there work it up gradually to the point where you’re taking a full tablespoon, you’ll be glad you did. Very glad indeed. I’ve tried everything out there and recommend this product over any other. If God himself came to earth and took human form he would before judging all of us for our egregious behavior order himself a big ole bucket of Kala Health MSM, in all His wisdom. It’s that good people. Stop playing around and order it today. Don’t delay! Do it now! And remember, up that dose and put it under your tongue! Quit foolin’ about with the zeroes and get yourself the Hero, Kala Health MSM Powder.PS: These days a lot of folks are easily triggered by people making bold claims, or calling God a “he” and to you lot I’ll say this: chill out. And order Kala Health MSM, it’ll help with that too! Take enough of it and you may even come to know this thing we call God, or even…dare I say…become one? OK that’s too far, I won’t make that claim. But could it be? You’ll have to try it to seePPS: I was not paid or given any product to provide this review despite the fact that I just suggested you may become a demi-god through it’s use. I know, I know, I’m just some guy on the internet and can’t verify I have no affiliation with this company but you can trust me, as a demi-god I cannot tell a lie. And it’s all thanks to Kala Health MSM coarse flakes placed under my tongue at one tablespoon per morning!Til next time! Enjoy yourselves, mere mortals, it’s later than you think

GO WITH THESE FLAKES as I had worried about some reviewers saying they did not dissolve easily & were too bitter in taste but I found none of it to be a problem. The item name had me concerned that they would be coarse & big flakes but this is much finer in texture than coarse sea salt & looks almost as fine as table salt or sugar. And as soon as I put it in some room temperature water (that comes out of the faucet of my reverse osmosis filter), it started dissolving easily.I initially was mixing it with some Innate Response - C-Complete Powder, Unique and Gentle Powdered Vitamin C Formula, 81 Grams as I found that C powder too sweet on its own but since have found an even better totally natural C powder Terrasoul Superfoods Organic Acerola Cherry Powder (Freeze-dried), 4-ounce one can take on an empty stomach important for the l-proline combo. The Cherry Powder is not as sweet but I find I can simply dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of the Kala MSM flakes in some room temperature water along with 1 gram of BulkSupplements Pure L-Lysine HCL Powder (1 Kilogram) & quickly swallow that & the bitterness is hardly noticeble taken that way. I immediately follow it with 750 mg of BulkSupplements Pure L-Proline Powder (500 grams) straight in my mouth as that powder has a sweet taste that makes it feel like finishing with dessert. I also immediately before & after this combo put 1/4 teaspoon of the Acerola Cherry Powder straight in my mouth as I've found that the easiest way to get the full benefit of the natural vitamin C & I enjoy the slightly tart fruity taste of it as it dissolves in my mouth which makes it almost like eating a piece of fruit or fruit pudding. And I sometimes follow this by chewing on 1 piece of PUR Gum Aspartame Free, Spearmint, 2.8 Ounce for the ph & oral & dental benefits xylitol gum brings as this specific one brings the most beneficial ingredients with least chemicals of the many I've looked into & tried over the past few years.AND IT'S IDEAL TO TAKE THE MSM THIS WAY BECAUSE TAKING IT WITH VITAMIN C IMPROVES ITS EFFECTIVENESS SO WHEN I TAKE MY 2nd DOSE OF THE DAY around 3 p.m., I JUST TAKE THE MSM WITH THE C. That's BECAUSE I found that SINCE ADDING THE MSM, I am as many other reviewers mentioned indeed RAPIDLY NEEDING LESS OF THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTS I USED TO FIND NECESSARY including the proline + lysine + C combo which I used to have to take twice a day in order to avoid recurring tendinitis problems with my right big toe that used to make me limp badly unless I was wearing a specific Orthaheel slip-on that is no longer sold. In fact I will at some point experiment with not taking the proline & lysine at all as I may not need them if the MSM is fixing whatever was causing the need for those products but I currently have a lot on hand so I figured for now I'd continue it at 1 dose per day till my supplies run down.DESPITE FAIRLY LOW (1/2 teaspoon/day which I only recently increased to twice a day) DOSAGE OF THIS MSM, I NOTICED A BIG RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN HOW I FEEL & MY STAMINA LEVEL DURING THIS EXTRA DEMANDING WORK STRETCH with ridiculously long hours needed at times. AND EVEN MORE AMAZINGLY, THE HAIR LOSS I THOUGHT WAS INEVITABLE BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF HAIR ALSO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GREATLY REDUCED both in terms of hairs falling on my sheet & in the shower. Even my hairdresser commented on how my hair seems stronger & fuller & that one area that had been thinning out seems to be filling back in & that's with only having been taking the MSM for 3 weeks now (as of this 3/21/16 update).I DON'T USUALLY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY JOINTS BUT HAVE SOME LONG-STANDING INDICATIONS OF SOME STILL REMAINING LIVER OVERLOAD/TOXICITY & KNOWN LEAD & MERCURY LEVELS THAT ARE TOO HIGH despite having done a lot of cleansing & nutritional support & detoxing for many years now for those issues. The metals have been difficult to get down to acceptable range because chelation proved too rough on me so I've had to use homeopathic & nutritional detox support instead which makes it all much slower & tougher to pull out of one's bones & scar tissue etc. where those metals often accumulate. SO I GOT THIS MSM PRODUCT BECAUSE MANY COMMENTS & DATA INDICATED IT CAN HELP WITH TOXICITY & LIVER ISSUES ALSO & SO FAR I'M VERY PLEASED WITH ITS IMPACT.I AM EVEN HOPING IT MIGHT HELP WITH THE HIGH EYE PRESSURE (28 each eye) PROBLEMS that started 3 years ago despite no glaucoma running in either side of my family & my blood pressure being excellent. The reason I'm hoping the MSM might help is BECAUSE my natural healing book said that liver issues can be an underlying cause of glaucoma as can iodine deficiency. I discovered tons of information about the latter in Dec-2013 because an Amazon review explained that a goiter indicates an over-worked thyroid usually caused by iodine deficiency. He recommended looking at[...] which has tons of information about all this as iodine deficiency has been found to be the main cause of hormonal cancers (=breast, uterine & prostate) & most people nowadays are very deficient in iodine as exposure to toxins or fluorides or bromides or chlorine as well as radiation & stress will rapidly deplete one's stores of iodine. Fortunately one can get a quick sense of extent of deficiency using the iodine skin test which my holistic M.D. brother in New Zealand along with many other great online sources all confirmed. One simply needs a 2% brown iodine skin tincture which comes in many first aid kits but which I found easy to stock up on through Swan Iodine Tincture U.S.P. - 1 fl oz (6 pack). Just rub 1-2 drops into an area of skin you won't mind going brown temporarily & that is easy to check every now & then e.g. an inside forearm. If you're not deficient it should take 24 hours before no trace of color can be seen though one online source said that as long as it lasts at least 8 hours you're likely ok because some evaporation through the skin may occur to make it vanish faster than the 24 hours but I have known people whose color did last 24 hours once they were properly supplementing. When I started doing my skin tests to get a quick sense of current iodine deficiency level following worsening goiter problems in late 2013, my iodine color would vanish within 5-15 minutes. I was stunned as I had been supplementing with 3x the RDA level of 150 mcg/day since a 2007 medical test of my iodine levels showed me at about 1/3 of minimum level needed. I had thought that by tripling my supplementation & switching to using iodized salt I should be more than covered. But I since found out that iodized salt is not a good way to add iodine & that all the lead & mercury detoxing I've been having to do in the years since my 2007 iodine test hugely worsened my iodine deficiency problems in the meantime.IN READING UP ABOUT SULFUR RECENTLY DUE TO AN AMAZON REVIEW MENTIONING IT AS IMPORTANT FOR IODINE ABSORPTION/UTILIZATION, I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN VOLCANIC AREAS WHERE THE SOIL IS NATURALLY HIGH IN SULFUR HAVE WAY BETTER HEALTH STATISTICS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. That's because soils nowadays are generally so depleted that even sulfur-rich vegetables are not providing sufficient sulfur for most people. This likely explains the finding that at least 70% of people are deficient in this critical nutrient essential for many important aspects of health including our ability to absorb nutrients & in keeping cell walls strong so toxins stay out. Further reading indicated that the OptiMSM flakes are the purest & best form of sulfur for internal absorption including in avoiding the heavy metals that come in most forms of sulfur.

I have been using this product for more than 5 years. I am 66 and still very active physically. I take between 2 and 3 grams most days in the morning, usually mixed in a vita water. The MSM very significantly diminishes my joint pain and consequently makes it much easier to work out hard when cycling, golfing, or playing Pickleball. It even helps minimize my sciatic pain. The biggest downside is that MSM affects my sleeping. When I am taking MSM I find it more difficult to fall asleep, (especially if I try to nap in the afternoon), and the sleep is less restful. The more MSM that I take, the worse this side effect becomes. The sleep issue is what forces me to never take more than 2-3 grams per day and to take it as early in the morning as possible. However, the half-life of MSM is fairly long, so taking it in the morning helps but doesn't completely eliminate the issue. The second issue is that the MSM seems to aggravate my neuropathic pain. I have moderate neuropathy in both feet which causes them to burn when laying in bed trying to sleep. It seems like the burning is worse on days when I have taken MSM. However, it could be that I tend to get a lot more exercise on days when I take MSM, and that could be causing the heightened neuropathic pain. In spite of these side effects I continue to take MSM as the improvement in the way that I feel when taking it far overweigh the side effects.