Comments for Are there side effects of fucoxanthin?

Comment on Fucoxanthin Supplement Research: What does Brown Sea Weed Extract Do? by David

David — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:00:21 +0000

Fucoxanthin causes the genetic promotion of the UCP1 protein in white adipose cells. That is why it is such a good fat metabolizer. Try reading a website on how fucoxanthin actually works Brian.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Maureen

Maureen — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:53:39 +0000

OMG! I am so glad for this site and the opportunity to share my experience from about a year or so ago…

I felt like I was having a heart attack on Fucothin! I took it only as directed and only for 2 days, and once I stopped, as that was the only new thing I was taking, my symptoms stopped! So I am certain it was all about the Fucothin!

I had heart pain, increased high blood pressure, and pain in my arm and neck. Once I stopped, no pain, no symptoms…

How can they say this product is safe, when clearly, symptoms such as these are NOT safe at all!!! DO NOT USE IT!

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by angela

angela — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:43:14 +0000

I found this website googling Fucothin hypothyroid. I take Synthroid as well and have been taking fucothin for a couple of weeks. The last couple of days I have had episodes of increased heart rate and little pains in my chest. The fucothin is the only new thing I have added to my life and so I too think there is a connection. Guess its time to stop.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:25:16 +0000

I have been taking fucoxanthin for about 2 weeks. I stoped because I started having tingling in my hands and severe leg and ankle swelling.
I stoped the pills and it went away.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by LisaB

LisaB — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:18:37 +0000

I felt great on the this product. I was also taking Moducare — I started both at the same time. The moducare balances the immune system (though it can increase killer cells). After about 6 months on this protocol, I had my thyroid tested (I have autoimmune thyroiditis). My T4 levels were WAY out of range, which has never happened in 20 years, and my TSH level was practically non-existent. My thyroid nodule enlarged. I did have heart palpitations, but that would be consistent with hyperthyroid.

My guess is that the fucoxanthin was primarily responsonible. I had taken the Moducare before, and there is no reason how it could raise my T4 level. My doc decreased my thyroid levels.

I stopped both products, and two months later I’m back to being hypothyroid with a TSH that over twice what it should be.

I had no tingling though…..

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by mimi

mimi — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:23:54 +0000

I was taking fucoxanthin products for three weeks before I started experincing my issues. My legs have a general feeling of weakness and numbness in my feet, that wont go away. My husband hasnt been taking it as long as me, but he started to feel tingling in his big toes, he stopped taking it too. My heart rate has been higher than normal as well. There must be something more to these products than the general population is aware of. It seems to be dangerous to some people.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Susan

Susan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:02:49 +0000

I’ve been taking NSI fucoxanthin and Life Extention Irvingia to try to lose weight. I don’t think I have lost any, but my heart feels like it is pounding a lot. I also started pumpkin seed oil extract a few weeks before these others for something else. I am stopping the NSI fucoxanthin and Irvingia to see if the increased heartbeat feeling goes away. I don’t know if the combination is bad or just one of them is but this feeling doesn’t feel good. The NSI product is a combo product and only has 5 mg. of the fucothanthin in it (the seaweed) and I was only taking 2 or 3 pills a day.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Juanita

Juanita — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:04:10 +0000

I started using Natures Benefit Fucoselean and didn’t realize that the rapid heart rate and shortness of breath was connected, till on the 4th day I was at work and was typing on the computer and it became severe. I looked at the clock and the area was closing in with gray from the outside in. I was experiencing numbness and tingling in my fingers and sharp pains going down my arms. I work in a health food store so I got up and walked up front and grabbed a bottle of capsicum extract and started sipping on it. This pattern would worsen and subside in 20 min intervals and so the 3rd time, they called 911 for me thinking it was a heart attack.
After being monitored for 4 hours and the episodes happening 4 more times my blood pressure bottomed out and they admitted me for observation, not knowing what was going on since all my test were coming back normal.
They put my allergy band on me which includes iodine (I’ve never had a problem with food only the dye they inject you with). I decide to kick back and enjoy my rest and when they bring dinner with out thinking I take my supplements that are in my pocket. Well as soon as they hit my mouth and I see the allergy band, I remember the symptoms were just like when I had the attack from the dye reading. Sure enough 2.5 hours later they started all up again. Only now I do yoga breathing thru the symptoms since I know what they are and I’m not stressed by what they appeared to be earlier, I did call the nurse for a reading of my heart rate and they said 92 it’s normal.(yeh right my resting would be more like 68, and they never even came and checked on me) I was so glad I figured it out, since I would never had believed it was the seaweed product since I eat seaweed almost daily and have never had a problem.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:20 +0000

I’ve lost 6 pounds during the last week and a half, taking 6 fucothins a day and also the standard dose of hoodia from desert burn. I’ve never used any diet supplements before, believing that they were all stimulant-based. Before this year I have always been able to keep my weight down just through diet and exercise, and I’ve had the willpower to cut out caffeine, refined sugar, and alcohol. However I’ve had some emotional eating issues recently and have started to gain weight. I work out every day and my willpower is awesome, but regardless - my baseline is to eat about 1800 calories a day whether I think I’m “on a diet” or not. On the combination of hoodia and fucothin, I’m eating about 1300 calories a day. I have eating on my mind just as much, I can’t miraculously go through the day without thinking about it, because it’s a bit of a psychological addiction at this point. But even though I think about it, I don’t eat very much at all. And I don’t feel tired or run down, or sad, I can still function, which in my experience would be impossible without the supplements.

Comment on Have you experienced any side effects with Fucoxanthin or fucoThin? by Ro

Ro — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:17:37 +0000

I was diagnosed with diverticulosis a few years ago, and for the last couple of years I had noticed a feeling which I can only describe as nausea (although it was not in the stomach but in the intestine) whenever I forgot to take my daily dose of fiber. It was entirely specific to leaving out the fiber for a day or two; I never got it otherwise. Since I have always had a good deal of abdominal fat, fucoxanthin seemed sent from Heaven, and by the time I’d finished my first bottle, I noticed I never had that nauseated feeling any more, even though I forgot the fiber as often as ever. This has continued, and I have not had any adverse side effects from the fucoxanthin (although that might be because I probably don’t have any natural thyroid activity left; I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis nine years ago.)