The author is testing various products to treat canker sores, including Canker-Rid from Durham's Bee Farm, which contains propolis. So far the propolis product seems to be helping a current canker sore heal quickly. The author is also taking 2000 mg of lysine supplements daily and keeping other supplements consistent to properly test the lysine. A previous test of a natural toothpaste without sodium lauryl sulfate did not seem to make a difference in canker sores. The author will continue testing products and reporting results.

2. Current Experiments

3. What with all the setting up of
the site here at Cankerboy
headquarters, I haven’t had a
chance to fill people in on the
current tests going on in the
laboratory. (The laboratory
being my mouth.)

4. Treatment products:
Canker-Rid from Durham’s Bee
Farm

5. I wrote a while back about the
promise of a bee product called
propolis, which is made from
pollen and tree sap flows, and
which has been known to have
antiseptic properties and can
even help regulate the immune
system. Well, it turns out

6. As a non-smoker, I had the opinion
that it was probably a good
thing. “Good for them,” said the
judgmental gnome inside my head,
“People don’t need to be smoking
anyway. It’s a horrible lifestyle choice
and probably running up my
insurance costs.”

7. Durham’s Bee Farm in
Mississippi makes a canker sore
remedy from this very
substance that promises to get
rid of your canker sores quickly
and relieve the pain. They even
offer a money-back guarantee!

8. I just recently purchased this
product and started using it on a
new spot that came up on the tip
of my tongue (damn sunflower
seeds) and so far so good. I’ll give
a full review later, but the sore I
have right now seems to be trying
to go away pretty quickly.

9. It never got very big and
appears to be closing up slowly
after only a few days. Now, I’m
skeptical of this because this is
also taking place during what I
would normally consider to be
my off cycle – it literally popped
up right on

10. the heels of another ulcer healing,
and was obviously due to heavy
sunflower seed consumption – so
it may be fading quickly because
conditions aren’t optimal to start
up right now anyway.
I’ll give it a go on my next one
that’s an on-cycle ulcer and see if I
get the same results.

11. The short version:
The good: It coats and
protects the ulcer really well.
The bad: Not that easy to
apply. Also stings like you’re
actually putting a bee in your
mouth.

12. Current Supplements:
I’m testing out Lysine at 2000
mg a day. I tried Lysine once
before and wasn’t impressed
with the results, but I wasn’t
tracking my ulcers at the time,
so I’m giving it another try.

13. Can’t tell any difference right now,
but the thing about supplements is
they often take a long time to take
effect. So I’m going to ride it out
and see what happens.

14. I’m having a bit of an internal
debate about my
supplements. Truth be told, I’m
a bit of a supplement fool these
days. I take a lot of them and
my wife burns a lot of calories
rolling her eyes at me. I’ve been
taking the PAGG stack from

15. The Four Hour Body by Tim
Ferris, which consists of
Policosanol, Alpha-Lipoic Acid,
Garlic, and Green Tea.

16. It’s something of a weight-
loss/metabolism booster. On top
of that, I take Magnesium to help
ward off future kidney stones (I
had one and that was plenty for
me), and now on top of all that I
take the Lysine.

17. I’ve debated cutting out all the
other supplements so I can see
how the lysine works by itself,
but I’ve decided to keep taking
them and just make sure I’m
consistently taking them with
whichever canker sore
supplement I try.

18. At least it would be the same
across the board, and maybe I’ll
even get some abs out of it. (I
hear someone laughing as I
type this…)

19. Toothpaste:
I kicked the Sodium Lauryl
Sulphate out of my toothpaste and
have been using Biotine for a little
over a month now. I have to say, I
haven’t seen the slightest bit of
difference in the frequency,
severity, size, or pain of the sores
since I started using it.

20. This is the second type
of natural toothpaste I’ve used
(the other one being from
Tom’s) and neither of them
have made much difference to
me. I’m sure there are some
people that have issues with
SLS toothpastes, but so far for
me it’s a wash.

21. I’m going to keep using it and try
some other brands as well, but I
honestly, I miss my old
toothpaste. This stuff just feels
like I’m brushing my teeth with
baking soda.
Probably because I’m basically
brushing my teeth with baking
soda.

22. Full results and reviews to
come.
Are you trying any new tricks
on your mouth? Comment, let
us know what’s working!

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