Brussels
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I need lymenet good brains to help me to make a list of very good vitamin/ mineral mixture that should work for 'maintenance', once a chronic disease is gone (example, lyme).
In the past, I haven't supplemented, but I think today it was a mistake.
With age, toxins, pollution, I think we need some good supplements to help us - instead of only accumulating our daily dose of pesticides, fungicides, glyphosate, aluminum, mercury, lead and all toxins in food, cosmetics, water, air....
In my opinion, the need of supplementation is only to give a boost to the body, so that it does NOT allow too many toxins to settle and to support the body to fight infections, detox well, get its nutrition etc.
Since I started supplementing with liposomal C, I can clearly see the difference in terms of energy, for example.
I was never a big supplement taker (I took mostly in homeopathic forms), that is why I need your help for suggesting ideas...
----------------------------------------- WHAT are the main 3 or 4 Vitamins / supplements / oils / drops that you think are ESSENTIAL to be taken DAILY to maintain your health?
I'll start: - vit C (in any form) - Vit D3 + K2 - good bioavailable Magnesium - B12 vitamin AND/ or B complex vitamins
What do you think?
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B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, folate and B12)
D3 (high dose about 5,000 U after blood test) + K (right dose)
magnesium glycinate (multi hundred mg a day)
---------- He strictly recommends to stay away from calcium, copper and iron (iron only if your levels are low).
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I just added Pure encapsulations "MicroDenfense" for daily maintenance. It says take 1 per day before meal along with 8oz of water. And for only 1 - 2 months.
I am taking 2 per day for 1 month only.
It contains;
Berberine 100mg (antimicrobial / rebalance gut flora) Artemisia 200mg (potent blood antiparasitic) Grapefruit Seed Extract. 85mg - not to be confused with grape seed extract. (natural antibiotic-used for prevention and treatment of Candida) Olive Leaf Extract 100mg (natural antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, antiprotozoal) Clove 75mg (strongest antimicrobial, antiseptic, antiviral, antifungal, best for treatment of bartonella)
Will update progress in 1 month if I remember, ha ha.
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If I had to take one supplement to support and maintain my immune system over my entire life, it would be vitamin C taken daily to bowel tolerance, with once a week vitamin C flushes, which tell you how much C to take the other days of the week.
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Thank you, Bonnie and GVS!
Yes, please report back, Bonnie.
And GVS, do you take Asc Acid or Sodium ascorbate??
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I just read the website GVS suggested and found some interesting suggestions to add to Ascorbate:
- Choline Citrate: (1 teaspoon = 1,300 mg.) – 1 teaspoon twice daily in juice or water
-Magnesium: 110 mg. elemental twice daily
-L-Glutamine: 1,500 mg. L-Glutamine + 500 mg. PAK (the PAK recycles / potentiatesGlutamine so less is needed) or the equivalent = 15 grams of L-Glutamine free-form amino acid, twice daily.
When digestive problems and inflammation are significant:
-Probiotics: 2-4 capsules of multiple cultured human strains of lactobacillus/bifidobacteriumbacteria with each meal.
-Flavanoid/flavanol repair combination: 2-10 tablets of 500 mg. quercetin dihydrate plus5 mg. Proanthocyanidins/soluble OPC twice daily.
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I talked to a doctor today, and he said: Omega 3 fatty acids.
"When it comes to fat, there's one type you don’t want to cut back on: omega-3 fatty acids.
Two crucial ones -- EPA and DHA -- are primarily found in certain fish.
ALA (alpha-linolenic acid), another omega-3 fatty acid, is found in plant sources such as nuts and seeds.
Not only does your body need these fatty acids to function, but also they deliver some big health benefits."
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- Re: L-Glutamine -- and RISKS of taking supplemental
posted: " . . . -L-Glutamine: 1,500 mg. L-Glutamine + 500 mg. PAK (the PAK recycles / potentiatesGlutamine so less is needed) or the equivalent = 15 grams of L-Glutamine free-form amino acid, twice daily. . . . " (end quote)
NOT for anyone with neurolyme, CFS, ME, FM, MS, etc.
- No additional at all - it can cause great damage to the nerves. Here's how & why: -
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can help heal the gut lining, however, it may be best to start with a very tiny dose like 1/8 teaspoon - but even that can be dangerous for some with lyme
for those with neurological issues,
be very careful with only the lowest dose possible (if other things do not first work). Here's why: too much can damage our nerve cells because of the myelin sheath compromise lyme causes.
It can also lower the seizure threshold severely. I found that out the hard way, over and over as it was not clear to me until I stumbled upon the articles in set below.
It can also make anxiety zoom to the moon. Same with tinnitus.
See post: Caution: Aspartate; Glutamine; and Phenylalanine (3 excitatory amino acids that can be wrong for us when added as supplements, beyond a normal dietary level)
Seaweed has its own natural MSG (monosodium glutamate) and can be very excitatory -
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The vitamin C I take is C-Salts made by Wholesale Nutrition. It works well with the C flushes described by Russell Jaffe.
As a pH neutral (pH 7.0) vitamin C highly buffered by magnesium, potassium, and calcium ascorbates, this product will raise people's alkalinity (perhaps too much -- need to monitor morning urinary pH) and will not bother anyone with a sensitive stomach or GERD. Someone with an open ulcer could take this product withour irritation.
It's also reasonably priced, especially in the larger size.
GVS
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