nonna05
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Lord, so much info...so can you eat Brazil nuts or not and how many??/I just bought a bag of raw B-nuts and popped 4-7 around medicines to coat gut ,plus I thought sick so might need selenium...could it make you herx or anything?
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quote:Originally posted by Marz: So much good info here. Thanks.
In 1992, I was diagnosed hypothyroid. A year later, I got sick with lyme and I'm only recently thinking this is related.
Selenium is needed for healthy thyroid function. So I'm thinking maybe my immune system was down and allowed Bb to take over.
Sorry, I have not been here a while. Your conclusion makes sense.
quote:Originally posted by Marz: Hypothyroidism runs in my family however, so maybe selenium doesn't explain it. Could we all be selenium deficient?
Selenium/glutathione is a part of the story. Vitamin C plays a huge part too.
Seriously possible that you are all selenium deficient. Could be the soil, the same food and also the same mercury fillings, as mercury depletes selenium.
Good health for you!
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quote:Originally posted by Catgirl: Wow. Leonardjio, really good post (don't know how I missed this one)! Thanks for posting all the good info!
Thanks for your gentle reaction. Glad you appreciate. Here is some more about how important this is for the immune function. If it helps with cancer it helps with lyme, no doubt.
Vitamin C and NAC Slow the Spread of Cancer Byron Richards, CCN
New research shows that Vitamin C and NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) significantly inhibited the spread of lymphoma or prostate cancer cells that were implanted in mice.� Scientists had previously believed that the ability of antioxidants to protect against cancer was mainly due to protecting the DNA of cells from damage.�
In this new study it was proven that these antioxidants actually worked by preventing cancer cells from replicating. It has long been known that vitamin C and NAC fuel the production of cellular glutathione, the primary antioxidant in a cell that protects it from damage. � It has also been known that cellular glutathione powers immune cells and the ability of natural killer cells to knock out cancer.� This study shows that the immune boosting properties of these antioxidants are vital for a proper cancer defense system.�
Since antioxidants are readily depleted by stress of any kind, supplementing with a combination of synergistic antioxidants containing vitamin C and NAC is plain common sense.
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quote:Originally posted by nonna05: Lord, so much info...so can you eat Brazil nuts or not and how many??/I just bought a bag of raw B-nuts and popped 4-7 around medicines to coat gut ,plus I thought sick so might need selenium...could it make you herx or anything?
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Whenever possible, I try to use whole foods instead of pills. Same reason I make a lot of my own herbal preparations from whole plants. there are chemicals in there
I use a sprinkle of kelp flakes for iodine (because I use sea salt in food--no iodine); I eat one brazil nut a day for selenium; I eat a small spoonful of salmon roe daily for Vit. D and omega 3's; I eat raw oysters once a month for zinc and I try to eat a lot of brightly colored vegetables and fruits for antioxidants.
Every now and then, I make a smoothie using parsley and cilantro with a little lime juice, raw honey, pomegranite or cranberry juice and water. Good for the liver....
Susie
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lpkayak
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link doesn work-how much C and NAC?
thanks susie-helpful
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lpkayak
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what is the name of test that measures selenium and glutathione?
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lpkayak
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i dont need the answers to those questions...i printed out the trhead and made it bigger so i could read it and i found the answers
i think we should start a thread where we list types of food that are high in specific supps...im so sick of pills
i'll try to do that-please add what you can...like the brazil nuts for selenium
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ok-whew...i read it and tried to understand the whole thread.
i have a close friend dealing with a prostate problem-over 2 yrs it hasnt turned to cancer...but still bad tests-i'm hoping the C and NAC study will convince him to try the combo and maybe his test will improve
testing:
will any primary understand "spectracell" to test selenium?
what is the test to get glutathione tested?
getting worse:
i experienced the burning with selenium-so the explanation that might mean i was low ws helpful
i was especially interested in the thread because i have noticed i get dramatically better with NAC...however , i have had some recent acute issues and gotten off track and NAC is one i dropped cuz there are just so many plus gi problems.
so-my thinking is...if i stick with the NAC...there is a good chance i will get better sooner from the other stuff
IVIG-is this how you get glutathione? is it the only way to "take" it? i do understand how and why it is better to take the precursors and let the body make it
dosage:
there was a lot of discussion about dosage. i realize it is a little complicated. is it possible to sort of summarize the dosage here...? selenium, C, NAC, ...not sure what else was discussed
but thank you so much for this---i have had this problem for a long time...if i was more able to understand it back when the thread started...maybe i wouldnt have taken my recent dive.
and leon...WHO are you??? what is your training? how did you find all this? you are so well-written ...i hope you are no longer suffering with lyme ...
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You know I can't remember if I have had my glutathione levels checked or not. I want to say that I have but I will have to go back through all of my lab work to double check.
If I find it I will let you know how my levels were.
All of these things are definitely important for the body and immune system so it is great that you are bringing this to peoples attention.
Pam :-)
Hi Pam, any luck with the papers on glutathione yet? ;-)
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Morning. My Llmd gave me selenium for lw thyroid. Within one month, it brought I back to normal.
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quote:Originally posted by lpkayak: ok-whew...i read it and tried to understand the whole thread.
i have a close friend dealing with a prostate problem-over 2 yrs it hasnt turned to cancer...but still bad tests-i'm hoping the C and NAC study will convince him to try the combo and maybe his test will improve
i was especially interested in the thread because i have noticed i get dramatically better with NAC...however , i have had some recent acute issues and gotten off track and NAC is one i dropped cuz there are just so many plus gi problems.
so-my thinking is...if i stick with the NAC...there is a good chance i will get better sooner from the other stuff
there was a lot of discussion about dosage. i realize it is a little complicated. is it possible to sort of summarize the dosage here...? selenium, C, NAC, ...not sure what else was discussed
but thank you so much for this---i have had this problem for a long time...if i was more able to understand it back when the thread started...maybe i wouldnt have taken my recent dive.
and leon...WHO are you??? what is your training? how did you find all this? you are so well-written ...i hope you are no longer suffering with lyme ...
Hello Ipkayak, out of your dive again I hope. Keeping up with the selenium, nuts and vit C? And how did your friend with the prostate problem fare? Thanks for your kind words. What helps me a lot is the zapping procedure as I wrote somewhere. put the little machine on 12 volts of your car battery and the effect will be so much more!!!
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