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Treating endometriosis, menorrhagia, hormonal imbalance in women with VA
Thank you for your reply, I am trying a tiny bit of kelp to see how it goes.
What is your caloric intake like @audrey ? I ask for three reasons:
1. Some people unconsciously eat less then they need while on a restricted diet.
2. I suspect that some individuals experience lowered appetite as a “moretox” symptom.
3. Low body temperature and not getting your period for a few months is typical of anorexia or another type of eating disorder (not saying you have that, but I did and that is what happened to me).
ETA: I have now removed the link to the Eating Disorder Institute, as it has come to my attention that the site owner behaved in a dishonest manner by claiming to have medical training she did not possess, and charging people money for harmful medical advice. Many articles on that website assert claims that are not properly referenced.
Thanks for sharing this @puddleduck... I don't feel like I'm undereating, but with this diet it's difficult for me to tell. I find I tend to crave chips a lot, I thought maybe for the salt, but maybe it's the calories my body is needing. I'll start tracking my caloric intake !
Quote from Audrey on November 9, 2019, 10:37 amThanks for sharing this @puddleduck... I don't feel like I'm undereating, but with this diet it's difficult for me to tell. I find I tend to crave chips a lot, I thought maybe for the salt, but maybe it's the calories my body is needing. I'll start tracking my caloric intake !
Hey @audrey
I hope you’re doing well! 🙂
Just wanted to let you know that it has recently come to my attention that the Eating Disorder Institute isn’t a reliable source of information for people struggling with eating disorders. I can no longer recommend it. There are much better resources, such as this one: https://www.gaudianiclinic.com/videos-press
That may not be your problem, though, in which case that’s great!
Perhaps there could be a nutritional deficiency problem at play here (Dr. Garret Smith has some information about that kind of thing in his Vitamin A Detox Program).
Best wishes, Audrey!
Thanks @puddleduck, I've started on b12 shots due to very low b12 (once again) and my period has returned! Yay
Quote from Audrey on December 6, 2019, 3:02 amThanks @puddleduck, I've started on b12 shots due to very low b12 (once again) and my period has returned! Yay
@audrey this info may be helpful for you, re B12/B1 getting it working via B2 and minerals(low dose):
This protocol should in theory boost the ADH and ALDH systems to better detox vitamin A/
How to take B12 - I did it in the past and it worked, Jarrow B12 methylcobalamin is good because it dissolves very slowly:
"Improper Usage – They take a sublingual tablet of active b12 and chew it or slurp it down quickly reducing absorbtionback to that same 1% and limited to binding capacity. With sublingual tablets absorbtion is proportionate to time in contact with tissues. I performed a series of absorbtion tests comparing sublingual absorbtion to injection via hypersensitive response and urine colorimetry. The sublingual b12s must be retained under the upper lip or tongue for 45 minutes to two hours for effectiveness with verified absorbtion ranging from 15% to 25% with urine colorimetry and by effect."
Quote from bludicka on December 6, 2019, 8:27 amHow to take B12 - I did it in the past and it worked, Jarrow B12 methylcobalamin is good because it dissolves very slowly:
"Improper Usage – They take a sublingual tablet of active b12 and chew it or slurp it down quickly reducing absorbtionback to that same 1% and limited to binding capacity. With sublingual tablets absorbtion is proportionate to time in contact with tissues. I performed a series of absorbtion tests comparing sublingual absorbtion to injection via hypersensitive response and urine colorimetry. The sublingual b12s must be retained under the upper lip or tongue for 45 minutes to two hours for effectiveness with verified absorbtion ranging from 15% to 25% with urine colorimetry and by effect."
Great info, thanks for the snip on how to do the B-12.
Your link to phoenixrising from the other day had me in the B-2 weeds for most of a day (and night - big smile). It was surprising to learn that 25mg at a time is all the body can utilize, so multi-dosing over the day is the way to go if one is depleted. It's nice to know B-2 is stored, as opposed to thiamine. I still can't figure out, from either Dr. Lonsdale, Dr. Marrs, Brenda, Dog Person, et. al., what a proper multi-B supplement actually is. I have a bottle of Pure (brand) B complex and the amounts of each B vitamin, borders on ridiculously high-percentages of daily-values. If it's true that B-2 is the throttle, i.e. needed in the metabolism of the others, then it seems the companies formulating these combos would use that as a baseline. But, as Dr. Lonsdale keeps pointing out, the B's are not toxic, so experimentation (with guidance - i.e. the "paradox" phase) is advisable.
Do you take a combo B or just do them separately and dose to your own choice? Thanks again for the links, that's some dynamite information there.
Hi @puddleduck
Can you tell me where Gwyneth Olwyn (from the eating disorder institute mentioned above, for those who are wondering what I'm talking about) claimed to have medical training? I know on her website she never stated what her credentials were and never said she was a doctor. I believe as a patient advocate she did sometimes work in a medical setting (which I understand is not the same thing as having medical training necessarily). But I'm wondering where she specifically misrepresented herself.
Thanks!