best filler for LDN caps & more about high dose vitamins

[Guest guest]

Hi group,

Glad to hear my post about Vit. C sparked a small conversation.

Gerald (I believe?) posted that he has a hard time finding " bowel

toleranc " ...that is not uncommon as every body is different.

And if you take any other meds that cause chronic constipation

it can be hard to find a high enough dose of vit. C that will get you

to that tolerance place.

I would still caution that each person do research into the theory of

misbalancing vitamins and minerals by taking megadoses of one without

enough of its natural counterpart. Go back to my original statement about

calcium and magnesium if you wish.

There is a very controversial fellow in the Thyroid community. He operates

his own website www.ithyroid.com and he expounds on the theory of vitamin

imbalance. He uses an excellent example utilizing copper as the reference

nutrient

to explain how deficiencies can occur. He also discusses more about the need

to maintain balance in our supplementations. For someone like me who was

experiencing

hyperthyroid swings (and is now kept chemically hyperthyroid), high doses of

Vit. C are not

as good for me as they might be for one of you...

Just some other info for you to dig through if interested.

As for the recent chatter about fillers:

I had my LDN compounded at Keys Pharmacy in Kent, WA and they use avicell

(sp?) as the

filler. It is a natural plant cellulose, non-allergenic. Has anyone had any

experience (good or bad)

with this filler? I am not lactose intolerant and having it compounded with

calcium carbonate would

not be a bad idea for me as I am missing one of my parathyroid glands and

need an extra boost

of calcium daily. However, I know from my experience in Clinical Nutrition,

that calcium carbonate

is one of the poorest forms of calcium, is hardest on the stomach as far as

digestion is concerned, and

has the poorest absorption rates. Calcium Lactate and Chelated Calciums have

far better absorption

rates. Does anyone have any other opinions on this topic? Any bad reactions

to report about the cellulose

filler? Thanks for all the input. Glad you are all here and willing to

share.

Best,

Lara

[Guest guest]

Lara,

Thanks for all you insight on supplements!

> Does anyone have any other opinions on this topic?

All I can add is what I was told by Dr Skip, of www.SkipsPharmacy.com:

Calcium Carbonate can pack down in the capsules, causing a slow

release effect, when fast release is the desired form for LDN. He

also uses Avacil.