RE: Help with results please

[Guest guest]

Please don't be persuaded to start any statins Helen. They can

cause more long term problems and your high cholesterol can be controlled more

naturally by using high dose CoEnzymeQ10 (say 300mgs) and also high dose Niacin

(vitamin B3) say 350mgs). Also, many people have found Mukta Viti helps

enormously in lowering cholesterol and I can highly recommend them after my

husband's success with them. However, I have just checked out their web site to

send you a link where to buy it and found the following News Flash http://www.muktavati.com/ .

Your Serum cortisol is low in the range and your DHEA is below

the range. You would probably benefit by taking a course of Nutri Adrenal Extra

(see the DISCOUNT file for TPA members).

Your free T3 should be in the upper third of the reference range

and yours is in the lower third and your free T4 should be above the middle of

the range (if not on thyroid hormone replacement) and in the upper third of the

reference range if you are on thyroid hormone replacement, and yours is way

below this. Do you know if they tested you to see if you had thyroid

antibodies. If not, I would ask for this to be done.

Perhaps they didn't have enough blood to test your copper and

zinc as these require a lot of blood.

Luv - Sheila

Serum cortisol 252 ( 150-650)

Serum DHEA lev 0.5umol/L (1.0-12.0)

*Serum urea 9.5mmol/L ( 2.5-7.5)

*ESR 18 (3-15)

Serum TSH 1.4 ( 0.30-5.00)

serum free T3 4.5 ( 3.0-7.1)

serum free T4 12.9 (10.4-24.5)

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila

Thank You so very much for your reply and support you give us all .

Can Ferrous Sulphate/Fumerate 200mgs taken twice daily be taken with any other

Iron med, like Ferranate ferrous gluconate 300 mg or are they the same type of

iron tablet. ? As the latter is what my GP gave me this morning. He also gave

me vit B12 supplement Cyanocobalamin 50mcg. Which I think is to little ?

Thanks

>

> Hi

>

> Serum ferritin 12 ug/L (10-290)

>

> Your ferritin is terribly low and you should be taking some form of

> elemental iron such as Ferrous Sulphate/Fumerate 200mgs at least twice daily

> with high doses of vitamin C -(4/5000mgs - or at least to bowel tolerance)

>

> B12 240 ng/L (170-730)

>

> vitamin B12 should be at the top of the reference range. You need to start

> taking sublingual B12 (Solgar is an excellent brand) 1000mcgs daily.

>

> Serum iron level 9.9 umol/L (8-32)

>

> Too low, you must get iron this supplemented. Do not take any form of iron

> anywhere near to thyroid hormone replacement, take about 4 hours apart.

>

> Thyroid function tests look OK, but the blood tests only test the level of

> thyroid hormone that is in your blood, not the thyroid hormone that has been

> used by your cells - where it matters.

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

[Guest guest]

If

you are taking Ferranate Ferrous Gluconate 300mgs then you don't need to take

Ferrous Sulphate. Just eat foods high in iron, take your tablets with food and

take high doses of vitamin C (to bowel tolerance) to help with absorption and

to stop constipation, which iron can cause. Also do not take any form of iron (or

calcium) anywhere near to thyroid medication. You need to take it at least 4

hours apart.

As

far as Vitamin B12 supplementation is concerned, 50mcgs seems a small dose. We always

recommend that for anybody with a B12 deficiency, they take at least 1000mcgs and

the sublingual B12. In order to absorb vitamin B 12, a person needs the

" intrinsic factor " in their stomach. This 'factor' is made in the

stomach. Basically, the intrinsic factor allows your body to absorb

vitamin B 12 and without it, even if you eat foods that are rich in vitamin B

12, you can still develop a deficiency. For some people who have a pernicious

anaemia and a very low level of B12, this can be administered by injection

which must be continued every three weeks, often for the rest of life. This

method of vitamin administration ensures that it is delivered directly into the

blood and bypasses the stomach where the intrinsic factor is insufficient or

missing. Taking B12 1000mcgs sublingually means the B12 is absorbed directly

into the blood.

You may be interested to know that one 'exceptional' food is calves liver (one

pound per day - UGH!) which is so high in vitamin B 12 that even people who

lack the intrinsic factor absorbed enough vitamin B 12 to prevent pernicious anaemia

Luv

- Sheila

Hi Sheila

Thank You so very much for your reply and support you give us all .

Can Ferrous Sulphate/Fumerate 200mgs taken twice daily be taken with any other

Iron med, like Ferranate ferrous gluconate 300 mg or are they the same type of

iron tablet. ? As the latter is what my GP gave me this morning. He also gave

me vit B12 supplement Cyanocobalamin 50mcg. Which I think is to little ?

Thanks

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