RE: Re: Growth issues (Can someone PLEASE help)

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Isn't arginine also in peanut butter?

I recall Dr G telling me that something in peanut butter can also feed

viruses. After several years of Chris's allergy levels (Meridian IgG4) being

negative, we thought we might reintroduce some of Chris' favourite foods one

at a time - like peanut butter. 6 months later, his allergy level to peanuts

was way up, EOS were up again, colds and otitis were reappearing and CMV and

EBV ( IgG not IgM) had shot up. TSH levels are all normal although is

now shorter than average (50 percentile @ birth). Appetite is excellent and

he does devour a good steak!

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Subject: Re: Re: Growth issues (Can someone PLEASE help)

In a message dated 2/10/2008 11:34:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,

donnaaron@sbcglobal <mailto:donnaaron%40sbcglobal.net> .net writes:

<<To those of you who have had experience with this kind of thing...what

> can cause delayed bone age? Is this possibly an HGH thing?>>

Low growth hormone can cause delayed bone growth. It can be easily tested

with a growth hormone stimulation test. Nutritional problems can also delay

growth.

<< Someone here mentioned a deficiency in arginine. I know HGH is injected;

what

> about arginine?>>

I mentioned that arginine boosts HGH levels. It is one of the things they

use to test if the body can make HGH. My son's eating significantly

increased right after his growth hormone stimulation test that used

arginine. He

had not eaten very well for a few years and hadn't gained any weight. The

dietary manipulations we went through with Dr. G in an effort to reduce his

chronic high EOS counts just made the lack of weight worse. We ended up

adding

back in some of the higher calorie foods we had removed when working with

Dr.

G just to get some weight on him. We never saw a clear trend of this

affecting EOS counts. Interestingly, after years of extremely high EOS

counts, all

of the blood tests run over the past year have suddenly shown at the level

Dr. G says is optimal. I'm not sure why.

My son's endocrinologist prescribed Periactin about a year and a half ago

which jump started his eating and growth. He's still behind but has gone

from

weighing between 60-65 pounds with us constantly trying to shove food down

his throat to now weighing 110 pounds (at age 16).

<<**We are SERIOUSLY at a crossroads here and wondering if all this

medication is having a detrimental effect...or could this be a diet

issue? I worry all the time about getting enough protein and calcium

into him. >>

Funny thing, after discovering the arginine thing, I learned that milk is

one of the best sources for arginine. That explains why so many people

believe

that giving kids milkshakes helps them grow (we heard that ALOT when

floundering through this growth problem). One downside to arginine is that

it can

feed some viruses, which isn't good for a person. However, we have

never

seen any negatives at all (return of viral symptoms, higher titers, etc)

since he starting taking it.

Gaylen

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