protein and B12

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One more thing -- being a vegetarian puts you at risk of being deficient in B12,

which is EXTREMELY important for nerve health/healing. So, if you choose to be

vegetarian make sure you are getting a professional quality B12 supplement. Dee

From: deeinbc@...

To: tetheredspinalcord

Subject: RE: protein

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:24:10 -0700

I was going to mention this too, having been a vegetarian for 10 years at one

point. My naturopath encouraged me to eat more protein -- very important for

body repair and building muscle, etc, etc..... I now eat grass fed beef and

chicken and eggs, with no hormones or antibiotics. Food for thought. Whey

protein is an option for a good protein source if you are a vegetarian and are

ok with eating dairy -- but it must be all natural and cold processed -- see Dr

Mercola's site and search for whey protein if interested for an article on this.

Dee

To: tetheredspinalcord

From: rick_lists@...

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:50:07 -0600

Subject: Re: Walking Assistance

Dybowski said the following on 7/20/2011 9:08 AM:

> Thank you Rick. I do all of those things now... I get my vitamins from

Lessman, he is awesome. Also I am vegan/vegetarian. Also I'm 5'9 and 138lbs, so

I am not overweight.I have all these knots all over my legs on top of the damage

done by the TC (burning, electrical pain).

> I'm very happy all of that helped you and you are feeling much better, I wish

these things would work on me. My legs just hurt like hell, in fact it was so

bad yesterday I was not able to work, just sitting in my cube trying to breathe,

my dose of OxyContin was upped by 10Mg x3 day yesterday because of the pain. It

was a 7 scale and has been 6-8 the last 10 days.

> I also do wet heat and ultrasound.. but no dice.

> Anything else you can think of?

>

Hi ,

I am sorry you are having so much pain. I have to wonder if some 'real'

protein might help. We have our own chickens fed non-gmo grain and feed.

I eat 3 large or 4 small ones a day for protein and usually 4-6 oz beef,

pork, fish, or poultry. I totally respect your decision to be

vegetarian, there are many levels and I do not know what level you are,

but please do some research about it on those web sites I mentioned. I

very well could be lack of protein is contributing to your pain. There

are protein supplements but I have no experience with them. If you

choose to try any please be sure they are natural and not from

genetically modified sources such as soy.

Rick