caronsine and flax update

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone!

I know this sounds funny but I just received 50 grams of pure white

powder (carnosine) in the mail from http://www.beyond-a-century.com

Rosemarie from Cure Autism Now was the one that passed the

information about Dr. Chez's studies onto Sallie Bernard who sent the

information onto all of us here! Rosemarie told me that people order

the carnosine both from carn-aware and from beyond a century. Beyond

a century is used because the carnosine is also pure and it's cheaper.

($27.50 for 50 grams plus $4.75 for priority mail shipping and

handling)

If you order from them over the phone -800-777-1324- ask for them to

include information on the carnosine too -it has the studies about

anti aging which are interesting. The carnosine is essentially

odorless and tasteless so you can mix it into liquids -and it mixes

even better into things like yogurt.

About the recent discussions on flax seed oil -this has come up

before. Flax seed oil is great but for whatever reason doesn't work -

or work as well -for most of our children as the fish oils. In an

archived post from Katz PhD

" Flax seed oil or freshly ground flax seeds are an excellent source

of the essential omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA or LNA) which is

the quintessential parent member of the omega-3 family of essential

fatty acids (EFAs). The body transforms it into EPA and the EPA into

DHA. This transformation is very inefficient (the yield is about

10%) and is further inhibited by over consumption of omega-6 fatty

acids from most vegetable oils or certain disease states. Therefore,

it is advisable to independently consume also ready made EPA and DHA

from good quality fish of from high quality fish oil supplements.

Some recommended intakes are listed on the Introductory lecture on

EFAs that I gave at the First Conference on Therapy of Verbal

Apraxia, July 23-24, 2001, town, NJ. (http://www.apraxia.cc)

The CHERAB Foundation's positive research results on potential

improvement in speech following EFA supplementation are based

on the use of ProEFA (Complete Omega) and that contains also

another essential fatty acid, GLA which is an omega-6 fatty acid.

The latter appears to be beneficial to children with apraxia. It is

not present in flax seed/flaxseed oil.

None of these materials present with any known side effects or

known toxicity in an otherwise healthy person. Nevertheless, we

advise every user of supplements to use them under medical

supervision. We don't know your child and we cannot provide you with

medical advice.

Sincerely,

Katz, Ph.D. "

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