Alternative for Low Dose ALA

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VRP offers multi vitamins that combine many of the recommended supplements, and

I'm looking at one with 50 mg ALA. Since 24 (!) caps a day are recommended, I

thought splitting them out on an every 3 hour schedule might be an easy way to

get started on very low-dose ALA. It would be 7 mg per dose. When I finish a

round using this, I would revert to my other supplements.

Any thoughts, comments, or experiences on using this approach?

Joanne

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> VRP offers multi vitamins that combine many of the recommended

supplements, and I'm looking at one with 50 mg ALA. Since 24 (!) caps

a day are recommended, I thought splitting them out on an every 3 hour

schedule might be an easy way to get started on very low-dose ALA. It

would be 7 mg per dose. When I finish a round using this, I would

revert to my other supplements.

>

> Any thoughts, comments, or experiences on using this approach?

I don't have experience. I wasn't sure exactly which one you are

contemplating, but the possible issues I see:

1) they contain some copper, which is generally good to avoid. The

ones I saw don't have a whole lot though.

2) some of them have NAC. You might or might not tolerate that. In

fact, with so many ingredients it will be hard to know what you react

to if taking them causes problems.

3) none of them have adequate zinc, magnesium, vit C, etc. You'd have

to add those as well. Check the supplement recommendations in Amalgam

Illness for how much of those you should be taking.

4) I find it much less work and I think Andy recommends keeping your

supplement program steady regardless of whether you are chelating. It

might be tricky to do this with using different supplements on on and

off days. Using the same supplements day in and day out and just

adding the chelators on on days is what is simplest for me, even

though getting small doses is hard. www.kirkmanlabs.com has 25 mg

caps of ALA (you might have to call to get the hypoallergenic) or you

can get low doses compounded by the Apothecary. See:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_buy_DMSA.html#compounding

Depending on how things go, you might not need lower than 25mg for too

long.

W.

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>

> VRP offers multi vitamins that combine many of the recommended

supplements, and I'm looking at one with 50 mg ALA. Since 24 (!) caps

a day are recommended, I thought splitting them out on an every 3 hour

schedule might be an easy way to get started on very low-dose ALA. It

would be 7 mg per dose. When I finish a round using this, I would

revert to my other supplements.

>

> Any thoughts, comments, or experiences on using this approach?

I don't have experience. I wasn't sure exactly which one you are

contemplating, but the possible issues I see:

1) they contain some copper, which is generally good to avoid. The

ones I saw don't have a whole lot though.

2) some of them have NAC. You might or might not tolerate that. In

fact, with so many ingredients it will be hard to know what you react

to if taking them causes problems.

3) none of them have adequate zinc, magnesium, vit C, etc. You'd have

to add those as well. Check the supplement recommendations in Amalgam

Illness for how much of those you should be taking.

4) I find it much less work and I think Andy recommends keeping your

supplement program steady regardless of whether you are chelating. It

might be tricky to do this with using different supplements on on and

off days. Using the same supplements day in and day out and just

adding the chelators on on days is what is simplest for me, even

though getting small doses is hard. www.kirkmanlabs.com has 25 mg

caps of ALA (you might have to call to get the hypoallergenic) or you

can get low doses compounded by the Apothecary. See:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_buy_DMSA.html#compounding

Depending on how things go, you might not need lower than 25mg for too

long.

W.

[Guest guest]

>

> VRP offers multi vitamins that combine many of the recommended

supplements, and I'm looking at one with 50 mg ALA. Since 24 (!) caps

a day are recommended, I thought splitting them out on an every 3 hour

schedule might be an easy way to get started on very low-dose ALA. It

would be 7 mg per dose. When I finish a round using this, I would

revert to my other supplements.

>

> Any thoughts, comments, or experiences on using this approach?

I don't have experience. I wasn't sure exactly which one you are

contemplating, but the possible issues I see:

1) they contain some copper, which is generally good to avoid. The

ones I saw don't have a whole lot though.

2) some of them have NAC. You might or might not tolerate that. In

fact, with so many ingredients it will be hard to know what you react

to if taking them causes problems.

3) none of them have adequate zinc, magnesium, vit C, etc. You'd have

to add those as well. Check the supplement recommendations in Amalgam

Illness for how much of those you should be taking.

4) I find it much less work and I think Andy recommends keeping your

supplement program steady regardless of whether you are chelating. It

might be tricky to do this with using different supplements on on and

off days. Using the same supplements day in and day out and just

adding the chelators on on days is what is simplest for me, even

though getting small doses is hard. www.kirkmanlabs.com has 25 mg

caps of ALA (you might have to call to get the hypoallergenic) or you

can get low doses compounded by the Apothecary. See:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_buy_DMSA.html#compounding

Depending on how things go, you might not need lower than 25mg for too

long.

W.