-Re: too many capsules

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Vitamin E supplementation can be tricky. The only sort I recommend

is the type that is from whole food sources, which provides the

entire complex. Standard Process has an amazingly effective product

called CATAPLEX E.

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> Hi all!

>

> There isn't as much studied about higher amounts of gamma in the E -

> only the alpha -and any time I've raised Tanner's alpha so far

> without the gamma being raised as much - he starts stuttering which

> has been our first sign of regression. Once he stutters it

typically

> takes a few days to get him back to normal once I put him back on

the same dosage/formula. Tanner has been on a 1-

> 1 ratio of alpha to gamma and he did improve each time we raised the

> alpha gamma -but now we are at the highest safe level of gamma and

> need to raise the alpha -which I'm willing to try (but again first I

> want him to take a vitamin K just in case) The last time I tried to

> raise the alpha and Tanner regressed Glenn said " Why are you messing

> with the formula again?! " Of course I am nervous about another

> stuttering regression -but am aware of the dosages and improvements

> many are seeing here -so I've talked to Tanner about it. (he said

> the other day that we can " talk about it more later " )

>

> I don't believe that Tanner's on the same formula of vitamin E as

> many of the kids here as most of the iddie biddies are on higher

> alpha. Tina wasn't your son on an alpha gamma mix too? Didn't he

> regress on higher alpha too? What do you believe the difference is

> this time?

>

> I honestly don't want to lower his fish oil as I don't even believe

> he's on that high of a dosage. I used to want to lower the dosage

> and see if I could stop it and each time he would regress. I

> discussed this with Dr. Martha Herbert one day and she said

something

> to me that stuck. I no longer try to lower his dosage because she

is

> so right. She said " Why are you even wanting to stop the fish oils?

> They are essential to our bodies but our bodies can not produce

them -

> we have to consume them, yet they are virtually lacking in our diets

> today. I know I feel better when I take them. " And it's not just

> speech -I really do believe that the kids on fish oils here overall

> are the better students as fish is " brain food "

>

http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/wl/2001/wlFeatured1001.html ...and

> it goes a bit deeper.

>

> Due to the heart disease that runs big time in my family as well as

> Glenn's...and even Glenn at just early 40s had a heart attack that

> thank goodness he has no heart damage from and has been off all meds

> now for well over a year (and I do thank fish oil for that since

both

> our fathers died young of heart attacks) -I want my boys to stay on

> the fish oils forever and they know that -but I do want to just a

bit

> raise the E -and to be safe I am only going to raise the alpha which

> in the past hasn't been that positive. In order to do so however

for

> safety reasons he has to take the vitamin K which is a teeny little

> tiny pill not much bigger than the letter e in teeny. I guess I

will

> try something on a weekend. And sorry about the youtube I posted

> earlier -I didn't post the right one. There are tons of them and I

> don't know one from the other. Most of them are with sponge bob and

> very cute/fun -and for all of you that want to know how to do the

> dance right so you don't get " Mom corrected " by your kids as Liz put

> it -I just found this!

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLGLum5SyKQ & feature=related

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