Re: re some help on supps doses/ /jackie

[Guest guest]

>

> sorry i also meant to ask about milk thistle.

If you are concerned about the milk thistle, you don't have to use it

on the first round. You can experiment with it later to make sure it

agrees with you.

> on p133 andy gives a dose of 250-750mg silymarin.

> i have been taking a dose of 1200mg per day as 400mg caps, is this too

> much?

> I have just started chelating today and i want to get my doses correct,

> and as i mentioned in my other post it looks like i may have been

> taking to much vit E.

> i have had some stomach pain for the last few months and wondered if it

> could have been caused by too much of all these supps i have mentioned

> Thankyou Dudley.

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > sorry i also meant to ask about milk thistle.

> > on p133 andy gives a dose of 250-750mg silymarin.

> > i have been taking a dose of 1200mg per day as 400mg caps, is

this too

> > much?

>

>

> Look at the bottle and see how much silymarin is in the caps. For

> example, mine says the caps are 80% silymarin. Then calculate the

> amount of silymarin, not the total weight of the cap.

>

> A little extra shouldn't hurt.

>

>

==========Hi i have just looked at my milk thistle

and its actually called silybum marianum 400mg and thats all it says

is that ok, and i'm taking 1200mg per day

========thanks Dudley.

>

> > I have just started chelating today and i want to get my doses

correct,

> > and as i mentioned in my other post it looks like i may have been

> > taking to much vit E.

> > i have had some stomach pain for the last few months and wondered

if it

> > could have been caused by too much of all these supps i have

mentioned

>

>

>

> If your stomach pain is ok at the moment, continue with the round

that

> you have planned.

>

> Then, stop the supplements and reintroduce one at a time, noting any

> difference when adding any. Start with the basics - vit C, vit E,

Mg,

> Zn.

>

> Some people are sensitive to some supplements. Sometimes people are

> sensitive to the additives.

>

>

>

> > Thankyou Dudley.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

>

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> ==========Hi i have just looked at my milk thistle

>

>

>

>

> and its actually called silybum marianum 400mg and thats all it says

> is that ok, and i'm taking 1200mg per day

> ========thanks Dudley.

> >

> >

That amount should be ok, but just to make sure that you tolerate it

ok, start with one/day for a week or more, then 2/day for a week,

then 3/day. 2/day would be adequate.