Re: my mea culpa on bad reactions to ALA---my bad

[Guest guest]

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When I'm low in zinc the skin starts peeling away from under my

fingernails -- did you have that? It took me forever to figure out

what that was about. Thought I'd mention that one in case anyone else

gets that and doesn't know what it's about...My eyelashes start falling

out too. I'll start getting one in my eye more often than usual -- and

can often gently pull out 4 or five in one pinch when I'm low in zinc.

Jen

> so i started back in on molyB to cut what i guess what was excess

> copper and increased zinc and am now back in to round 2 of ALA withou

> any symptoms (3 days on 4 off)

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[Guest guest]

Great news! Don't you just love how so many things in Andy's book turn out to be

" right on the money? " You've just got to dig for those factoids.

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> ok so about three weeks ago, i hit a brick wall with ALA..could not

> tolerate even a small dose and I had been at 25+ mgs per 3 hrs

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> so on my last airtrip i took the " bible " AI and low and behold found

> what i think was my problem

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> i had been continuosly chelating with both DMPS and ALA. I had only

> started the continuous chelation with ALA for about 6 weeks. I have

> been doing continous chelation with dmps as it just lessened the pain

> to be on it almost 24-7 (I do not think dmsa is a good candicate for

> continous chelation due to its effect on neutrophils)

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> along the same time i ran out of molybdenum and cut back my zinc does

> as they seemd t be causing me headaches

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> The DUH moment was in reading AI a few weeks ago and reading how

> contnuois ALA can cause copper build up and zinc deficiency. Copper

> build up can be reduced by Molybdenum

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> so i started back in on molyB to cut what i guess what was excess

> copper and increased zinc and am now back in to round 2 of ALA withou

> any symptoms (3 days on 4 off)

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[Guest guest]

, its so true...AI is hard to absorb in the first go, but the

gems of information continue to enlighten months after reading it

its so amazing that one supp can have such a profound effect

and even more amazing that AI-Andy Cutler is the only source in the

world that knows what to do for all of this

halleluejah and good health

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> Great news! Don't you just love how so many things in Andy's book

turn out to be

> " right on the money? " You've just got to dig for those factoids.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

HI Jen

yes i have read about the skin/hair effects of low zinc. I didn't

have any skin problems

my hair was really bad a few years ago..more grey and dry and brittle

and falling out, I think both zinc and thyroid treatments have helped

with this

its funny as when my levels of zinc are up/high, i get almost an

instant headache when i take my doses of zinc. I thought this was my

bodies way of telling me i was reaching my proper levels after a year

i was taking 30 mgs -3 times a day and cut back to 15 mgs 3 times a

day: but I think doing it when i was on continuous chelation with ALA

(which is prone to lower zinc); set me up for a problem

hope you are feeling better

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> When I'm low in zinc the skin starts peeling away from under my

> fingernails -- did you have that? It took me forever to figure out

> what that was about. Thought I'd mention that one in case anyone

> else gets that and doesn't know what it's about...My eyelashes

> start falling out too. I'll start getting one in my eye more

> often than usual -- and can often gently pull out 4 or five in one

> pinch when I'm low in zinc.

> Jen