zinc, s. boulardii, and salt. and baking soda/electrolyte drink

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Hey all,Just talked to a good doctor today. he recommended I temporarily take a lot of zinc for IBD, along with s. boulardii. he said above I believe 35 mg zinc/day long term can be immunosuppresive, but 50 mg twice a day, once before breakfast and once before dinner (100 mg total) for 8 weeks taken in conjunction with s. boulardii [ " 2 pills 1/2 hour before breakfast " ] has been shown to be very helpful and boosting to the immune system with IBD.

Also, I went to order some s. boulardii from a site I found recommended on this list and see that it's on sale again, I wanted to give everyone a heads up in case they wanted to stock up. Last I heard it had gone up in price before, I wonder how long it will be on sale this time.

http://www.netnutri.com/browse.cfm/4,4488.htmlalso, I tried himalayan crystal salt, which is supposed to have better absorption of the nigh on 84 trace minerals around in most (unrefined) sea salts due to molecular structure. I have been eating grey sea salt daily for years, and good lord did the himalayan crystal salt make a difference!!!! I _highly_ recommend it to anyone who has depleted minerals, especially trace minerals, from adrenal problems and/or severe prolonged malabsorption from IBD.

It's one of the more major milestones I've hit in my long term recovery over the years, and I am extremely grateful for it. that stuff is awesome.That being said, I in my attention to detail did catch myself after a day craving my old grey sea salt and tried it and found that it somehow also still benefitted me, made my body feel good in a way that the himalayan crystal salt did not, and that they are both useful. I am not surprised.. I just found recently that the two different supposedly high quality brands of organic cinnamon that I bought to use for my chinese medicine were both very useful and helpful to me, but in different ways. neither made the other brand of cinnamon redundant.

...then wondering if the two types of salt would or could work synergistically, as many, many foods and herbs do, I tried placing a grain of each under my tongue [for sublingual (superior) absorption] at the same time. wow. that's one of the most amazing feelings I've ever had. they definitely can work synergistically.

...It's kind of sad how depleted of trace minerals I am and how far off my body electronics are, but I am so grateful to have received such an amazingly powerful benefit from this salt. I hope that anyone else out there as sick as I can find it too, and anyone less sick might also find it useful.

again, it's himalayan _crystal_ salt. rock salt has a different, less effective or useful, molecular structure.oh, also, I forgot to mention that the good doctor I spoke to today, when I inquired about baking soda and told him I was consuming some in my electrolyte drink, advised that the basic nature of the baking soda would interfere with the acidity in my colon, interfering with digestion. I inquired if I should merely avoid it while eating or around eating times, or if I should give it up completely. he shook his head at me and told me to give it up completely, and to make my electrolyte drink with just salt and juice. I thought that was interesting.

Best,