Re: KIM - A few questions about tea tree oil, magnesium, MSM and selenium

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Hi ,

Yes, you could use Motrin, Advil, etc. instead of Tylenol. Adults (not just

adults with CF) should avoid Tylenol for

the same reason -- it depletes glutathione and as we age, we naturally don't

produce as much.

Yes, you can crush magnesium and selenium to put into the tube feeding. The MSM

comes in a fine powder in

capsule form so you can just open the capsules. Or, more cheaply, you can buy

Carolwood's Lignisol MSM in bulk

(no capsules) from http://www.msm-msm.com. Acuri-Ware and others have

purchased from this site and they

were pleased with the service and prices.

Just a reminder, don't give magnesium any closer than two hours after a dose of

antibiotics because the two compete

with each other. That same rule wouldn't necessarily hold true for inhaled

antibiotics, with inhaleds, you can be more easy

in the timing of doses. But with IV and oral antibiotics, follow the " 2-hours

after " dosing rule.

Having a food aversion makes it so much tougher for getting all those healthy

nutrients into your kiddos. But anytime you

can get them to drink (or put into their feeding tube?) fruit smoothies made

with fruits such as blueberries, cherries, apples,

canteloupe, peaches, oranges, tangerines -- plus flax seed or flax seed oil --

and plain, nonfat yogurt, then you'll be boosting

their antioxidant levels.

Also, since they're tube fed, it's really important that they get their

magnesium and keep them on a good quality probiotic.

Jarrow makes an enteric coated probiotic that has a really complete listing of

natural flora with a high ppm/ppb count.

Probiotics are so important when you're tube fed to help prevent leaky gut

syndrome. Leaky gut is really scary business

and doctors should be much more proactive in preventing, diagnosing and

treating.

Do you give them vitamin C and a multivitamin/mineral?

Kim

> Kim,

>

> Thanks for the great info! There is so much

> information (and misinformation) out there it can

> be quite overwhelming. I didn't know that about

> children's tylenol! When the kids have fevers (which

> they haven't for over a year), it seemed to kick the

> fevers better if we alternated children's tylenol

> with children's motrin, which I believe is ibuprofen.

>

> My kids are orally averse, so much of what I give them

> has to be ground into a powder and mixed with formula

> which is then given to them via a tube. Would that be

> okay for the magnesium, selenium and MSM or does

> crushing the tablets present a problem?

>

> It sounds like great advice, and I will definitely

> go slowly and introduce these supplements one at

> a time over the course of several weeks.

>

> Thanks again for your thorough and informed response.

>

> C

> Mommy to Mick and Alli, 4 yo twins wcf