Re: Dana Carotene conversion questions

[Guest guest]

Not Dana but..I read that orange tone is from eating too much carotene

foods. Don't recall that if meant conversion problem. Off to google.

[Guest guest]

My son eats many of the same orange foods as ours does. His skin is quite orange

too especially on the palms of his hands and bottom of his feet.

From: dana pope <danamichellepope@...>

Subject: Dana Carotene conversion questions

Received: Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:53 AM

Dana,

 

What differences did you notice when you pulled the carotene foods?  How long

did he have to stay off of them?  In that time that he was off, you gave Vit C,

Selenium, and zinc and that cleared it up?

 

My boys eat orange veggies daily - butternut squash and acorn squash most

often.  They have an orange skin tone.  Does that indicate a carotene conversion

problem?

 

Thanks, Dana

[Guest guest]

Dana,

What book explained about the carotene conversion? We have a lot of phenol

issues and I always wondered about the green veggies especially peas, as you

mentioned. Thanks.

lisa

Dana Carotene conversion questions

Received: Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:53 AM

Dana,

?

What differences did you notice when you pulled the carotene foods?? How long

did he have to stay off of them?? In that time that he was off, you gave Vit C,

Selenium, and zinc and that cleared it up?

?

My boys eat orange veggies daily - butternut squash and acorn squash most

often.? They have an orange skin tone.? Does that indicate a carotene conversion

problem?

?

Thanks, Dana

[Guest guest]

> Dana,

> What differences did you notice when you pulled the carotene foods?

Less spacy, actually " present " with us. Tried to communicate more.

Better behavior, less hyper. Certain stims reduced somewhat.

>>How long did he have to stay off of them?

Just over a year, until I figured out how to correct the problem.

>>In that time that he was off, you gave Vit C, Selenium, and zinc and

that cleared it up?

After several months of those supps, I tried giving him one of those

foods, and he was fine. I did notice that if I missed one of the

supps, he was not fine. So he needed the supps with the food for

quite a few months.

> My boys eat orange veggies daily - butternut squash and acorn squash

most often. They have an orange skin tone. Does that indicate a

carotene conversion problem?

It can, yes.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Dana my boys cannot eat wheat or any gluten due to celiac disease.  They are

allergic to corn, soy, wheat, peanuts, and cow milk.  Do you have any

suggestions on what I can feed them that would keep them from carotenes?

 

It is such a challenge knowing what to feed them day to day.

 

Dana

From: danasview <danasview@...>

Subject: Re: Dana Carotene conversion questions

Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 10:02 AM

> Dana,

> What differences did you notice when you pulled the carotene foods?

Less spacy, actually " present " with us. Tried to communicate more.

Better behavior, less hyper. Certain stims reduced somewhat.

>>How long did he have to stay off of them?

Just over a year, until I figured out how to correct the problem.

>>In that time that he was off, you gave Vit C, Selenium, and zinc and

that cleared it up?

After several months of those supps, I tried giving him one of those

foods, and he was fine. I did notice that if I missed one of the

supps, he was not fine. So he needed the supps with the food for

quite a few months.

> My boys eat orange veggies daily - butternut squash and acorn squash

most often. They have an orange skin tone. Does that indicate a

carotene conversion problem?

It can, yes.

Dana

[Guest guest]

I recently read that yellow palms/feet and nowhere else on the body

indicates beta carotene conversion issues or nutrient absorption problems. I

can't remember which organ is responsible for the conversion, and I can't

seem to find the link... My mom definitely has yellow/orange palms, and she

has a leaky gut. She's on antifungal supplements and broad spectrum

digestive enzymes. I think things are improving slowly.

[Guest guest]

>

> Dana my boys cannot eat wheat or any gluten due to celiac disease.

They are allergic to corn, soy, wheat, peanuts, and cow milk. Do you

have any suggestions on what I can feed them that would keep them from

carotenes?

Corn is actually a carotene food, so you would not want to give that

anyway.

It was hard for a while. Yellow beans, pinto beans, pears, bananas,

green grapes [all with No-Fenol enzyme]. Chicken. My son did improve

when I added back wheat.

To correct this problem, I gave vitamin C [non-corn based], zinc, and

selenium. Conversion requires thyroid hormone, which at my house was

corrected with selenium.

Dana

[Guest guest]

>

> I recently read that yellow palms/feet and nowhere else on the body

> indicates beta carotene conversion issues or nutrient absorption

problems. I

> can't remember which organ is responsible for the conversion, and I

can't

> seem to find the link...

Proper conversion of carotenes requires vitamin C, zinc, and thyroid

hormone.

Dana