Re: Help with gaining weight

[Guest guest]

Have you tried carnitine? Also, have you tried enzymes, and if so

which ones? Taurine may also help. Do you do amino acids? Do you

supplement zinc? Is his appetite low or does he eat a lot but not

gain weight?

-Sierra

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> My 2 yr old has lost 1 1/2 pounds since he has 1 year old. He has fat

> absorption issues. He is on GFCF and tons of supplements.

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> How can I help him add a little fat to his body?

>

> Thanks,

> Maya

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Maya,

It was hard to get my son to gain weight on the GFCF diet. He had

fatty acid metabolism issues and so many busted biochemical cycles. I

did a lot of research, trial and error and he has put on a few pounds

over the last three months AND grown a couple of inches too!

As someone else suggested, Carnitine helps escort fatty acids across

the mitochondrial membranes. You should check out Dana's View website

for mitochondrial disorder supplementation info. If you google

carnitine, you will see lots of stuff about weight loss. Don't be put

off. It's the same principal - get the fat into the cells to use as fuel.

Good healthy animal products are the best place to get easily

absorbable fats (if you are not a vegan family). For more information:

http://www.nourishinghope.com/nourishing_hope_blog/2007/05/nourishing-trad.html

Look at the Weston A Price diet and the book Nourishing Traditions.

http://www.westonaprice.org/

The thing is, you need to address the mito/fat absorption and any gall

bladder/bile insufficiency issues BEFORE doing anything else. You can

cause problems loading the diet with fats that can't be processed and

absorbed.

I started my son with mito support supplements and homeopathic drops

to support gall bladder and other functions. Then I started cooking

his foods in marrow fat that was left over from making home made bone

broths (healthy free range out-door animals of course).

You might want to get a cholesterol test before loading on saturated

fats. Many of our kids are actually too low and need the fats to help

them manufacture cholesterol to remyelinate neurons.

http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/cholesterol/web/

You should aim to have your child above 140 total cholesterol. If they

are lower than that..... there are so many things that can go wrong.

I've managed to get my son's up from 125 to 138 in three months with

just diet alone (can't do the supps because of lanolin allergy).

Saturated fats and palmitic acid (palm oil). Worth getting a

cholesterol test done so you have a better idea of what's going on.

Have you done a fatty acids test (metametrix) and a CDSA (doctors

data) recently. If not, those would be helpful too.

Unfortunately there is a lot more to it than just feeding your kid

french fries - if you want them to put on healthy weight.

Good luck!

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> My 2 yr old has lost 1 1/2 pounds since he has 1 year old. He has fat

> absorption issues. He is on GFCF and tons of supplements.

>

> How can I help him add a little fat to his body?

>

> Thanks,

> Maya

>

[Guest guest]

> My 2 yr old has lost 1 1/2 pounds since he has 1 year old. He has fat

> absorption issues. He is on GFCF and tons of supplements.

> How can I help him add a little fat to his body?

My son required mito cocktail before he could properly absorb fats.

http://www.danasview.net/mar05.htm

Dana