Guest guest Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Spinach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oxalates bind to iron to form ferrous oxalate and remove iron from the body. Therefore, a diet high in oxalate (or phosphate or phytate) leads to a decrease in iron absorption. a.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach b.. · Cached page c.. Show more results from en.wikipedia.org Re: HELP! Why is he on these? A couple more questions: What are oxylates? What is the amount of zinc and vitamin A your son takes? Should the CoQ10 be taken with the fatty meal? Or is once in the morning and once at night OK? My son is GFCF. And is also taking calcium and magnesium. I know what those are for. Yeah Me! He is also on the Ketogenic Diet for his seizures. It is a very fatty diet, that is why I asked about the CoQ10. Thanks for your help. > > > I am not familiar with some of those supplements ... but a few I know > all too well... > > > Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate - My son was put on this one because his > oxylates were high. This has helped to bring them back in line very > well without having to go onto the very difficult low oxylate diet > for my son. He was intollerant of too many low oxylate foods... > > > Multiflora - Probiotic I assume? This is to help build up the good > yeast within your son's intestines ... and to boost the immune system > > > Buffered Vitamin C - A good vitamin C supplements helps the body > to fight off infections and it also helps to boost the immune system > > > Acetyl L-Carnitine - My son was place on this. It helps him be > able to convert fat into cell energy. Acetyl is the only form of > carnitine that is thought to cross the brain /blood barrier ... thus > it helps to provide energy to the brain. > > > Zinc Piclinate - many asd kids are low in zinc. If your child has > white spots on their fingernails it can show a sign of zinc > deficiency. Zinc also helps with things like PICA, and it also helps > to boost the appetite .. and lowers the food aversion issues. > Excessive nail biting in my son greatly improved with introducing > zinc to him. > > > Micellized Vitamin A - A whole lot of kids need to be on this > supplement ... in very high doses some times. It is thought that the > measle virus eats up the bodies vitamin A. My son use to have tons > of visual stims ... now they have been grossly reduced because of > high dose vit.A protocal. In lower doses vitamin A seems to feed > the measle virus ... but in higher doses ... it seems to kill it. We > are still working on this at this house. Thanks Dana for the > explanation you gave me on this~! > > > Cod Liver Oil - this provides the necessary mix of good Omegas that > our bodies need. CLO is great for many things ... it helps reduce > the stress on our system caused by free radicals, it helps to convert > fat into cell energy, it helps to boost the immune system , it helps > to protect against things like diabetes/heart disease. This > particular supplement has been standard for years even in the typical > medical fields ... > > > CoQ10 - This also has to do with fat conversion issues. It should > be taken with a fatty food. > > > Custom Amino Acid Base - amino acids are the building blocks for > cells within the body. If your son takes a custom blend ... it is > based upon what he is either lacking or has too much of... it is the > building block for all systems. Things that my son has in his mix > is histidine and methionine ... these two aminos work together to > make glutathione in the body ... a necessary substance to be able to > effectively detox the body... > > > > These are the only ones on the list that I am familiar with ... Is > your son gfcf? If so I don't see calcium and magnesium on the list > unless they are included in one of the other things I don't know > about.... A strict gfcf diet typically needs supplementation of > calcium and magnesium.. My son is also on MB12 shots that have been > very helpful to him. He takes a multitude of supplements that you > don't list ... but that doesn't mean that those would be best for > you.... It was based on the testing my son had ... Hang in there, > you will get it all together. It is hard in the beginning, but > eventually things will all come together and make sense. Just keep > asking questions ... > > Melinda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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