Guest guest Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 > > Dana and anyone else, > When you did ALA chelation, how did you know/feel when you became mineral deficient? I was having kidney soreness, but I was using ALA which is not supposed to stress the kidneys. I posted here, and Andy said to try increasing magnesium. This worked partially, but adding a multi mineral supplement eliminated the problem. Later on, I would get toe/foot cramps about 45 minutes after each dose of ALA. Adding the multi mineral supplement at about that time eliminated that problem. I eventually added each mineral separately, to see which one/s were required. It did seem to change over time. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 ----- Original Message ----- From: s_hoobler Does anyone know of papers/studies that confirms chelation (ALA in our case) does NOT deplete minerals. My son's developmental pediatrician is pressuring me to stop chelation and is convinced my son is going to die from heart failure due to low calcium. We use this doctor mainly for blood work and never has my son's calcium levels been an issue......... ===>Sherry, I do know that calcium moves opposite to body content on the hair test. Meaning that high calcium on the hair test suggests wasting calcium or a deficit and low calcium suggests that either the person has adequate calcium or their intake is low, which doesn't mean their body stores are low. Gosh, does that make sense? Sorry, it's late. Along with the calcium make sure you are giving Vitamin D and magnesium and Vitamin K. We always had high hair calcium and high serum calcium, which meant it wasn't being absorbed, until we added Vitamin K. What does your son's bloodwork show, as far as calcium is concerned.===> Can't even mention a hair test to him. As you can see, he's totally against chelation and says it's one of the biggest hoaxes in the autism community........... ===>This is not helpful to you, probably, but it is the reason I never tell anything more than necessary to health care providers/school/government, etc, etc. unless I'm up for eye rolling and diatribes from people who don't know what they are talking about. If any of us had a penny for every stupid thing drs told us, we'd be rich.===> so anyway, i like to present him with a " paper " because that is the way he works, only with a paper to back it up. BTW, we supplement with calcium!! Thanks, Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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