Re: Very high copper - what to do? - ANNE/LAURA

[Guest guest]

Thank you guys for answering my post. Anne, yes I do supplement with calcium

about 250

mg per day. Our DAN! has told me on a few occasions not to do so. He is

against giving lots

of supps, and is always telling me to stop CLO, vit c etc, so I don't listen to

him. Should I try

stopping the calcium and see if that helps? We are casein free and a I worry

other than a

couple of bottles of rice milk a day, my kid will get no calcium. His diet is

very limited, so it

is a catch 22. I had not read that calcium can cause copper retention.

, as to your question about zinc, he gets about 20mg divided up in the day

with

meals,plus 15 mg from his multi and I give him an additional 20mg at night on an

empty

stomach. So he gets about 55 mg of zinc and he weighs about 30 - 31 lbs. I

thought this

was enough. He does not chew per se, but suddenly he has been biting on his

clothes

frequently throughout the day. Is this a sign that he needs more zinc? We are

using DMSA

along with ALA, which I know depletes zinc.

[Guest guest]

Irene,

When my DS is chewing, the thing he chews on the most are his

shirts. He'll sit in front of the TV and pull up the neckband on his

t-shirt and chew until the whole front is wet..then he'll start on

the sleeve. So...maybe more zinc is needed. Try an extra 10 mg/day

for a couple of weeks and see if the shirt biting goes away. It does

usually take a couple of weeks of xtra zinc for me to see results.

(Max's Mom)

>

> Thank you guys for answering my post. Anne, yes I do supplement

with calcium about 250

> mg per day. Our DAN! has told me on a few occasions not to do so.

He is against giving lots

> of supps, and is always telling me to stop CLO, vit c etc, so I

don't listen to him. Should I try

> stopping the calcium and see if that helps? We are casein free and

a I worry other than a

> couple of bottles of rice milk a day, my kid will get no calcium.

His diet is very limited, so it

> is a catch 22. I had not read that calcium can cause copper

retention.

>

> , as to your question about zinc, he gets about 20mg divided

up in the day with

> meals,plus 15 mg from his multi and I give him an additional 20mg

at night on an empty

> stomach. So he gets about 55 mg of zinc and he weighs about 30 -

31 lbs. I thought this

> was enough. He does not chew per se, but suddenly he has been

biting on his clothes

> frequently throughout the day. Is this a sign that he needs more

zinc? We are using DMSA

> along with ALA, which I know depletes zinc.

>