Question about Vitamin A dosing

[Guest guest]

I've read in the archives that Andy recommends doses of 500 - 1000 IU

of Vitamin A per pound for children daily.

Can anyone clarify if this dosage applies to our toxic kids only or is

this dosing OK for NT kids too?

I give my daughter the above dosage but she has obvious gut problems.

Now my son may need Vit A since he has lots of bumps on his skin

(chicken skin I think it's called), which I've read may improve with

Vit A, but I don't know if Andy's dosage is too high for him or not.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

> I've read in the archives that Andy recommends doses of 500 - 1000 IU

> of Vitamin A per pound for children daily.

> Can anyone clarify if this dosage applies to our toxic kids only or is

> this dosing OK for NT kids too?

> I give my daughter the above dosage but she has obvious gut problems.

> Now my son may need Vit A since he has lots of bumps on his skin

> (chicken skin I think it's called), which I've read may improve with

> Vit A, but I don't know if Andy's dosage is too high for him or not.

In my experience, start low and work up.

Three of my kids reached toxic levels very early [at low doses]. My

#2 required high dose protocol twice. He was the only one with visual

stims, but I don't think that is a " required " sign. The three older

kids had MMR vax, but only #2 required high dose protocol.

I used high dose protocol from here

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

Chicken skin bumps were eliminated here with mito cocktail and fish

oil, anti-virals, and mB12.

Dana

[Guest guest]

>

> In my experience, start low and work up.

What do you mean by low (1000 IU or 10000 IU which I would assume DS

can take)? If I start at 10000 IU, is it safe to increment by 5000 IUs

or 1000 IUs?

> Chicken skin bumps were eliminated here with mito cocktail and fish

> oil, anti-virals, and mB12.

Thanks for this. I have to look into this further since DS isn't

absorbing omegas or flax. Everytime I give him some, I find an oil

slick in the toilet bowl within a few hours or the next day.

I give him carnitine with meals which has helped since I no longer see

a slick hours after meals where fat is served. Maybe he needs more

carnitine? I'll look at your site again, maybe this one needs the

other mito supps or maybe more adrenal support, not sure yet what the

problem is for him. But he is also developing more eczema, which

suggests a reaction to something in the environment.

[Guest guest]

> > In my experience, start low and work up.

> What do you mean by low (1000 IU or 10000 IU which I would assume DS

> can take)? If I start at 10000 IU, is it safe to increment by 5000 IUs

> or 1000 IUs?

1000 IU would be okay, or 2500 IU.

I did those low doses, then up to 5000, then 10,000, then I went up to

25,000. Each increase brought improvement. 50,000 then 100,000. I

did an entire month at 100,000 and I was still able to watch it wear

off. That is what told me that he would benefit from high dose protocol.

My other kids reached toxicity after a few days on 10,000.

> Thanks for this. I have to look into this further since DS isn't

> absorbing omegas or flax. Everytime I give him some, I find an oil

> slick in the toilet bowl within a few hours or the next day.

>

> I give him carnitine with meals which has helped since I no longer see

> a slick hours after meals where fat is served. Maybe he needs more

> carnitine?

Possibly, or the other mito supps.

>>But he is also developing more eczema, which

> suggests a reaction to something in the environment.

At my house, eczema meant food intolerance [or occasionally supplement].

Dana