Re: Calcium/vitamins D&K/boron - DANA/others

[Guest guest]

> 1. It appears from my reading in Andy's books and from answers to my

other posts that

> my son is " wasting " calcium, that it is not being properly absorbed.

This appears to have been my son's problem. He had a lot of free

floating calcium in his body.

I learned that he needed magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin K, and lysine

for proper absorption of calcium.

>>Is it

> true that calcium can contribute to copper retention?

I don't know.

> 4. With the 250 mg of calcium the supplement also yielded about 43

more iu of vit d, so

> my son would be getting about 800 mg of calcium and 180 iu of vit d.

Is this enough?

In my opinion, it is plenty of calcium, provided he is not severely

deficient or toxic. Where do you live, and how much time does he

spend outside in the sun without sunscreen? You might need to find a

vitamin D supplement.

> 5. My concern is if I have been supplementing thus with calcium, and

he is still wasting it

> it appears, how do I make him better absorb it? I give it with

magnesium. But Dana, you

> also mention that vitamin K may be required? How do you supplement

with this?

I bought a bottle containing 100mcg tablets.

>> Do you

> give it with mag and the calcium all at once?

Yes. It also was required for proper absorption of fats here.

>>I read that this

> vitamin can be toxic to kids.

So can every other vitamin, depending on the child and how much you give.

>>How do you make him not calcium toxic, yet not

> neglect the needs of his growing bones in the process?

I used IP6 to excrete free-floating calcium [it will not pull calcium

from the bones]. Then I added the supps I listed above, and now he

absorbs calcium from his food [we no longer have diet restrictions here].

>>does this help with excess copper and calcium toxicity?

Iron and calcium. I don't think it helps with copper, altho it might

help somewhat.

> 6. Lastly, about vitamin D, should I be supplementing with more of

this? I have a gel cap

> with 1000 iu of vit d, I would probably break this down and start by

giving about 200 iu or

> so more than he gets to meet the RDA.

This sounds good.

>>Should D be given with or away from anything in

> particular? Isn't there a ratio if I am not mistaken of vitamin A

to D? Aren't they

> synergistic or something?

I have read that, but I have not done that much research, because my

son no longer needed either A or D when I read that.

>>Today I gave the calcium supp again. But I don't know whether to

continue giving

> it,

Did you notice that it caused any good or bad reactions?

Dana

[Guest guest]

>>>>My son's most recent hair test shows super high copper, as high as

you can go, <<<

just thought i would share this, hope it helps:

it is possible that the high copper is a central issue

are you doing something to address the high copper

we had hair test also showing high copper

and i started supplimenting with milk thistle, molybdenum

and zinc. after about a month or so stereotypical behaviors

seem to be significantly improvig

-sophie