Alternative approach, take it or leave it

December 31, 2010

To All:

This may not work for everyone or only for a few, but I just wanted to let

everyone know that we haven't had to use ALA in any specific way yet and we're

doing pretty well. Our saving grace has been Vit D3 for immunity (no more colds,

flu, or sinus infections for any of us in the family for about 15 months!!) and

for mood/meltdowns/stuck thinking/etc.:

" Vitamin D's role in increasing glutathione levels may explain the link between

mercury and other heavy metals, oxidative stress, and autism. For example,

activated vitamin D lessens heavy metal induced oxidative injuries in rat brain.

The primary route for brain toxicity of most heavy metals is through depletion

of glutathione. Besides its function as a master antioxidant, glutathione acts

as a chelating (binding) agent to remove heavy metals such as mercury. Autistic

individuals have difficulty excreting heavy metals like mercury. If brain levels

of activated vitamin D are too low to employ glutathione properly, and thus

unable to remove heavy metals, they may be damaged by heavy metal loads normal

children easily excrete. That is, the mercury in Thiomerosol vaccines may have

injured vitamin D deficient children while normal children would have easily

bound the mercury and excreted it. These studies offer further hope that

sun-exposure or vitamin D supplements may help autistic children by increasing

glutathione and removing heavy metals. Not only do we have more clues that

vitamin D is involved in autism, the vitamin D theory just did something else:

it explained two other theories of autism, the mercury accumulation theory and

the oxidative stress theory. "

Source: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health/autism/vit-D-and-brain.shtml

The 13 year old gets 5K to 10K iu's per day of Vit D3. No Vit A other than what

is in the basic multi. The 6 y.o. gets 2K iu's per day.

Here's a basic list of other things we take besides the NOW brand of Vit D3 (you

may choose any other certified brand, but make sure it is certified by the top 2

companies because Vit D3 dies on the shelf otherwise and is nearly dead in a

multi):

- Gut flora control. This varies by brand, rotating thru Pearl pills or

Culturelle or what-not.

- Holy Thistle also (Milk Thistle) which helps a lot for mood.

- Vit C (time-released from GNC)

- A daily pill of Flax Seed oil (for Omega-3 balance and other reasons)

- B-complex vitamins plus B-12 powder on tongue.

- Digest Gold enzymes pre-meals

- Pre-meal dissolve 12 mineral salts on tongue to replenish. Read up on 'tissue

cell salts' or 'cell tissue salts' or 'mineral salts' (12 of 'em). Some of them

are great for the myelin sheath, I " think " , as my son's tactile issues

disappeared when he re-started the Nerve Tonic pills from NativeRemedies a few

months ago. It was the only thing we had changed in his diet at that time. Nerve

Tonic from NR is a subset of the 12 mineral salts ... has 3 of the key ones for

nerves. p.s. The same nerve tonic eliminated (totally and instantly, as long as

taken 3x/day) my son's OCD (counting) symptoms a few years back. Had to take it

for 2 years (taking him off it meant instantly that symptoms returned that day)

until his gut repaired (he was also taking Digestive Tonic from Native Remedies

and stopped all milk). No crazy counting (OCD) for years now!

- 1 ALA pill/day (not much in it)

- Other things I can't remember right now, but they vary .... can be GSE,

anti-candida, pro-bio, fiber, etc.

This may not work for your family, but I really feel that Vit D3 is a KEY factor

for all of us for many, many health factors. Please read up on the Vitamin D

Council website and support Dr. Cannell in his efforts to spread the news.

I have now " saved " several adult friends from unending pharm products ... e.g.

one of them had achey joints all over her body ... doc was going down the route

of possible MS or osteo issues. I convinced her to take massive doses of Vit D3

for a couple of weeks (20K iu's per day) and her symptoms simply disappeared.

Now, she is down to 10K iu's per day and will take the 25OH(D) test to find out

what her levels are. But, man, is she happy! And, I have at least 5 other adult

friends who avoided long-term medications for DIFFERENT reasons. One had

seasonal affective disorder and no longer has to take her Prozac in the winter

because she took my advice about Vit D3. And, eczema. Easy one! No outbreaks in

the winter anymore for that person. You adults might need more than you think,

and autistics need their levels to be WAY higher possibly due to mitochondrial

dysfunction (read Dr. Cannell's theories).

Word to the wise ... do your homework. But, please realize that Vit D3 is ruined

by taking Vit A and that too much Vit A can be bad, also.

To the people who think you can overdose on Vit D3 ... ???? I sometimes take 50K

iu's a day if I start to get the sniffles and then back down to 10K the next day

and my sniffles are totally GONE. My kids take 5K to 10K iu's a day. If you have

a cheap brand and you're taking a lot of Vit A .... then that is your problem.

There are no formal studies that show that you can overdose on Vit D3 easily. I

mean, you'd have to take around 100,000 iu's a day and that's nearly impossible.

You'd be eating a LOT of Vit D3 pills to do that!!!

Think about it ... Vit D3 is from the sun and we evolved on the sun. We get

20,000 iu's of Vit D3 naturally in a HALF HOUR in the middle of the day, in the

summer, from the sun when in a bathing suit. Go figure out the math, please, and

do NOT worry about too much Vit D3. DO worry about too much Vit A (in Cod Liver

Oil) and DO worry that Vit A counteracts the effects of Vit D3.

My rant is over and I won't be checking replies. Take the info or leave it 'cos

this post is meant to help those who otherwise aren't getting results or not

quickly enough or want to try something else or can't meet the ALA schedule

often enough or ...

If it works for your or your child for immunity or mood or otherwise, spead the

word! Vit D3 deficiency is real and is linked to cancer and many other chronic

conditions for adults. I won't repeat what's on the Vitamin D Council website.

You all can read.

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2010

p.s. I forgot to mention that weekly neurofeedback was a big factor, too, as

well as yoga, Tai Chi, and meditation. And, cutting out milk/dairy and going

mostly organic and limiting grains. No HFCS, no chocolate, no caffeine. Lots of

healthy water. More greens and fruits. You get the picture. Some kids can't

handle all of that, obviously, just yet. So, keep in mind that this is working

for US ... right NOW. And, 2 years ago, we had to do melatonin at night and then

got rid of that with the home Proteus unit (google it) --- which was only needed

for about a month and still no more nighttime sleep aids are needed anymore.

But, we keep the Proteus unit for other reasons. Well, both kids and I still

love white noise machines for falling asleep, to be honest.

>

> To All:

>

> This may not work for everyone or only for a few, but I just wanted to let

everyone know that we haven't had to use ALA in any specific way yet and we're

doing pretty well. Our saving grace has been Vit D3 for immunity (no more colds,

flu, or sinus infections for any of us in the family for about 15 months!!) and

for mood/meltdowns/stuck thinking/etc.:

>

> " Vitamin D's role in increasing glutathione levels may explain the link

between mercury and other heavy metals, oxidative stress, and autism. For

example, activated vitamin D lessens heavy metal induced oxidative injuries in

rat brain. The primary route for brain toxicity of most heavy metals is through

depletion of glutathione. Besides its function as a master antioxidant,

glutathione acts as a chelating (binding) agent to remove heavy metals such as

mercury. Autistic individuals have difficulty excreting heavy metals like

mercury. If brain levels of activated vitamin D are too low to employ

glutathione properly, and thus unable to remove heavy metals, they may be

damaged by heavy metal loads normal children easily excrete. That is, the

mercury in Thiomerosol vaccines may have injured vitamin D deficient children

while normal children would have easily bound the mercury and excreted it. These

studies offer further hope that sun-exposure or vitamin D supplements may help

autistic children by increasing glutathione and removing heavy metals. Not only

do we have more clues that vitamin D is involved in autism, the vitamin D theory

just did something else: it explained two other theories of autism, the mercury

accumulation theory and the oxidative stress theory. "

>

> Source: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health/autism/vit-D-and-brain.shtml

>

> The 13 year old gets 5K to 10K iu's per day of Vit D3. No Vit A other than

what is in the basic multi. The 6 y.o. gets 2K iu's per day.

> Here's a basic list of other things we take besides the NOW brand of Vit D3

(you may choose any other certified brand, but make sure it is certified by the

top 2 companies because Vit D3 dies on the shelf otherwise and is nearly dead in

a multi):

>

> - Gut flora control. This varies by brand, rotating thru Pearl pills or

Culturelle or what-not.

> - Holy Thistle also (Milk Thistle) which helps a lot for mood.

> - Vit C (time-released from GNC)

> - A daily pill of Flax Seed oil (for Omega-3 balance and other reasons)

> - B-complex vitamins plus B-12 powder on tongue.

> - Digest Gold enzymes pre-meals

> - Pre-meal dissolve 12 mineral salts on tongue to replenish. Read up on

'tissue cell salts' or 'cell tissue salts' or 'mineral salts' (12 of 'em). Some

of them are great for the myelin sheath, I " think " , as my son's tactile issues