Suzanne...Re: Ester-C question

February 7, 2011

I appreciate your time and suggestions, Suzanne. Thank you. I will check the

files for the Milk Thistle dosage. I was thinking of calling the lab to see if

there are reference ranges for adults versus children when looking at results.

Nope, there was no way I was giving him 1000mg of Vit E. We are and have been

dosing mB12 lingual, his B12 was on the high end but not flagged as a problem on

the results; I was wary about the iron supplementing though. I wanted to check a

couple of things first...see if there's any history in our family for

hemochromatosis. Doubtful, but worth a look since husband's family is of

Western European descent. I know I've been borderline anemic, so I'm wondering

how much heredity plays a part in our son's iron levels.

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> Well because he is not my patient and I don't have all the information, I will

just comment on the values.

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> Elevated liver enzymes are not uncommon in kids that are mercury toxic. I'm

not sure how giving a food-based supplement would increase liver enzymes. Good

job on adding Milk Thistle and check the files to see that you give enough. You

can also consider adding phosphatidylcholine or lecithin.

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> The vitamin E levels aren't that high and Vit E is actually protective of the

liver. Many studies suggest that toxic amounts of Vitamin E are over 1000mg and

I'm assuming that he wasn't getting that much.

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> Iron should not be supplemented in a mercury toxic person. It doesn't seem

that the levels are low anyway.

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> Low RBC can be an indication that he needs B-12. Perhaps try B-12 sublingual

or lozenges before adding iron.

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> Hope this helps,

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> Dr. Suzanne DaSilva

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