At Mamafish's reccomendation, I am starting a thread looking for some input while I wait to save up the $ to do Yasko's test.
Some background on DS: He is now 2yrs old. He was born via C-section (not by choice). He is unvaccinated and was exclusively breastfed until 6 months old and still breastfeeds twice a day. He gets sick alot, mostly respiratory infections, nothing too serious. He had 1 episode last fall that resulted in him needing a nebeluizer and antibiotics which in retrospect he would have been fine without them. I let my fear get the better of me and, as a result, the abx worsened an exsisting candida problem which I think he has had since birth (from me and worsened by the fact he was a c-section). He was sevrely tongue tied at birth (stage 4) and has a heart shaped tongue. This was supposed to be corrected at 2 days old when they clipped it, but apparently did not do it enough and after a lot of LC's with varying opinions, found one who was able to identify the problem. he had his 2nd clipping at 10 weeks old. He is currently gluten, yeast, egg and soy free. He has many other "intolerances" identified on the ALCAT test. We are finding it easy to stay away from the severe and moderate ones, but a little more challenging to stay away from the mild. We are doing the best we can. His "issues" manifest as rashes mostly (eczema type, although may be some yeast ones too) and digestive issues. His BM's are loose and have undigested food in them 98% of the time. He is very small for his age. He weighs about 25 lbs and is in 5% or lower on the weight charts. He is 2 and wears 12-18 month size pants. He is 2ft 7 inches tall last time I checked. He currently takes the following supps:
1) multivitamin (will be swithcing to the thorne research basic kids vitamin soon) I have been using might-a-mins which is from isotonix, but it has fructose in it and I don't like that it's added sugar and not helping the candida issue for sure.
2) Klaire labs infant formula probiotic. Am looking for a different one because our ND "tested" this one and apprently it is not reaching his Large intestine and doing much good. The ND wanted us to take enteric coated probiotic pearls, but they all have soy lecithin in them so they are out. All other enteric coated probiotics are in capsules and he is too little to swallow them...so until we find an alternative, he's sticking with the Klaire labs one
3) Nordic Naturals CLO
4) Iron 5mg (iron bys-glycinate from kirkman labs). He's mildly anemic, although his recent labs were in the normal range. The ND said they are prob in the normal range because we are supplementing so to continue to do so)
5) Aloe Vera 2x/day for gut healing
6) Madre labs whole food vitamin C as for daily use and Sodium Ascorbate when sick.
7) 2,000mg Vitamin D daily
The following I have just started from picking up things here and there on these threads, but am not sure what the heck I'm doing really!
8) Thorne folate ( I have been opening the capsule and giving him a little sprinkle every day...not sure if this is enough???)
9) Jarrow formulas Methyl B-12 - 1 lozenge/day
10) Vitamin K2 thorne 1 drop/day
11) I also give him a drop of vitamin A (5,000mg) maybe every 3-4 days, more often if he is sick
12) Zinc. I take a 50mg capsule and open it and sprinkle a little in with his other stuff when he is sick.
13) Bioplasma cell salts @ 12 /day
I have been trying to give him epsom salt baths for extra mag, but lately he has been taking showers with his daddy
. He is also on some homeopathic allergy drops and candida drops. Also I have given DS Digestive Bitters from Nature's Sunshine in the past but they were $$$ and I couldn't keep up with them and honestly I didn't see much of a difference in his BM's anyway.
ME: soon to be 38 years old. Have had vague tummy issues my whole life, never diagnosed as anything. Have seasonal allergies, Was skin tested as a kid for food allergies, but nothing came up. I think I have some intolerances though because I feel better since I went GF with DS. Also have been on ABX WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much as a child and young adult. I try to avoid them now, but recently had to take them for a severe intractable sinus infection that had been going on for 6 weeks and not respodning to natural tx. Ever since the abx, my tummy is MESSED UP, despite taking probiotics. Also have had sinus issues all my life. Have been told to have surgery - have declined! I take the following but am very bad about remebering to take stuff everyday
I had been taking whole food supplemets as I feel they are better, but when DS got DX with his yeast intolerance, I felt I had to switch since all brands have s. Cervaisae (sp?) in them.
1) Multi Just switched to Thorne basic prenatal (no im not pg, but breastfeeding and TTC)
2) Cal/mag combo (I think it's 500/250)
3) CQ-10 (active form ubiqinol) 100mg
4) Resverotrol mg??
5) Zinc 50mg/ Copper 2mg every other day
6) Taurine 1000mg /day (for heart pitter patters...seems to work)
7) NAC 1200mg/day (I think?)
8) Probiotics (I just switched brands...was taking PB8, not getting good results, switched to Nature's Sunshine probiotic 11...hoping for better results)
9) Carlson's CLO (forget much of the time
)
10) ACV (also forget alot)
11) Vitamin D 5,000 daily
12) Biotin (mg???) (I loose alot of hair...thought this may help??)
1) Various Cell Salts (bioplasma, ferrum phos, acne d combo)
I have also had saliva and hair tests in the past (within the last 2 yrs, but don't have the results handy...will dig them out and post later)
Geezzzzuzzzz That's alot of stuff. No wonder Im going broke. That's why I want to do the yasko test...hoping to streamline this. Although I guess it might show we need MORE and then I'd have to start playing the lottery!
Any suggestions are welcome...thanks for reading this novel!!!!
Some background on DS: He is now 2yrs old. He was born via C-section (not by choice). He is unvaccinated and was exclusively breastfed until 6 months old and still breastfeeds twice a day. He gets sick alot, mostly respiratory infections, nothing too serious. He had 1 episode last fall that resulted in him needing a nebeluizer and antibiotics which in retrospect he would have been fine without them. I let my fear get the better of me and, as a result, the abx worsened an exsisting candida problem which I think he has had since birth (from me and worsened by the fact he was a c-section). He was sevrely tongue tied at birth (stage 4) and has a heart shaped tongue. This was supposed to be corrected at 2 days old when they clipped it, but apparently did not do it enough and after a lot of LC's with varying opinions, found one who was able to identify the problem. he had his 2nd clipping at 10 weeks old. He is currently gluten, yeast, egg and soy free. He has many other "intolerances" identified on the ALCAT test. We are finding it easy to stay away from the severe and moderate ones, but a little more challenging to stay away from the mild. We are doing the best we can. His "issues" manifest as rashes mostly (eczema type, although may be some yeast ones too) and digestive issues. His BM's are loose and have undigested food in them 98% of the time. He is very small for his age. He weighs about 25 lbs and is in 5% or lower on the weight charts. He is 2 and wears 12-18 month size pants. He is 2ft 7 inches tall last time I checked. He currently takes the following supps:
1) multivitamin (will be swithcing to the thorne research basic kids vitamin soon) I have been using might-a-mins which is from isotonix, but it has fructose in it and I don't like that it's added sugar and not helping the candida issue for sure.
2) Klaire labs infant formula probiotic. Am looking for a different one because our ND "tested" this one and apprently it is not reaching his Large intestine and doing much good. The ND wanted us to take enteric coated probiotic pearls, but they all have soy lecithin in them so they are out. All other enteric coated probiotics are in capsules and he is too little to swallow them...so until we find an alternative, he's sticking with the Klaire labs one
3) Nordic Naturals CLO
4) Iron 5mg (iron bys-glycinate from kirkman labs). He's mildly anemic, although his recent labs were in the normal range. The ND said they are prob in the normal range because we are supplementing so to continue to do so)
5) Aloe Vera 2x/day for gut healing
6) Madre labs whole food vitamin C as for daily use and Sodium Ascorbate when sick.
7) 2,000mg Vitamin D daily
The following I have just started from picking up things here and there on these threads, but am not sure what the heck I'm doing really!
8) Thorne folate ( I have been opening the capsule and giving him a little sprinkle every day...not sure if this is enough???)
9) Jarrow formulas Methyl B-12 - 1 lozenge/day
10) Vitamin K2 thorne 1 drop/day
11) I also give him a drop of vitamin A (5,000mg) maybe every 3-4 days, more often if he is sick
12) Zinc. I take a 50mg capsule and open it and sprinkle a little in with his other stuff when he is sick.
13) Bioplasma cell salts @ 12 /day
I have been trying to give him epsom salt baths for extra mag, but lately he has been taking showers with his daddy
. He is also on some homeopathic allergy drops and candida drops. Also I have given DS Digestive Bitters from Nature's Sunshine in the past but they were $$$ and I couldn't keep up with them and honestly I didn't see much of a difference in his BM's anyway.ME: soon to be 38 years old. Have had vague tummy issues my whole life, never diagnosed as anything. Have seasonal allergies, Was skin tested as a kid for food allergies, but nothing came up. I think I have some intolerances though because I feel better since I went GF with DS. Also have been on ABX WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much as a child and young adult. I try to avoid them now, but recently had to take them for a severe intractable sinus infection that had been going on for 6 weeks and not respodning to natural tx. Ever since the abx, my tummy is MESSED UP, despite taking probiotics. Also have had sinus issues all my life. Have been told to have surgery - have declined! I take the following but am very bad about remebering to take stuff everyday
I had been taking whole food supplemets as I feel they are better, but when DS got DX with his yeast intolerance, I felt I had to switch since all brands have s. Cervaisae (sp?) in them.
1) Multi Just switched to Thorne basic prenatal (no im not pg, but breastfeeding and TTC)
2) Cal/mag combo (I think it's 500/250)
3) CQ-10 (active form ubiqinol) 100mg
4) Resverotrol mg??
5) Zinc 50mg/ Copper 2mg every other day
6) Taurine 1000mg /day (for heart pitter patters...seems to work)
7) NAC 1200mg/day (I think?)
8) Probiotics (I just switched brands...was taking PB8, not getting good results, switched to Nature's Sunshine probiotic 11...hoping for better results)
9) Carlson's CLO (forget much of the time
)10) ACV (also forget alot)
11) Vitamin D 5,000 daily
12) Biotin (mg???) (I loose alot of hair...thought this may help??)
1) Various Cell Salts (bioplasma, ferrum phos, acne d combo)
I have also had saliva and hair tests in the past (within the last 2 yrs, but don't have the results handy...will dig them out and post later)
Geezzzzuzzzz That's alot of stuff. No wonder Im going broke. That's why I want to do the yasko test...hoping to streamline this. Although I guess it might show we need MORE and then I'd have to start playing the lottery!
Any suggestions are welcome...thanks for reading this novel!!!!
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