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So 12-15 grams times three? 3 Tbsp ground seeds/day? That sounds more like what I was shooting for...
I came across this and this. The first says 12-15g/day (I'm pretty sure they mean total) and the second says
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In the powdered form a dosage of two to four grams three times per day is normal.
and I was assuming "powdered form" just meant seeds ground into a powder. So that's on the low-ish end of the other recommendation.
And I kept looking for another recommendation, just to see if there's any widespread agreement, and everybody uses tinctures or pills! I couldn't even find a recommendation from Susan Weed.
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Anyway, I thought I gave the dog a dose on the lower end of effective, I know I saw some recommendations that were several tablespoons per day, but I got the impression that was a lot higher than usual. But who knows.
Originally Posted by chlobo
Sorry. Not! I'll bet your gravy is fabulous. Would you adopt me? Give me the childhood I never had? lol.
I'm hoping I'm giving my children the childhood I never had! Sure, I'll adopt you. But don't get your hopes up. I have lots of clunker recipes between the good ones. Last night I didn't think I had enough drippings to make gravy since I was just roasting 2 chicken breasts (bone-in) so that I could make the broth to make the gravy and measure it! I had about 1 Tbs. of drippings. I added 1/2 Tbs. sorghum and 1/2 Tbs. sweet potato starch, and it looked like it was going to be gross. I didn't have any broth, so I just added water and kept whisking and whisking. There wasn't much of it, but it tasted great. Then I stuck my bones in the slow cooker so my broth has been going all night tonight. I'm hoping to do roast chicken with gravy on Wednesday (since that's how long it will be before my chicken thaws!
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Originally Posted by deditus
Anyone have an opinion on when to take probiotics w/abx, can you please look at my Flagyl thread? So far I am not having any side effects from the Flagyl and I'd like to keep it that way. TIA.
I take my abx in the evening with dinner, and I take the probiotics in the morning, before I have breakfast. Not sure if that's right or not. I know it's supposed to be at least a few hours apart. I only take my abx once a day so that works for me.
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Originally Posted by chlobo
Lalala. I"m not listening. DH won't let me buy the stuff at the asian market. He thinks everything at the asian market is tainted from China.
Anyhow, I found palm sugar, not coconut sugar. I'm going to try to use it. But it came in little bricks. How do I dissolve it?
See, I figure the China stuff is okay at the Asian market because it's for them. They're only trying to taint all the food that the Americans buy. I use palm sugar; in the little disks. If I'm using it in a liquid, then I'll just warm it in the liquid to use it. If it's going in cake or something like that, I use a knife and shave it off (almost like you were doing it to a baking chocolate bar) on a cutting board.
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Originally Posted by JacquelineR
Oh yeah, and Kathy, I was wondering. Those oils... The butterscotch flavor- do you know if it's dairy free? I was thinking it would be great to mix with dairy free white chocolate chips to make the peanut butterscotch squares my gran used to make (except now we can't have peanuts anyway, but maybe someone else can now.
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Do I have your email? I have the list that the lady sent me of the ingredients of all the oils. The ones I got were toffee, caramel, and cotton candy, and they were all just propylene glycol and artificial flavor. But I still have the whole list.
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Originally Posted by whoMe
dd's latest movie is muppets take manhattan. I've seen it about 100 times now. I hadn't seen it before dh showed it to dd, and so I still have no idea what the first half is...
I saw that when I was a kid but I think I only saw it once. We watch the original all the time.
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Originally Posted by changingseasons
I'm sure it is all tainted... And it has some kind of preservative (can't remember off the top of my head, except that it's not citric acid or guar gum.) I'm starting to think that DD's recent rash might be from the preservative...
Is it potassium metabisulfite? That's what's in mine.
Originally Posted by TanyaLopez http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...1060720&page=4
On other news, DH came to me this evening and asked about keratosis pilaris (the rough skin on his arms is actually what he said) and is one of the things I have him take supposed to help? He thinks it's getting better. First sign of any improvement in ages, so I'll take it, even if it is minor compared to the other stuff. Yay! Wish I knew exactly what was doing it, cause I have him taking CLO, a separate DHA supp and we started the mag recently (and I think that somehow related to cysteine, though at the moment I'm blanking on why/how). But whatever, yay! His whole family is prone to KP. Oh, and I'm giving him supplemental D too. Whatever, he needs it all.
Is your dh GF? I've heard that being GF and taking CLO (vit A) helps KP...one family actually had it flare when XCon with gluten...they used it as their indicator.
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Originally Posted by kjbrown92
I'm hoping I'm giving my children the childhood I never had! Sure, I'll adopt you. But don't get your hopes up. I have lots of clunker recipes between the good ones. Last night I didn't think I had enough drippings to make gravy since I was just roasting 2 chicken breasts (bone-in) so that I could make the broth to make the gravy and measure it! I had about 1 Tbs. of drippings. I added 1/2 Tbs. sorghum and 1/2 Tbs. sweet potato starch, and it looked like it was going to be gross. I didn't have any broth, so I just added water and kept whisking and whisking. There wasn't much of it, but it tasted great. Then I stuck my bones in the slow cooker so my broth has been going all night tonight. I'm hoping to do roast chicken with gravy on Wednesday (since that's how long it will be before my chicken thaws!
That sounds so good--I've got a chicken thawing too!
See, I figure the China stuff is okay at the Asian market because it's for them. They're only trying to taint all the food that the Americans buy.
: How true!
I think DD1 is experiencing a lot of anxiety lately--do any of your kiddos? If so, what do you do to help them? Last night, she was afraid of monsters gettin in and ran around the house locking all the doors--would have been humorous had she not been so serious about it.
I'm over at the garden, using IL's connection to get on MDC while I "supervise" the watering.
DH didn't want to get up so did and he'll have to figure out breakfast!
For anxiety, I'd look at serotonin and for paranoia, look at methyl groups to turn off dopamine. Mag made a big difference for us (did I read in another thread you're doing cal/mag? The calcium might be blocking absorption of the mag.) more on serotonin and more on methyl groups
I was doing both myself, plus just mag at other times. I'd been doing NAT VIT mag calm for about a yr with DD1 when she energy tested that it was hurtful to her. I quit it, but then she began having a more difficult time sleeping so I reintroduced it about two weeks ago. It was helping. Then I read Moneca's post about mercury and it kinda alarmed me, lol. I need to find a new source for her...she really liked the mag calm, darn it. Methyl groups, eh. What about adrenals? Can a child have adrenal issues?
(WhoME, I do so love your brain!
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I've got TMC, Ross. Can you do her protocal with a child? I've done it myself in the past.
Originally Posted by dannic
I think DD1 is experiencing a lot of anxiety lately--do any of your kiddos? If so, what do you do to help them? Last night, she was afraid of monsters gettin in and ran around the house locking all the doors--would have been humorous had she not been so serious about it.
The magnesium helps my anxiety. But going off my allergens did wonders for the overall anxiety.
Originally Posted by kjbrown92
The magnesium helps my anxiety. But going off my allergens did wonders for the overall anxiety.
You know, I may have had an AHA moment--she may be reacting to the brown sugar I put in the icecream? Is that a possibility? AFAIK, she has never had brown sugar...
She used to be uber sensitive to all sugars but raw honey...dang, I thought we were over that!
Originally Posted by dannic
Is your dh GF? I've heard that being GF and taking CLO (vit A) helps KP...one family actually had it flare when XCon with gluten...they used it as their indicator.
We've all been gfcf for 2 years now, although I really, strongly believe gluten is not good for him, no improvement, and when we decide to cheat and have gluten, he doesn't have any effects (I thought I saw some once, but that didn't repeat, so I guess it was a fluke). I swear, he's going to be harder to get healthy than I was!
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Originally Posted by dannic
I was doing both myself, plus just mag at other times. I'd been doing NAT VIT mag calm for about a yr with DD1 when she energy tested that it was hurtful to her. I quit it, but then she began having a more difficult time sleeping so I reintroduced it about two weeks ago. It was helping. Then I read Moneca's post about mercury and it kinda alarmed me, lol. I need to find a new source for her...she really liked the mag calm, darn it. Methyl groups, eh. What about adrenals? Can a child have adrenal issues?
(WhoME, I do so love your brain!
)
I've got TMC, Ross. Can you do her protocal with a child? I've done it myself in the past.
Kids can have adrenal issues, is my understanding. It's not guaranteed, even when mom's adrenals are fairly worn down, I don't think mine have noticeable adrenal issues, but yeah, it's possible. I don't know much about TMC.
Would you all just STOP having fascinating discussions? I ignored this thread for a couple of weeks because of family stuff. Now that I'm trying to get work done...I can't! This is SO much more interesting than the stuff I'm supposedly paid to read.
(If I get fired, it's all on you women!)
ETA - I cannot get any supplements into DH, and I think he needs a bunch of them! But I did give him a foot soak and rub with Epsom salts last night. (He won't actually take a bath, even in our new, large soaking tub. Baths creep him out for some reason.) He asked what was in the tub and what it did. "Epsom salts - they're just for scrubbing. If you believe what you read on the internet, they're good for getting toxins out. If your body is in need of magnesium, it will absorb it through the skin."
This morning, he called me from his office, clearly panicked and asking for ibuprofen. I thought maybe the mag had given him the runs. (doubt he would tell me or link it back to the Epsom salts, but, hey). No, his neck had snapped and tightened the length of his upper spine. He said he couldn't move, and that he had felt this creeping up on him for the past few days. I would have hoped the mag would have helped prevent this. I don't think I can swing another foot soak/rub for a few days. (He'd get suspicious that I want to be romantic that often!)
Off to call a massage therapist, as he won't do a chiropractor.
Originally Posted by dannic
You know, I may have had an AHA moment--she may be reacting to the brown sugar I put in the icecream? Is that a possibility? AFAIK, she has never had brown sugar...
She used to be uber sensitive to all sugars but raw honey...dang, I thought we were over that!
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Bummer. My DS can't do cane sugar in any form either. In our ice cream I either do palm sugar or agave or maple syrup (since DD2 can't have beet sugar or honey).
I need to use up some stuff in my freezer so that I can fit the ice cream maker bowl in the freezer!
Originally Posted by kjbrown92
See, I figure the China stuff is okay at the Asian market because it's for them. They're only trying to taint all the food that the Americans buy.
Is it potassium metabisulfite? That's what's in mine.
I love your reasoning.
Yeah, I think that's the preservative in mine too. Which one do you use? I'm using Royal Blossom.
The rash is slowly fading, so maybe it was just a virus after all and not the coconut milk.
Originally Posted by dannic
I was doing both myself, plus just mag at other times. I'd been doing NAT VIT mag calm for about a yr with DD1 when she energy tested that it was hurtful to her. I quit it, but then she began having a more difficult time sleeping so I reintroduced it about two weeks ago. It was helping. Then I read Moneca's post about mercury and it kinda alarmed me, lol. I need to find a new source for her...she really liked the mag calm, darn it. Methyl groups, eh. What about adrenals? Can a child have adrenal issues?
(WhoME, I do so love your brain!
)
Yeah, a kid can have adrenal issues, esp if mom had them while pg - mom can actually lean on baby's cortisol production in the third trimester
I wonder if the mag tested bad because of the mercury, not the actual mag? We have NOW mag citrate powder, too, I should try it again. It doesn't dissolve well in cold water, and it doesn't taste sour like the natural calm does. It does make lemonade taste more like gatorade, though.
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Originally Posted by dannic
You know, I may have had an AHA moment--she may be reacting to the brown sugar I put in the icecream? Is that a possibility? AFAIK, she has never had brown sugar...
She used to be uber sensitive to all sugars but raw honey...dang, I thought we were over that!
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Sugar/insulin fuels inflammation (honey less so). Sugar also messes with your mineral balance, especially serum calcium and phosphorus...
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Originally Posted by TanyaLopez
We've all been gfcf for 2 years now, although I really, strongly believe gluten is not good for him, no improvement, and when we decide to cheat and have gluten, he doesn't have any effects (I thought I saw some once, but that didn't repeat, so I guess it was a fluke). I swear, he's going to be harder to get healthy than I was!
Your dh really sounds like he's got so many of the same issues as me and my mom's side of the family. I still have yet to experience a gluten reaction... Does he pass the beet test?
Originally Posted by whoMe
Your dh really sounds like he's got so many of the same issues as me and my mom's side of the family. I still have yet to experience a gluten reaction... Does he pass the beet test?
I haven't gotten around to it yet. I think I'll try it this week. If I do it for dinner, I can check DS's diaper overnight (unless it's faster than that! maybe I need to run after him too), and maybe it's worthwhile to run after my daughter and see how her pee turns out. She and DH are the ones I'd suspect the most (watch me be completely wrong). I'll make sure not to have kimchee with dinner that night, just to make sure we don't mask anything. But that could be a worthwhile test if we fail... Okay, this is getting too fun, glad DH can't hear my thoughts, I know he sometimes feels like a guinea pig.
Okay, so I've been getting intermittent headaches lately. I had just shrugged them off as being from lack of sleep, but they went away and then came back and I just now realized the connection.
My green smoothies.
I've been putting pineapple, oranges, a little lemon juice and honey and spinach in them. And a banana. And the day AFTER I have a smoothie, I have a headache.
So either I'm reacting to one of the foods (honey? I eat everything else on a fairly regular basis) or I'm somehow mobilizing something with my smoothies.
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When I got my ELISA done, one of the incredibly few foods that came back reactive AT ALL was banana- it showed up as just barely on the scale. But I can eat bananas outside of a smoothie with no reaction. Wth?
I use the GIProHealth Magnesium Glycinate for me. I haven't tried giving it to the kids. I was going to start doing epsom salt baths for them but haven't done that yet. And I haven't found a zinc supplement yet, but need to try that to reduce my copper.
Originally Posted by TanyaLopez
I haven't gotten around to it yet. I think I'll try it this week. If I do it for dinner, I can check DS's diaper overnight (unless it's faster than that! maybe I need to run after him too), and maybe it's worthwhile to run after my daughter and see how her pee turns out. She and DH are the ones I'd suspect the most (watch me be completely wrong). I'll make sure not to have kimchee with dinner that night, just to make sure we don't mask anything. But that could be a worthwhile test if we fail... Okay, this is getting too fun, glad DH can't hear my thoughts, I know he sometimes feels like a guinea pig.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that your dh will pass. Mostly because I do too, and I'm wondering if low stomach acid/low b12/low methyl groups might be a big factor in holding on to metals vs detoxing them decently?
Dang it, lost all my multiquotes!!! I'll try to come back later.
Question - I'm trying DS to bowel tolerance today on sodium ascorbate powder (I'm emptying capsules). He's taking it in peanut butter OK. How much do you think I should be giving him an hour?
And what is up with mercury and Natural Calm - I just bought some!!
Originally Posted by mamafish9
Dang it, lost all my multiquotes!!! I'll try to come back later.
Question - I'm trying DS to bowel tolerance today on sodium ascorbate powder (I'm emptying capsules). He's taking it in peanut butter OK. How much do you think I should be giving him an hour?
And what is up with mercury and Natural Calm - I just bought some!!
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