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01-10-2018, 02:35 PM
My nutritionist wants me to do a bloodtest for vitamin defeciences. This is the one she suggests. The spectracell laboratories. It tests these nutrients.
SpectraCell's Micronutrient test includes:
Vitamins
Vitamin A
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Biotin
Folate
Pantothenate
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin K
Minerals
Calcium
Magnesium
Manganese
Zinc
Copper
Amino Acids
Asparagine
Glutamine
Serine
Fatty Acids
Oleic Acid
Antioxidants
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Coenzyme Q10
Cysteine
Glutathione
Selenium
Vitamin E
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Chromium
Fructose Sensitivity
Glucose-Insulin Metabolism
Metabolites
Choline
Inositol
Carnitine
SPECTROX™
for Total Antioxidant Function
IMMUNIDEX™
Immune Respons
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02-13-2018, 10:46 AM
How'd it work out / results come out?
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02-13-2018, 07:50 PM
I had to go to this AnyLab blood lab which was in a different state. They took 2 large vials of blood. And I won't get results for 3 weeks. I think I have one more week left, before I email the nutritionist. She than will tell me what foods I need to eat more of, and possible supplements. She wants to use foods more the supplements.
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02-13-2018, 07:56 PM
Kbell, it's very unlikely you can get sufficient nutrients only from food. Did you watch the video(s) 'Somebody needs to go to jail' by Dr. Joel Wallach? He outlines why our soils have become so depleted when before we *could* get what we needed from most foods. The first 15 min of video 1 go over this.
I'm glad you have a nutritionist but this sounds like wishful thinking if that's her strategy.
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02-13-2018, 11:59 PM
I doubt it just food, due to the digestive issues. I did watch one his videos. I don't remember if it was that one honestly. I will have to check it out again. Magnesium is depleted in most soils since I think the 50s. Probably more minerals as well now.
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02-14-2018, 05:11 AM
@Zelcorpion
I will have to check out your book recommendation.
Most recently, because of Zelcorpion’s recommendation in a previous thread, I have completed the book Curing With High Doses of Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) by Dr. Robert Cathcart 3rd, MD. I recommend this book to anyone interested in orthomolecular science and nutritional treatment. Dr Cathcart writes about using ascorbic acid (Vit C) to effectively treat a whole range of diseases, some of which are autoimmune.
Now I have seen other members argue on the subject before, but after constant usage over the past few months + of about 5g of vit C a day, I can honestly say the results are astonishing. I plan to continue to mega dose and improve my nutritional supplementation.
Everyone I know who has listened to my preaching about the benefits of megadosing on Vitamin C has experienced the benefits. Most recently I picked up some vitamin C crystals for my little brother who had a really nasty cold. Thick phlegm, nasty cough, the works, but within 24 hours of around the clock doses of Vitamin C his symptoms vanished. A few more days of doses and he was healthy as ever.
Earlier this year I got a bad case of acute IBS. I changed my diet and avoided acidic food etc, but to no avail. I even received a prescription for anti inflammatory meds at the recommendation of my doc. He said there was nothing that can be done really and with drug therapy I could manage this thing that I would essentially be stuck with for life.
I refused to believe him and the thought of being stuck in this pathetic state made me switch gears and start researching alternatives. I decided to take things into my own hands, and started megadosing on vit C and taking ACV, and altering my diet to include more nutrient dense foods.
And since then I have not seen a single symptom of the IBS. It has been completely in “remission.” Best part is I didn’t even fill out the damned prescription.
At any rate OP, I wish you the best of luck in your recovery. And I recommend the work of Dr Cathcart and Dr Linus Pauling + a slew of other literature that Zelcorpion has recommend on the subject of orthomolecular medicine.
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02-14-2018, 05:20 AM
< Happy to hear this.
Real science-based alternative medicine is what I studied the most back when I left the mainstream for greener pastures (initially studying the monetary question and usury as an economist).
It is the most high-value applicable subject out there.
And similar to your experiences almost my entire family got convinced by the application of high-dosage supplements. Most of them tried it. Recently I helped cure my aunt's large kidney stones with high-dosage vitamin C (it dissolves most stones directly). An operation was not necessary and it was difficult to arrange anyway around Christmas.
The results sometimes even still baffle me due to the speed. I also recently recommended it to someone with a large golfball-sized abscess. An operation was possible only within a few days, but he started taking 40.000-60.000 mg vitamin C without any signs of titration! (no diarrhea like symptoms at that level) The abscess improved within 1-2 so much, that it's very likely it will go away naturally. This is a condition described by conventional medicine as almost impossible to go away naturally fast. Yeah - I will agree with that - unless you take the equivalent of 1000 oranges in vitamin c that is.
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02-14-2018, 02:09 PM
I took a tsp of vitamin C with my smoothies today. Taste extremely orangey. Do you do like 5 drinks a day to get the super high dosages? I've got powdered c from vitamin shoppe. My digestion is still slow even if I use mirolax.
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02-16-2018, 05:23 PM
My results are back, I am scheduling the time to meet the nutritionist for results. Vitamin C doesn't help much, so I'm trying a medication for awhile. I'm on antibiotic so hopefully this medication will counteract it.
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02-16-2018, 05:39 PM
5000 vitamin C is causing gurgling that is unpleasant so might cut down to 2500 in the meantime. Than gradually incread Can't imagine 20000. Would love to be allergy free.
I'm also going to start high dose tumeric soon.
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02-16-2018, 06:04 PM
I was taking it all at once. So will try a lower dosage throughout the day and see if I tolerate it better.
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03-06-2018, 11:02 PM
I'm not really deficient in anything. I got this last week or so. But I do have some borderline deficiencies.
B2, D3, Selenium, Folate, Vitamin A, Panthenate (B5?), Zinc, Choline, Gluthathione. The last one was especially bizarre since I was supplementing 1200 mg a day of NAC. So doubled my dosage. D3 I wasn't supplementing, neither folate, zinc or d3 for awhile. So adding them back.
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09-16-2018, 10:20 PM
I have autoimmune problems and have read that whole food Vitamin C such as from Camu Camu is a lot better for you than ascorbic acid. I did try an IV injection of Vit C (which I assume was asc. acid) one time, 25g, and didn't feel anything. Was too expensive to try again for no gains.
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09-26-2018, 12:48 PM
Anyone know if cricket powder is good for people with food sensitivities? Didn't see a thread on it.