worse after detox + amino's for Rich

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Hi all,

I went on a detox program in the middle of last year (supplements of amino

acids, whey, anti-oxidants, St.'s Thistle)...but my symptoms (fatigue

and sleep problems, head fog) got worse instead of better. I was reading an

tape transcription of a talk Dr Cheney did in 1999 where he says 'I believe

this glutathione deficiency is the key problem particularly over time, and

makes the patients very difficult to manage from a detox standpoint. Because

every time you try to intervene and detozify when they have this underlying

defect, you actually make them quite ill.' He goes on to talk about whey

products (Immunocal) and how great they have been. However, I have been

hearing from a few people who have CFS that some people with CFS do actually

get worse after going on whey and amino acid detox programs. My doctor

explained it as 'too much of a good thing...when the body is unable to break

down and use the 'good thing' it can become toxic and make you worse.'

I've had some amino acid tests done which show high levels of amino's in the

blood and generally low in the urine- which indicates that my body isn't

breaking down the amino's. (I'll give details of these results because a few

weeks ago I wrote about this and Rich and another woman asked for the

specific test results...).

I've recently had some minerals tested and came up high (26) for molybdenum

and low in B12.

What I would like to know is- has anyone else experienced a worsening of

symtoms after detox- and what did you do??!!!

thanks

Emma

Amino acid results:1st number is my results/after dash is ref range.

Blood Urine

Asparagine 107/ 36-87 71 / 60-210

serine 198/ 83-157 370 / 235-720

Glutamine 1209/ 448-1029 336 / 210-710

Histidine 476/ 62-150 398/ 400-1500

Glycine 506/ 197-320 1577/ 775-4150

Anginine 295/ 55-118 17/ 11-40

Taurine 94/ 29-210 1221 140-1050

Tyrosine 10/ 52-83 27/ 36-150

ornithine 264/ 80-150 6/ 0-22

Threonine 175/ 99-120 80/ 65-340

Tryptophan 15/ 31-64 42/ 31-120

Methionine 205/ 16/37 43/ 28-75

Phenylalanine 210/ 45-98 25/ 31-86

Cysine 313/ 135-243 108 55-400

Ualine 1030/ 188-287 42/ 22-65

Iscleucine 179/ 39-87 45/ 17-50

Leucine 286/ 115-193 44/ 32-90

i'd be interested in talking to anyone who had similar results...

thanks

Emma

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