Re: selenium 300 mcg too much???

[Guest guest]

Peg,

That's very good news as his customized formulation gives him a

whopping 900 IU of Vit E, 400 mcg chromium, 550 mg magnesium, and 45mg

Zinc per day. So maybe the extra selenium is not such a problem.

Thanks very, very much. That had been worrying me. -- Mara in San

> Chromium, zinc, magnesium, Vitamin E, and antagonistic

> to selenium so if you are afraid of too much selenium,

> you can counter it by increasing your child's

> chromium, zinc, mangesium and/or vit E after a while

> when his selenium level has come up.

>

> Peg P

> Mit and Janie's Mom

> Mississippi

[Guest guest]

Most of our kids are low on selenium, and have no trouble with 300mcg. Two

IGA+ a day is what I give most kids. However, customized means

individualized, and I am unhappy with Metabolic Maintenance (and if I had

time I would tell them so) not being willing to cut the selenium down.

Until kids are very, very stable giving this kind of formula can be

problematical if they are not willing to really personalize it for special

needs. Dr. JM

selenium 300 mcg too much???

> We have a problem. The metabolic maintenance customized vitamin /

> mineral formulation for my son comes with a base of 200 mcg. They say

> they won't change the base, even with our DAN! Dr.'s request. My son

> is 46 pounds. The IGA+ supplement contains 50 mcg of selenium per

> capsule. My son gets the IGA+ caps twice a day (on a side note,

> anyone know if that is enough IGA +?). So if he takes both the IGA+

> caps plus the customized vitamin / mineral formulation, he gets 300

> mcg of selenium per day. I've heard that could be toxic, however, our

> DAN! Dr. thinks it might be okay since my son was fairly low, .11

> selenium on his essential elements test. She said that once we start

> DMSA chelation, some of the selenium might be chelated out anyway.

> She did agree that it would be a good idea for me to ask the list.

> Dr. JM, do you have any thoughts on this? I really appreciate your

> help on this one!

> -- Mara in San

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[Guest guest]

Mara,

Where do you get his customized formulation?

a H.

[Guest guest]

What is IGA+?

a H.