Re: DHA, VIT D3

[Guest guest]

I believe one has to take much more to get enough benefit from the algae omega-3

oil than from fish oil, and our kids on the spectrum need more DHA than EPA

(that may not be true for adults who especially may need the cardiac benefits of

the EPA).  I like Nordic Naturals 90-gel bottles of ProDHA - 500mg of DHA and I

think 120 of EPA per gel, a good ratio.  ProDHA 90gels are in a strawberry

flavor and easy for most kids to take.  You can order them from several places

on the internet - I get them from Vitamin Research Products (vrp.com) and that

is also where I get the 5000iu tiny Vit D3 capsules which also go down pretty

easily.  I have all the kids on 5000iu of D3 daily now and at least 1000 and

preferably 1500mg or more of DHA daily.  I recommend you order the home test kit

for Vit D3 and test after 3 months of 5000iu daily to see if the levels are near

70 ng/mL which is where we want them to be. If you're a 1st timer at vrp, give

them my pin

number 211032 for a 10% discount (which I then get on my next order for

introducing you).

I spoke to Dr. Cannell, and in his meeting with 16 Vit D experts, they all

agreed there was no way to actually determine the best ratio between Vit A and

D; it ranged all the way from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1, with most of them feeling it

was closer to 10 than to 2. They settled on a 5D to 1A ratio as a safe bet

since with so many variables it is impossible to give an exact number. As to

calcium, he said for those who were showing high calciums, that when they were

given very high doses of D the calcium would normalize. He suggested everyone

give their kids 5000iu daily of D for 3 months, without doing any tests for

calcium, and then do the home test for D and a serum calcium. He said no one

has been reported anywhere near toxicity for this regime yet. He still does not

think kids in the US need any CLO, but especially he doesn't like the ones that

give a lot of A and not enough D - I have stopped recommending CLO myself. Dr.

JM

[Guest guest]

Doctor,

I responded to your earlier response before I saw Dr. Cannell's

info. Thanks for passing that along. Am also waiting to hear back

from our Dan! doc. Thanks again!!

in Houston

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> I believe one has to take much more to get enough benefit from the

algae omega-3 oil than from fish oil, and our kids on the spectrum

need more DHA than EPA (that may not be true for adults who

especially may need the cardiac benefits of the EPA).  I like Nordic

Naturals 90-gel bottles of ProDHA - 500mg of DHA and I think 120 of

EPA per gel, a good ratio.  ProDHA 90gels are in a strawberry flavor

and easy for most kids to take.  You can order them from several

places on the internet - I get them from Vitamin Research Products

(vrp.com) and that is also where I get the 5000iu tiny Vit D3

capsules which also go down pretty easily.  I have all the kids on

5000iu of D3 daily now and at least 1000 and preferably 1500mg or

more of DHA daily.  I recommend you order the home test kit for Vit

D3 and test after 3 months of 5000iu daily to see if the levels are

near 70 ng/mL which is where we want them to be. If you're a 1st

timer at vrp, give them my pin

> number 211032 for a 10% discount (which I then get on my next

order for introducing you).

>

> I spoke to Dr. Cannell, and in his meeting with 16 Vit D experts,

they all agreed there was no way to actually determine the best ratio

between Vit A and D; it ranged all the way from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1,

with most of them feeling it was closer to 10 than to 2. They

settled on a 5D to 1A ratio as a safe bet since with so many

variables it is impossible to give an exact number. As to calcium,

he said for those who were showing high calciums, that when they were

given very high doses of D the calcium would normalize. He suggested

everyone give their kids 5000iu daily of D for 3 months, without

doing any tests for calcium, and then do the home test for D and a

serum calcium. He said no one has been reported anywhere near

toxicity for this regime yet. He still does not think kids in the US

need any CLO, but especially he doesn't like the ones that give a lot

of A and not enough D - I have stopped recommending CLO myself. Dr.

JM

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