Guest guest Posted July 4, 1990 Report Share Posted July 4, 1990 Try also heart, liver, other organ meats. Heart is loaded with zinc. At 09:11 AM 7/27/01 -0400, you wrote: >At 08:08 am 7/27/01 +0000, you wrote: >>Hi,could anybody tell me what the best types of zinc are and which >>types to avoid,I have the twinlab brand & it contains, >>gluconate,dihydrate, & picolinate,I also have Country life brand,it >>contains:citrate,histidinate,picolinate,alpha-ketoglutarate & asparate. > >Hi Heidi, > >We're giving Zinc Gluconate made by Freeda. 100 x 15mg tablets cost us $10. >It's got the pareve label confirming that it's casein free, and says on the >label > >no gluten >no lactose >no artificial colors >no artificial flavors >no animal derivatives >no sugar or starch >no gelatin >no yeast > >Here's their contact info, again from the label: > >Freeda Vitamins >36 East 41 Street >NY, NY 10017 > >Our dermatologist prescribed it for two of our kids and said the company >does good work and is cheap and fairly unknown. It's carried by a drug >store in Kingston NY and is over the counter... he just prescribed it so >that his instructions would go on the container but the drug store didn't >charge extra for that service. > >While your situation may be different in terms of needs, I'd like to talk >about our situation just to share and see if anyone has feedback for me. I >know nothing about zinc. > >What happened is that over a year ago our 6 year old contracted a mild >virus called molloscum contagiosum, possibly from her pre-school. The >doctor told us it was not a problem and would go away by itself. It did, >however her 10 yr old sister and 4 yr old brother who happens to be dx'd >pdd-autism got it soon after, presumably from their sister. > >Their cases didn't clear up after roughly a year. So the pediatrician >referred the sister who had the more severe looking case, probably because >she picks her scabs and her brother doesn't, to a dermatologist. The >dermatologist prescribed 7 1/2 mg of zinc once a day with a follow up visit >scheduled after one month. It's been over three weeks and my 10 yr old's >blisters are all but gone. You can still see them, but they aren't raised >and appear to be almost faded into the skin now. > >Molloscum is similar to chicken pox in appearance, just to give you an idea >of what we've seen, and see now. > >When we told the dermatologist that our 4 yr old also has them for the same >length of time he prescribed 3 3/4 mg of zinc a day for him after an office >visit. It's just been a few days for our son so we're hoping his results >are just as good. Since I've read where zinc is given to ASD kids at times >I mentioned this to the doctor and asked what he thought. He doesn't know, >and either do I (what the rationale is behind giving zinc); but says that >we can continue that dosage of zinc indefinitely. In fact he persuaded me >to take 30 mg/day myself, especially after he said he himself takes it. > >Sorry to be so off-topic with most of this, hope at least the beginning >part is helpful to you. > >Marty > >Gluten & Casein Free Recipes and Resources >Contributed by Families on the GF/CF Diet >http://www.newdiets.com > > > > >======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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