Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Eat more bone marrow. Do you have a copy of Joy of Cooking? There's an awesome marrow ball " dumpling " recipe for soup. I don't have my NT in front of me, but I'm sure there's a marrow recipe in there too. -Lana On 12/29/06, Parashis <artpages@...> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to nutritionally make your bone marrow produce > more red blood cells and get them to maturity? Evidently mine has been > hurt from chemo because I am so tired and bruise easily. I won't go > back to Kaiser and have no $ for alternative so hoping proper nutrition > plus maybe things like vitamin K will help. > > > Parashis > artpages@... > zine: > artpagesonline.com > > portfolio: > http://www.artpagesonline.com/EPportfolio/000portfolio.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I would also think a good Vitamin D supplement would probably be very helpful. I know there's a lot of info on the importance of D in NT, and there has also been a recent flurry of news articles on it as well, like it might help prevent MS and can slow bone loss. I've linked to one of the articles below. http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/12/19/vitamin.d.ms/ > > Does anyone know how to nutritionally make your bone marrow produce > more red blood cells and get them to maturity? Evidently mine has been > hurt from chemo because I am so tired and bruise easily. I won't go > back to Kaiser and have no $ for alternative so hoping proper nutrition > plus maybe things like vitamin K will help. > > > Parashis > artpages@... > zine: > artpagesonline.com > > portfolio: > http://www.artpagesonline.com/EPportfolio/000portfolio.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 " Does anyone know how to nutritionally make your bone marrow produce more red blood cells and get them to maturity? Evidently mine has been hurt from chemo because I am so tired and bruise easily. I won't go back to Kaiser and have no $ for alternative so hoping proper nutrition plus maybe things like vitamin K will help. " Hi, my husband has aplastic anemia and we are dealing with similar issues . . . anyway, to increase RBC, he takes 400 mg of folic acid with every meal, a LARGE doese of vitamin B12 at breakfast (we buy a time-release version) and a quality multi-vitamin (we take Living Multi made by Garden of Life). Personally, I prefer nutrients to come from food but in extreme circumstances like yours and my husbands, supplements are a blessing. I personally don't think iron supplements are good for you, but if we did decide to take one, it would be " Floradix Iron + Herbs. " It's a liquid and I hear it tastes awful but it's one of the very few iron supplements that the body can actually absorb. As far as diet, we eat beef liver (from an organically raise cow) once a week and dried, organic, unsulphured apricots daily as snacks. Apricots are excellent for rasing hematocrit. Kelp and other sea vegetables are supposed to be good, but we haven't tried them yet because we suspect my husband may also have hyperactive thyroid. Sea vegetables are full of iodine which stimulates the thyroid--not good if it's already over stimulated. I hope you feel better soon. I know, from watching my husband, how hard it can be to be severely anemic. Oh, and for what it's worth, my husband did get one injection of Procrit (at $1400!) and it didn't do anything--so don't worry about the fact you don't have money for it. It doesn't work for everyone anyway. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 What about using cast iron cookware (pans & skillets) in order to increase the intake of iron in the food?? Sanjay > > " Does anyone know how to nutritionally make your bone marrow produce > more red blood cells and get them to maturity? Evidently mine has > been hurt from chemo because I am so tired and bruise easily. I won't > go back to Kaiser and have no $ for alternative so hoping proper > nutrition plus maybe things like vitamin K will help. " > > Hi, my husband has aplastic anemia and we are dealing with similar > issues . . . anyway, to increase RBC, he takes 400 mg of folic acid I personally don't think iron > supplements are good for you, but if we did decide to take one, it > would be " Floradix Iron + Herbs. " It's a liquid and I hear it tastes > awful but it's one of the very few iron supplements that the body can > actually absorb. > > . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Try organic raw liver from Daily Blessings (888.236.1424). If you have a difficult time with raw liver, cut the liver into " supplement " size and freeze. Take the equivalent of 3-6 tablespoons daily. This should get your red blood cell count up quickly. Be sure to include vitamin C rich vegetables to enhance assimilation. Another option is Ferrofood (6 per day) along with Folic Acid with B12 (4 per day). Both are from Standard Process. Kim Schuette, CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Standard Process supplements are top notch! Kim Schuette <kimschuettecn@...> wrote: Try organic raw liver from Daily Blessings (888.236.1424). If you have a difficult time with raw liver, cut the liver into " supplement " size and freeze. Take the equivalent of 3-6 tablespoons daily. This should get your red blood cell count up quickly. Be sure to include vitamin C rich vegetables to enhance assimilation. Another option is Ferrofood (6 per day) along with Folic Acid with B12 (4 per day). Both are from Standard Process. Kim Schuette, CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Thanks I'm clicking on the article now. On Dec 30, 2006, at 10:34 AM, caliragazza wrote: > I would also think a good Vitamin D supplement would probably be very > helpful. I know there's a lot of info on the importance of D in NT, > and there has also been a recent flurry of news articles on it as > well, like it might help prevent MS and can slow bone loss. I've > linked to one of the articles below. > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/12/19/vitamin.d.ms/ Parashis artpages@... zine: artpagesonline.com portfolio: http://www.artpagesonline.com/EPportfolio/000portfolio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Great idea! On Jan 4, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Kim Schuette wrote: > Try organic raw liver from Daily Blessings (888.236.1424). If you > have a > difficult time with raw liver, cut the liver into " supplement " size and > freeze. Take the equivalent of 3-6 tablespoons daily. This should > get your > red blood cell count up quickly. Be sure to include vitamin C rich > vegetables to enhance assimilation. Another option is Ferrofood (6 > per day) > along with Folic Acid with B12 (4 per day). Both are from Standard > Process. > > > > Kim Schuette, CN > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Great idea! On Jan 4, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Kim Schuette wrote: > Try organic raw liver from Daily Blessings (888.236.1424). If you > have a > difficult time with raw liver, cut the liver into " supplement " size and > freeze. Take the equivalent of 3-6 tablespoons daily. Parashis artpages@... zine: artpagesonline.com portfolio: http://www.artpagesonline.com/EPportfolio/000portfolio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 That's exactly what I have been diagnosed with (aplastic anemia). I am just learning and eager to help myself as much as possible. So no need to supplement iron? I was taking some but if it's useless I won't get anymore. Should I just use folic acid and vitamin b-12, and try to get liver/sea veg/apricots instead of iron? Is there anything else that I can do? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm new and just trying to learn as much as possible:) Thanks so much > Hi, my husband has aplastic anemia and we are dealing with similar > issues . . . anyway, to increase RBC, he takes 400 mg of folic acid I personally don't think iron > supplements are good for you, but if we did decide to take one, it > would be " Floradix Iron + Herbs. " It's a liquid and I hear it tastes > awful but it's one of the very few iron supplements that the body can > actually absorb. > > . __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 On 12/29/06, Parashis <artpages@...> wrote: > Does anyone know how to nutritionally make your bone marrow produce > more red blood cells and get them to maturity? I second the recommendations to use folate and B12 for this purpose. Chris -- The Truth About Cholesterol Find Out What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You: http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 , > Should I just use folic acid and vitamin b-12, and try to get liver/sea > veg/apricots instead of iron? Is there anything else that I can do? This does not apply to folic acid supplements, but it does apply to folate derived from food: absorption is dependent on zinc, so to whatever extent you are relying on food for folate intake, make sure your diet is also rich in zinc. The best source of B12 is clams; the best source of folate is chicken liver (other livers are also great); the best source of zinc is oysters. Chris -- The Truth About Cholesterol Find Out What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You: http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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