RE: Re: Selenium Question

[Guest guest]

Hi Rhonda,

Could you tell me how much biotin and extra zinc you were giving your child

for hair loss. I'm going to start the selenium, so should I do biotin and

zinc, also? I don't know if my daughter could eat the brazil nuts if I crushed

them - what was the quantity of nuts?

Thanks,

Heidi, future occupational therapist and single mom to (IS,

Severely/Multiply Impaired, Ketokid since 12/03) and twin brother, (4

years), and

big sis Madison (6).

[Guest guest]

We've been giving our daughter, Shan, age 9, selenium 25mcg, for almost a

year. She has been on the diet for over 2 years. She had hair loss after

several months on the diet. Her hair began to grow back after giving her

biotin, extra zinc, and Brazil nuts. Though her hair began to grow back,

she had a permanent bang/fringe. It was obvious that not all of her hair

was growing back especially in the front. After 1.5 years on the diet we

ran out of Biotin and could not find a good source here in Australia. We

also were no longer supplementing her with extra zinc and we quit giving her

Brazil nuts. Because her ratio had been weaned down to around 1.5:1 we no

longer felt we needed to give her the biotin, Brazil nuts and zinc. Her

hair began to fall out again. We opted to try supplementing her with

selenium tabs and that has been the " cure. " Her bang/fringe has disappeared

and all of her hair is growing nicely. It is looking close to what her hair

looked like pre-diet. If I had known at the beginning of the diet what I

know now I would have supplemented with selenium and biotin at the beginning

of the diet and tapered off the biotin as the ratio came down. This would

have prevented the hair loss.

Rhonda

(mom to Shan, age 9, keto/Atkins at a .8 ratio....still weighing....over 2

years, doing great....repeated 3rd grade and her teacher says she's

performing academically in the top part of the class....great difference

compared to the last several years.....thanks to the diet...)

[Guest guest]

We've been giving our daughter, Shan, age 9, selenium 25mcg, for almost a

year. She has been on the diet for over 2 years. She had hair loss after

several months on the diet. Her hair began to grow back after giving her

biotin, extra zinc, and Brazil nuts. Though her hair began to grow back,

she had a permanent bang/fringe. It was obvious that not all of her hair

was growing back especially in the front. After 1.5 years on the diet we

ran out of Biotin and could not find a good source here in Australia. We

also were no longer supplementing her with extra zinc and we quit giving her

Brazil nuts. Because her ratio had been weaned down to around 1.5:1 we no

longer felt we needed to give her the biotin, Brazil nuts and zinc. Her

hair began to fall out again. We opted to try supplementing her with

selenium tabs and that has been the " cure. " Her bang/fringe has disappeared

and all of her hair is growing nicely. It is looking close to what her hair

looked like pre-diet. If I had known at the beginning of the diet what I

know now I would have supplemented with selenium and biotin at the beginning

of the diet and tapered off the biotin as the ratio came down. This would

have prevented the hair loss.

Rhonda

(mom to Shan, age 9, keto/Atkins at a .8 ratio....still weighing....over 2

years, doing great....repeated 3rd grade and her teacher says she's

performing academically in the top part of the class....great difference

compared to the last several years.....thanks to the diet...)

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

When Shan was 6 years old I either gave her 150mcg or 300mcg of Biotin. I

can't remember the dose. The tablet was 300mcg. I'm thinking that we cut

it in half. I would not worry about giving extra zinc. For I would

start with 75-150mcg Biotin. But, you might want to look at her vitamins

and see how much biotin it contains. Then according to how much is in it

determine how much more she needs. There are also PH balanced shampoos that

contain biotin at health stores. This might be helpful.

I can't tell you if you should just do the selenium. I probably would do

both. They are both essential nutrients that are usually on the low end in

the vitamins.

As for Brazil nuts, we tried to give 2 a day (6-7 gms).

Rhonda

Re: Re: Selenium Question

Hi Rhonda,

Could you tell me how much biotin and extra zinc you were giving your child

for hair loss. I'm going to start the selenium, so should I do biotin and

zinc, also? I don't know if my daughter could eat the brazil nuts if I

crushed

them - what was the quantity of nuts?

Thanks,

Heidi, future occupational therapist and single mom to (IS,

Severely/Multiply Impaired, Ketokid since 12/03) and twin brother, (4

years), and

big sis Madison (6).