Re: Ratio's

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> > The Ca/P ratio is unrelated to liver phases. Ca/P seems to be

> > a measurement of autonomic balance with a low ratio indicating

> > a sympathetic state and a higher ratio indicating a parasympathetic

> > state. This is a bit different from fast/slow oxidizer status, but

> > Dr. Larry says sympathetic usually correlates to fast oxidizer

> > and parasympathetic to slow oxidizer.

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> Thanks for clarifying this . Can you give more details about the

> clinical implications of having a high or low sympathetic or

parasympathiec

> state as indicated by the Ca/P ration. What does Dr suggest to do

> high or low Ca/P ratio's?

That was me, not . I found this info on his website at:

http://www.drlwilson.com/Articles/metabolic%20typing.htm

Sorry, I meant to post that link before.

Andy references a couple of other people besides Dr.

when he talks about metabolic typing. I have not seen those

books yet, so don't know if they talk about Ca/P also.

Oh - and I should say that Dr. does not talk about Ca/P

in the book (at least I haven't found it), only on the website.

He does talk about autonomic balance, but only uses the

electrolyte minerals as indicators.

> I have noted so far that people (only 3 people so far) with high Ca/P

> ratio's have struggled more with ALA that DMSA, and have had to keep the

> dose low. Have you noticed anything like that?

Sorry to break the trend, but I have a low Ca/P and I have never

been able to raise my ALA dose. I've been using 8 mg for a year

now.

> The nice things about ratio's is that they are applicable even in

deranged

> mineral transport. That is why I would like to learn more about

them. Does

> Dr discuss them at length?

> Dean

Does Andy say this in the book? I could not find it, so I went back

in the A-M archives to see if he ever remarked on ratios on tests

where mineral transport was deranged. I did find tests that met the

counting rules and where he did comment about ratios, so I assume

the ratios he talks about are valid with mineral derangement. I'd

feel better if he stated this explicitly, so if you see it in the

HTI book, please let me know.

Of course, as I've mentioned before, Andy seems to focus on the

extremes, ie results that are out of range, and does not really

draw conclusions from variation within the range. So maybe it

is only in the more extreme situations that he considers these

valid (with mineral derangement).

Dr. talks about ratios of the electrolyte minerals all

through the book. I suggest you look up his book on amazon.com

where you can check out the table of contents, the index and the

first few pages. You'll see the book is organized around various

health issues and the ratios come up in the context of each issue.

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