Re: Re: Supplements

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Many AED's can cause osteoporosis. Yes, some forms of calcium are more

easily absorbed. I think you also have to take, maybe Zinc, with it? We

are off meds for that reason(among others) and use Cal-Mag-Zinc III from

Wholelife. I also like Brazil nuts for nutrients.

Bill

allan banks wrote:

> hi jill,

> sorry i didn't get back sooner but we have had a very

> busy weekend.

> matthew is 17 and will be 18 in march. he started the

> diet about 12 months ago. he has had 70% reduction in

> seizures from the start and it seems to stay at that,

> with a couple of really good months.

> yes it must be hard in perth, is anyone else doing the

> diet? did you have to start in melbourne? we were in

> tasmania and were the first to do keto (and only) and

> our dietician was learning through rsh, melbourne and

> we still had to start there and fly over at least

> every 3 months. we got sick of that and moved here

> thinking there would be more support but not so.

> sometimes we regret the move.

> a nutritionist sent me a paper on all the different

> types of calcium and it says that calcium carbonate

> (caltrate) is the worst.how do these dietitians get

> their degrees? caltrate is made by a drug company and

> not a vitamin co., maybe that has something to do with

> it. i'm angry now as matthew is having tests next week

> for kidney stones and we just got a letter saying that

> he has a Z score of -4, consistent with significant

> osteoporosis. what does that mean? it doesn't sound

> good to me, i will ring them tomorrow, you would think

> that they would have rang.

> back to the cal/mag, blackmores has:

>

> magnesium oxide- heavy 440mg

> magnesium phosphate 175mg

> (equiv. to total magnesium 300mg)

> calcium ascorbate 250mg

> vitamin b6 50mg

> vitamin d3 100iu

> manganese amino acid chelate 40mg

> (equiv. manganese 4mg)

> and says it does not contain all the bad stuff. we

> have him on 2 a day at the mo but will see how he

> goes. comparing this to natures own, which do you

> think is better? matthew was on quite a few vitamins

> pre diet, including these and zinc. it's a bit scary

> with the diet because you don't always know what is in

> them. i appreciate any advice as you are way more

> experienced than us. is claire int. disabled at all or

> does she just have seizures? matthew is and has neuro.

> age of about 2yr old but he is mobile. i'll be

> interested how you go with the cal/ mag/ zinc.

>

[Guest guest]

,

I saw a big poster in the doctor's office about osteoporosis and AED's

were on the list of causes.

I certainly calculate brazil nuts into the diet. Each one is about 3.0

grams. I give about 3 per day. I use the ones that are sliced up. I use

3 brazil nuts, 9.0 grams, 6.0 gm fat, 1.4 gm prot, 1.2 gm carb. If you

get the whole ones, you can hammer them into pieces.

Thanks for the picture of the whole undigested macadamia nuts!

Bill

allan banks wrote:

> hi bill,

> that's one i didn't know. aeds have so many bad side

> effects , i think they should be banned! i am yet to

> meet anyone that they have truly helped. matthew has

> been off aeds for about 10 yrs now. his seizures never

> last more than 30secs but he can have them in

> clusters. we tried in the 10 years -and before, to get

> him on the keto diet, with no success . now that he is

> on it i want to make sure we do it right.

> i do give matthew 1-2 brazil nuts every other day as a

> free food. do you think this is enough? do you use

> more and calculate them into meals? although matthew

> can chew, he doesn't always chew properly so i give

> them more as a treat. if i calculate them in i would

> have to crush them so that he gets everything out of

> them. i used to put whole macadamia nuts in some meals

> and noticed (eww) when changing him that half of them

> were still whole (sorry) therefore not digested.

> thanks for the info, i guess that's another problem

> we'll have to deal with. great.