Re: Just Starting Supplements

[Guest guest]

One capsule a day of omega 3/6/9 is really not much. You should

start out with at least 2. Good to start vit E now too if you go

that route. There are 8 components of vitamin E (tocophorol) Alpha

and gamma are 2 of these. There is also beta, delta etc.

Alpha is the component utilized most (ie most important as far as we

know now), while high supplement of alpha causes a gamma deficiency.

Gamma has important anti-inflammatory properties. This is why both

are given. But if you start out with 400 iu a day of alpha...the

gamma isn't really necessary until you go higher. Some people have

seen more benefits from the gamma, so in this group of kids...gamma

may play a bigger role than we understand at this point.

You can get alpha at any drug store or health food center. Just

make sure its natural (alpha-d-tocophorol) NOT alpha " dl " tocophorol.

That little " dl " is easy to miss and this is a synthetic form that

should be avoided.

I use Jarrow brand Gamma 300 for the gamma. But there are others out

there, and some health food stores sell a complete vit E that has

the alpha and gamma and other components. Good luck. -

> My son is 2 1/5 and was diagnosed with apraxia last August. He's

been in speech therapy since then, but I just started reading this

list and learning about supplements. I started him on one

capsule/day of Complete Omega 3-6-9 yesterday, but I see lots of

people also giving Vitamin E. When's a good time to start him on

that? Also, it looks like there is " alpha " and " gamma " , but I don't

understand what that means. Are there any specific brands of

vitamins that people recommend (it was very helpful that everyone

recommended Nordic Naturals for EFAs).

>

> Sue

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[Guest guest]

One capsule a day of omega 3/6/9 is really not much. You should

start out with at least 2. Good to start vit E now too if you go

that route. There are 8 components of vitamin E (tocophorol) Alpha

and gamma are 2 of these. There is also beta, delta etc.

Alpha is the component utilized most (ie most important as far as we

know now), while high supplement of alpha causes a gamma deficiency.

Gamma has important anti-inflammatory properties. This is why both

are given. But if you start out with 400 iu a day of alpha...the

gamma isn't really necessary until you go higher. Some people have

seen more benefits from the gamma, so in this group of kids...gamma

may play a bigger role than we understand at this point.

You can get alpha at any drug store or health food center. Just

make sure its natural (alpha-d-tocophorol) NOT alpha " dl " tocophorol.

That little " dl " is easy to miss and this is a synthetic form that

should be avoided.

I use Jarrow brand Gamma 300 for the gamma. But there are others out

there, and some health food stores sell a complete vit E that has

the alpha and gamma and other components. Good luck. -

> My son is 2 1/5 and was diagnosed with apraxia last August. He's

been in speech therapy since then, but I just started reading this

list and learning about supplements. I started him on one

capsule/day of Complete Omega 3-6-9 yesterday, but I see lots of

people also giving Vitamin E. When's a good time to start him on

that? Also, it looks like there is " alpha " and " gamma " , but I don't

understand what that means. Are there any specific brands of

vitamins that people recommend (it was very helpful that everyone

recommended Nordic Naturals for EFAs).

>

> Sue

>

>

> __________________________________________________

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