Re: 3 days on and 11 days off, logic?

[Guest guest]

Isn't the 3 days on 11 days off equivalent to every other weekend??

That is what we did. We chelated friday night/all day saturday/all

day sunday and sunday night/monday a.m. and then did not chelate the

next weekend, but did chelate the following weekend.

I think I remember from reading the files that it is mainly important

to give as many days " off " as you do " on " ... that's why some people

use a 3 on 4 off schedule if they want to do more frequent chelation.

It's not that the numbers are set in stone--you can figure out what

works for you but just give as many days off as you do " on " .

W

> Could anyone please explain why on Andys protocol 3 full daytimes

and

> 2 intervening nights are required for the ON phase? and why 11 days

> off?

>

> I plan to do every other weekend.

>

> I just did first cycle with my child at 8gm of ALA every three

hours,

> but unfortunately my child had yellow poop which I feel is yeast

> flaring up, so I dont know whether we can do another cycle soon.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Could anyone please explain why on Andys protocol 3 full daytimes and

> 2 intervening nights are required for the ON phase?

If you go shorter there seem to be problems, this was determined to be

OK empirically. Shorter is not. Longer IS OK and some people do it,

but many find the side effects grow as the chelation cycle continues.

>and why 11 days off?

It seems to work for most. Some people can do 3 on 4 off. Some need

more recovery time. The mommies often need more recovery time too.

> I plan to do every other weekend.

>

> I just did first cycle with my child at 8gm of ALA every three hours,

> but unfortunately my child had yellow poop which I feel is yeast

> flaring up, so I dont know whether we can do another cycle soon.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> > Could anyone please explain why on Andys protocol 3 full daytimes

and

> > 2 intervening nights are required for the ON phase?

>

>

> If you go shorter there seem to be problems, this was determined to

be

> OK empirically. Shorter is not.

What problems should I lookout for in case I end up doing a shorter

ON phase?

Thanks

[Guest guest]

I can speak from my experience so far. Longer cycles do seem to

increase side effects. I would love to do longer cycles, but I think

that will be later in chelation for us (me - Round 10; 4 year old -

Round 6; 2 year old - Round 4) before we tolerate it. I like the 3

days on and 4 days off, but I am in a longer in between phase right now

because of viral side effects and I am not sure if my kids are 100% at

the moment. As for the waking at night, once your kids know that you

are coming in their room every 4 hours at night to dose them, it is not

that bad. If they don't open their mouth, I sit them up with their

back toward me and kind of wake them up and say " just take the pill and

go back to sleep. " I just have to take an extra nap here and there

(but I do have some help so I can do that).

As for the yeast, I give probiotics every AM and PM and Kombucha tea

and other probiotic rich foods (I am working more and more in). I try

to mix some kim chi into their ketchup. I give 1/2 a Candiase enzyme

(or Candex) in the afternoon with either Olive Leaf Extract or Oil of

Oregano, alternating, at lunch. The first couple rounds did create

yeast, but I think that if you really go all out on the probiotics and

anti-yeasts you can control it and then you will start seeing more

darker colored poops with a yeasty one here or there. I think we are

still in danger of having yeast crop up so I will not back down on the

probiotics etc. for a long time. We also have alot of normal poops

with diahrrea in between in an unpredictable pattern. This is not

deterring me.

Maureen