tera - gummy???

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That was my problem too but I've got a suggestion for you, works for

me. Get one of those teaspoon droppers you can get at the grocery

store, mostly used for infants. I got some of those really tiny

cartoon cups, put the supplements in there and add some (very small

amount) liquid - juice he likes, I started with pear juice. I use

the dropper as a stir and mix the liquid to the supplement, easy

when you suck it in/out of the dropper. Mixes well. I've still got

my kid using a high chair so I just put it in his mouth and away I

go. I started out with lots of chews, he quickly rejected all of

that so I do everything in liquid form via the teaspoon. We do lots

of supplements. Some I have to crush, some I open and some are

already in liquid form. And of course the pro efa/epa, e and dha i

use a pin and squeeze it into the dropper. Works like a charm, it's

over so fast we don't have taste or texture issues.

hth.. got to keep trying until you get it done.

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> I have to ask, do any of these supplements come in a gummy bear

form? It is so painful to get my son to take anything at all, but

he'll take those gummy bear vitamins. But I can't find any that

have iron, any minerals really or omega 3's, etc.... Anyone know if

they exist?

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> Tera

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> " It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a

thought without accepting it " .

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> RE: [ ] Re: Important message you all

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> I know nothing about vit K supplements - except that we give it to

babies

> since they are often deficient.

> I am not yet supplementing with vit K, but it seems that some

people do. It

> is typically also given in an ADEK formulation (combo) to the

cystic

> fibrosis patients (who have malabsorption do to pancreas issues),

so the

> pulmonary folks have information on this. I suspect that one is a

> prescription.

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> These vitamin levels can be drawn by Quest or whatever lab your

insurance

> covers. They are just probably a sendout. YOu need it ordered by

you MD.

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> Impact of carnitine supplements may not be clinically obvious -

but could be

> helping strengthen heart muscle. Low levels are associated with a

floppy

> dilated weak heart, and when it approachs 10-20% of normal, sudden

death can

> occur. Carnitine is essential for normal cell/mitochondria

function. It

> allows fatty acids to get transported into the mitochondria (or

the battery

> of the cell). Major problems if this is not working properly. So

you may be

> getting benefits that you don't obviously see. One does not want

to run

> around with a severe carnitine deficiency and not treat it.

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> I had been wondering whether the EPA benefits we saw (which was

the most

> dramatic of the fish oil)...was vitamin E (even though it was only

15 IU a

> dose, or an additional 45 IU a day). But we saw regression within

48 hours

> off EPA when I ran out, even though I gave an additional 1/4 tsp

of EFA

> liquid to make up for it while I reorder more online. ph lost

ALL the

> gains he had from EPA. So I wonder...was it the higher EPA dose,

or was it

> the vit E? But even the increased vitamin E switching from liquid

to

> capsules over July 4 weekend created such a dramatic surge in

ph that we

> were in search of the explanation. ..which only came after he

started

> regressing again a few days after we switched back to the liquid

form

> (cutting his vitamin E dose by 90 IU a day). So lower doses seemed

to make a

> HUGE difference. However we didn't get a development of pain

sensation until

> we went to much higher doses. Fascinating.

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