Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Ann, My response is not exactly aimed at you, but rather I came to the site today wanting to post about my daughter's 4-year checkup and your post kind of deals with the same issue. I am so frustrated with the majority of the medical community and the lack of open-mindedness about nutritional supplements! I say majority because of course there are some doctors out there who are okay with supplements, but I'd say that most are completely clueless about them and misinform parents based on their general bias against supplements. My daughter Meg had her 4-year checkup today, and her doctor is " concerned " that I have her on the fish oil (I lied and said she only takes one a day because he probably would've had me arrested on abuse charges if I had told him the truth) vitamin C and vitamin E. Fish oil, he said, causes bleeding problems in some adults and no one knows if they're safe for kids (are you kidding me? they are IMPORTANT for kids and SO BENEFICIAL for most adults!). In regards to Vitamin C, he is concerned that her dose of 500 mg per day will give her kidney stones (but unconcerned that it's important for the immune system). When he heard I have her on Vitamin E he couldn't believe I would purposely overdose my daughter on this " very tricky " substance. I should make sure that my daughter is not exceding the RDA for vitamins, he said. Give me a break! The RDA for trans fats is 0 but he never questioned me about that. And what's the RDA for thimerasol? Hmm...also zero but he wanted to shoot it into her arm today. Why are many doctors concerned about the good stuff but not the bad? Does he realize that the RDAs for C and E are to prevent deficiency diseases, not for optimal health? My problem is not that her doctor obviously knows nothing about these supplements, but rather that he is spouting off misinformation like he has a degree in the subject. And most people trust everything their doctors say 100%, so whatever the pediatricians are saying is the majority opinion of the entire community, resulting in a general climate where parents are constantly on the defensive for trying to use supplements (or trying to refuse the toxins in immunizations). I'm very sorry to have used your post as a rant for myself, Ann. What I wanted to tell you is that it seems good that your doctor will want to look at some research to be on the safe side. But if whatever you get for her never seems to be enough, you may just realize that you're forced to go behind her back and supplement anyway. In my case, it's resulted in a complete recovery from moderate apraxia w/fine motor and sensory problems for my daughter in about 1 year, and so far no adverse side effects. Sorry again for being so long-winded, Kerri > > Until reading the posts on this board, I had not heard anything about > the benefits of Vitamin E. I plan to talk to our pediatrician about > this. I know before she approves us giving our 4 yr old this > supplement, she's going to want to see research or some other > " official " literature about this. Does anyone have this research or > other literature about Vitamin E and apraxia or know where I could > find it? > > Thanks, > Ann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Kerri, Thanks for the post...I think we all need a place where we can rant! It's also nice to know that we all have the same problems/concerns with pediatricians...maybe we can learn from each other in how to deal with them! I'm fortunate that my pediatrician is fairly open-minded...at least she was about the fish oil. She read the research I gave her on that and actually did some research of her own. Her philosophy is " first, do no harm. " I feel, though, that Vitamin E is a little different, and just want to have some " proof " that it will do no harm, and may actually help my daughter. I work with adult heart patients and I know that recently there has been conflicting info about how much is too much, etc. (I agree with your statement on trans fats!) Did you ever have your daughter tested for a vitamin E deficiency? Thanks, Ann > > Ann, > > My response is not exactly aimed at you, but rather I came to the site > today wanting to post about my daughter's 4-year checkup and your post > kind of deals with the same issue. > > I am so frustrated with the majority of the medical community and the > lack of open-mindedness about nutritional supplements! I say majority > because of course there are some doctors out there who are okay with > supplements, but I'd say that most are completely clueless about them > and misinform parents based on their general bias against > supplements. > > My daughter Meg had her 4-year checkup today, and her doctor > is " concerned " that I have her on the fish oil (I lied and said she > only takes one a day because he probably would've had me arrested on > abuse charges if I had told him the truth) vitamin C and vitamin E. > Fish oil, he said, causes bleeding problems in some adults and no one > knows if they're safe for kids (are you kidding me? they are > IMPORTANT for kids and SO BENEFICIAL for most adults!). In regards to > Vitamin C, he is concerned that her dose of 500 mg per day will give > her kidney stones (but unconcerned that it's important for the immune > system). When he heard I have her on Vitamin E he couldn't believe I > would purposely overdose my daughter on this " very tricky " substance. > I should make sure that my daughter is not exceding the RDA for > vitamins, he said. > > Give me a break! The RDA for trans fats is 0 but he never questioned > me about that. And what's the RDA for thimerasol? Hmm...also zero > but he wanted to shoot it into her arm today. Why are many doctors > concerned about the good stuff but not the bad? Does he realize that > the RDAs for C and E are to prevent deficiency diseases, not for > optimal health? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 I have just recently learned of the Vitamin E potentials and am wondering where everyone is getting the natural vitamin E, how much they are administering and how. I.e. I put the Pro EFA in my son's choc. milk. Also the ProEFA has some E in it, has anyone doubled their does of the ProEFA? I currently give the dose recommended on the bottle, which is 1/2 tsp. Any article references to Vit. E and Apraxia etc. would be great. Thanks Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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