Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hi Everyone, My son (3.4, 31 lbs) is a chewer / mouther of objects, and has been for a long time. I have him on 50 mgs of Zinc in the amino acid chelate and citrate forms. It has gotten somewhat better, but still plagues us. Is there a better form? Any other suggestions on what I can do to get away from the " everything goes in the mouth " approach to life? Thanks, Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 OptiZinc and zinc citrate are the best absorbed forms of zinc. [ ] Re: Zinc Supplementation Anne, MY son has been a chewer forever and I do believe it also has to do w/ food intolerance and yeast. It does come and go. He is always at his best when his stools look great. nne > Hi Everyone, > > My son (3.4, 31 lbs) is a chewer / mouther of objects, and has been > for a long time. I have him on 50 mgs of Zinc in the amino acid > chelate and citrate forms. It has gotten somewhat better, but still > plagues us. Is there a better form? Any other suggestions on what I > can do to get away from the " everything goes in the mouth " approach to > life? > > Thanks, > > Anne ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Yeah, that's why we decided to stay with the zinc drink from Metagenics. We're on SCD so anything extra added is pretty much out. It's expensive though. And no we're not chelating yet but it sounds like I could increase his zinc a bit more. ________________________________ From: Kimberley Yee <yeekimi@...> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:10:02 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Zinc supplementation Oops, Kirkman's... On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Kimberley Yee <yeekimigmail (DOT) com> wrote: > Tressie, > > Make sure to read the ingredients on the Lirkman's one. The one I bought > from them contained sucralose, so I had to throw it out. > > kim > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:49 AM, umtarek690 <ttaylor15gmail (DOT) com>wrote: > >> >> >> We used Zinc drink for awhile with success but switched to kirkmans Alpha >> ketogluterate form (monetary reasons)which has also worked well for us (a >> short lived switch to citrate brought back PICA). >> >> Are you chelating AC with DMSA/ALA? zinc is generally recommended at 1mg >> per pound + 20mg during chelation. Thats 69mg for your son. It isn't so much >> the zinc level on its own, but the zinc/copper ratio that is indicative of >> zinc supplementation. >> >> Tressie >> >> >> > >> > My son has recently been doing great on zinc supplementation - " zinc >> drink " which is zinc sulfate. Odd, because he usually does poorly with >> sulfates. Anyway, he is taking 30mg, divided by 2. Can I increase the >> dosage? He's 5yo and 49lbs. Not sure if it's the zinc that's helping or the >> sulfate. >> > >> > Blood testing for zinc was normal prior to supplementation. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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