Re: question on dosing zinc AND general fruit question

[Guest guest]

Hi Vicki,

The docs at Pfeiffer told me to give my son his weight plus add 20 per day.

In otherwords, he weighs 100 you give 120 mgs per day total but in divided

doses.

R

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My nutritionist recommended working up to 30 mg a day (my son is 41

pounds). I don't know if I would recommend this product, but it does

work for us. We use the Metagenics Zinc Drink (I've heard it may

feed yeast, but we haven't experienced that, just positives). The

great thing about a zinc deficiency is that it will taste like water

if you are zinc deficient, and taste absolutely awful if you are not

(I have had this experience myself). Anyway, to make a long story

short, we started at about 7 mg a day, and worked up to 30. First,

we experienced positive effects, then I added some supplements, and

he reacted to something, and we stopped them all. I then worked up

to 15 mg and stopped there (with the nuritionists okay). Mostly

because he didn't seem better with more, and that level stopped the

mouthing and chewing. Also, he'll take it for a week or so straight,

then start refusing it. I let him, because I think his body knows

something. A few days later, he'll start taking it again, or he'll

start mouthing a bit, and I'll give it to him. This also seems to

work for me (i.e., I won't taste it, take it for a few days, then it

will taste vile, and I'll stop). I think as my son't stomach heals,

he is becoming less in need of massive amounts of zinc.

Judy

> To whomever supplements with zinc, what is the dosing protocol? Do

> you follow Kirkman's dosing protocol, if they have one?

>

> Also, every time I give my son fruit or fruit juice of any kind, he

> gets diarrhea. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be

> occurring? Even when I give him pears/pear juice or any of the low

> phenol fruits. The SCD recommends cooking the fruit to start off

> with and he still has a problem when giving him cooked fruit.

>

> Any ideas would be welcome

>

> Thanks

>

> VickiB

[Guest guest]

> To whomever supplements with zinc, what is the dosing protocol?

When I was loading my son with zinc, I gave him approx 60 mg per day.

> Also, every time I give my son fruit or fruit juice of any kind, he

> gets diarrhea. Does anyone have any ideas why this might be

> occurring? Even when I give him pears/pear juice or any of the low

> phenol fruits.

My son did not tolerate any fruits, except with No-Fenol enzyme. Even

then, the enzyme did not allow him to eat all fruits.

It can also be yeast.

Dana