Re: Melinda/was:Jana Vitamin C -was Re: Lack of progress

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Melinda,

I'm unlikely to provide the full answer you need, but ours also does much better

if we give C, even high doses, in just the ascorbic or high acid form.

At one point I had decided it might be beneficial to alter her ph so we went to

all Ester C, which is buffered. The next hair test I took all of her essential

elements went low, almost every single one of them. Put her back on ascorbic

acid and 4 months later the essential elements were back up.

Btw, lemon water would actually lower stomach acid and raise the ph, I believe.

I don't know if some people just have low stomach acid or if this is a problem.

Andy does not allude to it being a problem just that some people do better on

ascorbic C. We do not give the C before she eats, that appears unnecessary

here.

[ ] Jana Vitamin C -was Re: Lack of progress

Can you explain why unbuffered is better and how do you address low

stomach acidity and the requirements of high vitamin c? I have always

read that high doses of vitamin c should be buffered. It is believed

that our daughter has low stomach acid as well. The practitioner has

suggested taking vit c right before meals or to try apple cider

vinegar before meals or lemon water. She had a severe reaction to

Betaine HCL. I hope someone can clarify and explain if buffered or

unbuffered would be best with a child with low stomach acidity and

needing high doses of c to address viral issues. At this point we are

giving the bulk of her supplements four times a day which usually is

an hour before meal and at bedtime. So at any rate adding the vitamin

c before meals would be another adjustment in administration that I

should consider. We do drink lemon water regularly with meals.

Depending on what we eat we give enzymes and usually give CLO with

meals alto the CLO tends to be the one that gets missed the most.

Thanks, Melinda

> >

> > Where do you all get your vitamin C at? I know Andy recommends a

> certain type over another and I don't know what the difference it

and

> where to get the one he recommends?

>

>

> Jana,

>

> I'm not sure what Andy recommends but I spent the day going over my

> son's test results and have realized that I should be giving him

the

> unbuffered form of C--plain ascorbic acid--to help him with this

low

> stomach acid (something that has creeped up on us over the tests we

> have done). I feel very stupid for having missed this and just

wanted

> to pass on my mistake in case it helps someone else.

>

> Anita

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