New girl with more questions....

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*Does ALA stress the liver or kidneys?

*How do I know what dose to start out on with a 26# child? I want to be very

gentle and

conservative.

*Does ALA always increase yeast?

*My son does not tolerate Supplements, only enzymes. He is on a homepathic liver

and

detox. Can I still begin ALA without without supps. My hope would be he could

soon

tolerate supps as his toxins decrease.

*Where is the best lab to get the copper test done?

*Do I have to test for heavy metals or can I just try ALA?

*Does administering ALA every 3 hours ensure that metals or toxins won't move

into the

brain? What are the risks of moving toxins into the brain?

Whew! I know it's annoying to go over these questions but I really appreciate

your

feedback and experienced insight. Is there a site or book devoted to research on

ALA?

Thanks,

Dani

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> *Does ALA stress the liver or kidneys?

Not in my experience, or based on my research. It supports the liver,

and should not stress the kidneys because it excretes thru the bm.

> *How do I know what dose to start out on with a 26# child? I want to

be very gentle and

> conservative.

I would start with no more than 5mg.

> *Does ALA always increase yeast?

At my house, it did until about round 50.

> *My son does not tolerate Supplements, only enzymes. He is on a

homepathic liver and

> detox. Can I still begin ALA without without supps.

The only supp my son tolerated when I started ALA was enzymes.

> *Do I have to test for heavy metals or can I just try ALA?

I just gave ALA.

Dana

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> *Does ALA stress the liver or kidneys?

ALA supports the liver.

> *How do I know what dose to start out on with a 26# child? I want

to be very gentle and

> conservative.

start with 1/8 - 1/4 mg per lb of child so that would be 3-6 mg,

every 3 hours. You can get 25 mg capsules and break them up into

smaller doses.

> *Does ALA always increase yeast?

Usually, yes.

> *My son does not tolerate Supplements, only enzymes. He is on a

homepathic liver and

> detox. Can I still begin ALA without without supps. My hope would

be he could soon

> tolerate supps as his toxins decrease.

I would, then try to work them in as soon as you can. Have you tried

giving the supplements with no-fenol enzyme? That might help.

> *Where is the best lab to get the copper test done?

We didn't do this before we started. You can get an RBC through

Great Plains if you can get a doctor to order one.

> *Do I have to test for heavy metals or can I just try ALA?

You can just try the ALA and see if you notice any changes after

several rounds. We actually did not do our first hair test until

after we'd chelated for well over a year.

> *Does administering ALA every 3 hours ensure that metals or toxins

won't move into the

> brain? What are the risks of moving toxins into the brain?

The possibility is there, that is why you keep chelating to keep the

metals moving out. It's probable that there are already metals in

his brain and using ALA is the only way to get them out. Using

Andy's low frequent dose schedule minimizes the side effects and

risks.

> Whew! I know it's annoying to go over these questions but I really

appreciate your

> feedback and experienced insight. Is there a site or book devoted

to research on ALA?

Before I started chelating I spent many months just reading all the

posts here, studying the FAQ and Moria's site.

Sheresa

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Dani,

I would really suggest that you buy either Andy's book on chelation or Dr.

McCandless' book, Children with Starving Brains. You can't use ALA alone

because it will also chelate good minerals from the body, such as calcium, iron,

magnesium, etc. Both books will explain this in detail. Andy's book does has a

poorman's version of chelation.

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Dani,

Forgot one more thing about the BBB (blood brain barrier) which is also

discussed in both those books that I told you about. ALA does cross the BBB but

DMSA does not. There is a lot of debate about the BBB. One of the reasons to do

ALA every 3 hours and DMSA every 4 hours is that it keeps the stuff moving so

that it empties either by stool or urine. Please get one of the books!!

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> *Does ALA stress the liver or kidneys?

no

Andy

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> You can't use ALA alone

> because it will also chelate good minerals from the body, such as

calcium, iron,

> magnesium, etc.

**I'm not sure where this information is from but I'm quite sure that

Andy does NOT say this in his book. There are many people that use ALA

alone with good results. It is a very good idea to have his books tho

and also to supplement minerals while chelating with any chelating

agent.

Sheresa

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His books don't say this...he even says dmsa doesn't do this either.

> >

> > You can't use ALA alone

> > because it will also chelate good minerals from the body, such as

> calcium, iron,

> > magnesium, etc.

>

> **I'm not sure where this information is from but I'm quite sure that

> Andy does NOT say this in his book. There are many people that use ALA

> alone with good results. It is a very good idea to have his books tho

> and also to supplement minerals while chelating with any chelating

> agent.

>

> Sheresa

>

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I do not say this and my books do not say it either, and it isn't so.

The sulfhydryl chelators, DMSA, DMPS and ALA, do not chelate and remove

significant

amounts of any essential element.

Andy

> > >

> > > You can't use ALA alone

> > > because it will also chelate good minerals from the body, such as

> > calcium, iron,

> > > magnesium, etc.

> >

> > **I'm not sure where this information is from but I'm quite sure that

> > Andy does NOT say this in his book. There are many people that use ALA

> > alone with good results. It is a very good idea to have his books tho

> > and also to supplement minerals while chelating with any chelating

> > agent.

> >

> > Sheresa

> >

>