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We did not. Take the elderberry, I mean. There is a very good likelihood that we had H1N1. My eldest, who had just gotten over pertussis and it's cough, did take tamiflu, had little to no flu fallout, and is still coughing - from the flu. We did all of our other alternative treatments. Garlic in raw honey, lots of green tea (drinking and gargling), natural factors Anti-V, extra D, high dose A...... K
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Yay for being on top of it! Mom bonus points for today:) CLO contains D3. It also occasionally contains to much A. How much A is in the CLO and what brand is it? Can you find out your actual level? The actual number, not just 'normal' per lab norms. This is important for several reasons. The first being that Quest has problems with their test process so results are high. to obtain an accurate number from Quest, you'll need to divide by 1.3. Ideally, you don't want that end result any lower than 55 ng/mL. If you're using LabCorp or ZRT, the 55 is a 55. 55-80 is exceptional. 50 is okay. 40-50...eh. less than 40 absolutely positively not okay no matter what the lab says. I'm tracking D levels for about 100 (a little over now) friends and family members.....consistently they are needing the amounts Cannel (vitamindcouncil.org) recommends: 1000 IU per 25 lbs body weight to *maintain* optimal levels. That's 400 IU/10lbs body weight..... Larger amounts are needed to raise levels quickly.....4x as much is appropriate. :) K
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Can you tell me where Singapore is heading?
cillakat replied to snickelfritz's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
IMO both are critical. Singapore assumes both.....that you're doing work to memorize and regrouping efficiently. RightStart assumes both as well. Katherine -
the mist was ready first so that made it into the pipeline first. in some states, only public health agencies will be distributing. in those cases, private pediatricians, private clinics/docs won't have it. VA is one of those states I believe.
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It's true and sad. But it's especially sad that the CDC isn't understanding what Europe and Canada are understanding. The kids you detail above are typically on medications that lower vitamin D levels. Mood stabilizers are known to lower D levels, epilepsy meds lower D levels. Darker skinned folks are also dying at higher rates. vitamindcouncil.org has all of the info you'd ever want to see on this, including hundreds of cites from the medical literature. Please be sure she's getting enough D to keep her levels around 55 ng/mL and definitely not less than that. Typically, this will be about 400 IU/10lbs body weight or 1000IU/25lbs body weight. Some will need more. A very few will need less. There are drops available at iherb.com All the best to you, Katherine
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Chances are your vitamin D is low. Both b/c of the lack of sun over the summer and b/c of the current season. Vitamin D is a major player in hormones. It's a major player in mood regulation. It's a major player in mental health. It's a major player in everything. There are D receptors on every cell in our bodies. D influences either directly or indirectly everything that happens in our systems. please test and treat asap. Or just treat:) 85% of the US population is D deficient. vitamindcouncil.org All the best to you, Katherine
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you're so right. I missed it. In this formula it's just there to keep the ingredients in suspension but in a sensitive person, it could be enough to soften stools I'd imagine. K
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D3 is the correct form. See my post above for what might be going on with you. Katherine
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when we have optimal levels of vitamin D, we have optimal cytokine activity.....it works but doesn't go wacky. when we have very low levels of D we have little cytokine activity....so it doesn't go wacky. there seems to be a lowish range which is still considered normal via lab norms even though it's not 'normal' or accepable via current research. in that range, it seems that D levels trigger cytokine activity (good) but might not be properly controlling it and shutting it off (bad). and 'wacky' is my euphamism for what might be called a cytokine storm. katherine
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I never said he was all wrong:) Just that he often makes things up, which he does. 'Tamiflu has little proven efficacy against this virus.....' Not true, we now have very good evidence that Tamiflu is effective. Also, using Tamiflu doesn't *stop* the process in our body that fights it off. As the Tamiflu is helping, we're still fighting it as well and very likely developing antibodies as it comes along. It's not really that difficult a public health decision at this point. Pregnant women are 1% of our population.....but they're accounting for 5% of H1N1 deaths. 45% of deaths are in adults who are otherwise healthy? 20-30% of pediatric deaths? and during a time of year when there are typically no deaths from influenza? it's really not difficult at all. this is no longer a sit and wait it out situation. I'll also say though that I don't think the sky is falling. Katherine
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It is *exactly* the same form that we make on exposure to the sun. Exactly. There is not one iota of difference in the chemical composition. It's the same made in our skin, made in sheeps wool, or made in the fish. Katherine
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It's unlikely that it's the pills. There is nothing else in them that is problematic. It sounds like you're only taking them when sick? Why not try when healthy so that you don't have the confounding variable of illness? Katherine
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oh dear. jay gordon. Love him but he's infamous for his lack of evidence based medicine. He seriously just makes things up quite regularly and this article is full of them. new vaccine? please. it's the same vaccine that's used every year for the flu, just with the H1N1 virus in it. I could go on and pick apart the article but that's 30 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Katherine
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Seriously I wouldn't worry at all. But rather take action. Optimize D, carry an *alcohol based hand sanitizer and use it*. Wash hands. But worry? Not on my list of things to do. Have your doc on board to get Tamiflu to you right away if you have a high risk person in your family. Consider getting the vaccine *after* getting D levels optimized. The vaccine risks are essentially the same as the risks of the illness which are absolutely minimized by optimal levels of vitamin D. Worry is not helpful. Take it seriously. Act to prevent and minimize illness. But don't bother with the worry. :) K
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For the reason you just stated:tongue_smilie: Darker skin=more melanin=less UVB is able to penetrate=less D produced in skin. But even the pasty pale among us are seriously D deficient this time of year....and even in the summer unless getting some midday unprotected exposure on most of the body....to the point just before a burn would occur. Any and all sunscreen blocks D production completely. K
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They're basing their opinion on theory not fact. And it's an erroneous theory. One that's seriously a good 30 or more years outdated in medicine. One of D's many functions is to regulate calcium levels in the blood - true. But your doc and pharmacist are concerned that normal physiological doses of D will will either raise or lower serum Ca+ to dangerous levels. It won't. D *deficiency* absolutely will and is probably the cause of idiopathic heart failure in infants. Again, we're not talking about 'mega' dosing. We're talking about dosing sufficient to optimize serum D levels based on a massive body of well designed scientific literature. No one's levels this time of year are optimal without major supplementation. Most don't have decent levels even in the summer. Depeding on the study, up to 85% of the US is vitamin D deficient. If she's concerned, have her monitor the kids blood levels......or if you're concerned, sign one of more of them up for the grassrootshealth.net study. I'm tracking D levels for approx 100 people. No one is getting optimal levels on less than 1000 IU/25 lbs body weight (ie 400 IU/10 lbs body weight). No one. Some need more. My doc has been testing and treating D levels for three years now. She has exactly 2 clients who do okay on 2000 IU. They sun (unprotected) in the summer and don't take D at that time. In the winter, they travel to tropical locales and sun unprotected. The rest of her clients are mostly taking 4,000-8,000 IU per day of D3. A few very large clients are taking much more. The evidence is there. We need only read it. And act. Katherine
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Yes. And when considering the pattern in the rest of the world it becomes even more significant....mexico....chile..... K
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LOL. Or not. That's kind of concerning that she's able to practice medicine and be that unaware. The data available indicates that with doseages up to 10,000 IU per day for months, there is no hypervitaminosis D. Even the ODS sets the upper limit of D at 2000 IU *for infants* One study: elderly pts were given a single injection of *a million* IU's of D. What happened? Suprisingly, their levels went up to normal. Not high, not excessive, not extreme. Just normal. It took two weeks for them to get up to optimal levels. After six weeks, the majority were back on the borderline of deficiency again This isn't about megadosing on a vitamin. This is about getting physiologically appropriate amounts of a steroid hormone b/c we no longer live in a manner befitting our biological needs. (per creation or evolution depending on your views) vitamindcouncil.org has all of the data you'd ever like to read, over 1,000 studies. Your doc is living, unfortunately, in the D dark ages. Katherine
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Health departments will have it sooner than private practices, generally speaking. I'm in DeKalb County in Atlanta. Right now there is *only* nasal mist and *only* for ages 2-4. Nothing for anyone else. I wish I could somehow stress though just how signficant the protection from vitamin D is. Vitamin D deficient persons are dying at higher rates. Europe has noticed. Canada has noticed. The CDC has their collective head in the sand. Persons with dark skin are dying at higher rates. Persons on meds that lower D levels (mood stabilizers, epilepsy meds etc) are dying at higher rates. Just a little D won't help. Might even make things worse. For adults, 1000 or 2000 won't be very helpful....please take enough D to raise your serum levels to optimal. That tends to be about 1000 IU per 25 lbs body weight. Daily. Translation for little kids? 400 IU per 10 lbs body weight. Including infants and toddlers. Always use d3. Those doses are for maintenance. To quickly ramp up from deficient levels, it's very reasonable to take 4x that dose for a period of weeks or months. iherb.com has two products that are drops (great for kids or adults) and many capsule products. :) Katherine
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Mathematical computer modeling. There is good data on how contagious it is and how many typically won't see a doc for it, how many are out from schools..... Having said that, usually when numbers are reported, they're talking actual cases not estimated. K
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Chances are that his vitamin D levels are down......no big suprise considering that's the case wtih about 85% of the US population. vitamindcouncil.org Katherine
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it's probably not the vitamin unless the brown rice syrup is just too much of a sugar hit at once......are you giving it on an empty stomach? if so, try it with food. the thing is, most diarrheal issues are self limiting. it'll probably stop anyway, possibly when you stop the multi:) Be sure to start the multi again to give the trial a fair shot K
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2nd Abbey. If all other reading instruction is going well, I wouldn't worry about it. But if there are other concerns surrounding learning and remembering sounds of letters, remembering letter names, having difficulty remembering reading instruction from one session to the next then I'd move quickly to investigate. :) katherine
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about 1/3 of the deaths are occuring in folks with no underlying medical conditions. the pregnancy this is very concerning....if I were pregnant, I'd absolutely get the H1N1 vaccine. Katherine
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Agree on all counts Magnesium and potassium are the relaxors. Sodium and calcium are the contractors. Magnesium citrate is the most laxative of the typical supplemental magnesiums....for some this is good;) I can't take it at all so I stick with magnesium glycinate or one of Albion labs other patented chelated mag formulas I absolutely adore Jigsaw Health's timed release formulation of one of Albion's magnesiums. jigsawhealth.com There is evidence that D is helpful in terms of lessening both pms and cramping. 1000 IU per 25 lbs body weight is an appropriate dose. D3. iherb.com Advil should be started *the day before* and with food. It can be taken with three capsules or lecithin (a phospholipid from soy) to make it even more effective. Neptune Krill Oil is a huge lifesaver for me. Two caps daily from midcycle through the first day of bleeding. iherb.com :) katherine