Nutritional Supplement Questions Answered!

"Herxheimer is a Jerk"

Inside joke for Earth Clinic readers. I'd get that printed on a t-shirt but nobody would get the joke.

Actually, a Herxheimer reaction is no joke. I think we, who self-medicate, need to ease into new treatments. It's just human nature to jump in with both feet when we have an ailment. But it's a good idea to go slow when the treatment is actually changing your body chemistry.

An example is ACV and baking soda. Your body may switch from acidic to alkaline very quickly, and that is bound to have some side effects. Also, baking soda has a lot of sodium, which causes potassium loss. So you may get some edema or lethargy if you don't take extra potassium.

I also recommend supplement "fasts". On weekends I generally skip all supplements to give the body time to stabilize. It's possible some of our ailments come from supplement overload.

Just wanted to offer some help. If you can buy liposomal form of vitamins, get them because they don't have to be digested to be absorbed. They go straight thru the blood brain barrier so you don't end up urinating most of the vitamin out. The liposomal form is the same that chelation does without the IV.

For those who want to eat LIVER for medicinal purpose or general health. Can try this recipe. It is my mom's family recipe at least 200 years old. This liver fry can be eaten with Bread, Boiled Rice. We used to have it with boiled rice along mutton curry. In our region in South India, people who have any digestive ailments with take liver fry to increase digestion.

Thanks, Good Health

Ingredients:

• Goat Liver - 450 Gms
• Chopped Onion - 1 Cup
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Poppy Seeds - 1 tbsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tbsp
• Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
• Pepper Corns - 1/2 tsp
• Cayenne Pepper (Dry Red Chilli) - 4
• Salt - To Taste

Preparation

1. Cut liver into small pieces and clean it with water mixed with salt and turmeric powder. (use separate salt and turmeric powder)

2. Marinate cleaned liver with salt and 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder.

3. Dry roast cumin seeds, black pepper, poppy seeds, dry red chilli in medium heat till you get a nice aroma.

4. After roasting, let it cool , then mix it with 1 tsp turmeric powder and grind it to find powder.

5. Heat a wide pan or pressure cooker. Add oil.

6. When the oil is heated, add chopped onions and saut? till the onion becomes translucent.

7. Now add the marinated liver into the pan and saut? along with the onion.

8. Add Half a glass of water and close the pan or cooker, and cook it for 15 mins.

9. Check if the liver is cooked well,

10. Once cooked, add the ground spices and cook for some time till the oil separates.

11. Add more salt for taste, if required.

Delicious Liver fry is ready, Tastes great with a bowl of boiled rice.

Raw Liver supplements or even cooked liver is one of the (imho) top ten super-foods.

Liver for vitamins and minerals

First of all congratulations for this wonderful and helpful site. Thank you very much to all who keep this going.
I would like to ask Ted, who recommends taking half cooked liver for vitamins and minerals, if he supposes it to be from a biologically raised animal, as non biological animals which are given antibiotics and hormones have very toxic livers. And from which animal's? (beef, chicken, lamb...)
Sorry my English is not very good.

WARNING!

Try to find supplements without magnesium stearate, it's been discovered that it blocks the immune system from working! Since finding supps without it, my immune system is working and I am much better from Morgellons

WARNING!

Magnesium Stearate is found in many compressed tablet forms of vitamins, minerals etc and is only used to actually help form the tablet. When I used Ascorbic Acid tablets in the past I would crush them up and add water as Ted advises. But this always produced a cloudy, milky solution. That is caused by the Mag Stearate. When I switched and used pure Ascorbic acid powder, the solution was always crystal clear. Being a waxy substance, Mag Stearate also interfere's with digestion and absorbtion of nutrients, and some people are actually allergic to it. The best forms of vitamins, minerals and nutrients to take are either in powdered form or in a capsule(containing powder). Avoid all tablets forms if you can.

WARNING!

For all the Morgellon sufferers out there, I just found out something important, it turns out that many of our vitamins & supplements ( even good brands ) have Magnesium Stearate in them, I myself have been taking up to 7 different supplements per day with it in them! My doctor who is baffled that I cannot get my immune system built up even though I have been on epicor for two years, suggested that I go home and check the labels on all my OTC pills because Magnesium Stearate blocks immune builders and tears down the immune system, never more than 1 pill a day should be taken with this ingredient in it.

Hey EC..... I am looking into supplementing with a good liquid mineral and have found quite a few however, I noticed that all of them contains trace amounts of chloride, gold, flouride etc. I am now scared to use this cause I am thinking how safe is it to put these things into my body. I have read so many positive reviews on how good minerals are for your health and was hoping to try them out so please anyone with any info on this subject can you please advice. Thank you so much guys.

I have found a mineral interaction chart that helps you determine whether the minerals you are taking are actually antagonists to other needed minerals. From the chart you can also see that high mercury levels in the body deplete the body of iodine. Also a high calcium level is also an antagonist to Zinc. Interesting and worthwhile keeping a copy of the chart handy to ensure you are not overdosing in one mineral to the detriment of another.

http://permaculturepower.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/mulder's-interaction-chart/

During the time I was involved with the NOMSG consumer group I was advised that the ingredients of NatureMade had been tested and were the safest for consumption at that time. Even though our food supply is changing, I still use them with no known problem and also use the powdered magnesium oxide from NOW.

KT

Just curious, if I'm very low income and can't afford extra's, what supplements and or vitamins should I take at a bare minimum? I do what I can--exercise, avoid chemicals for bathing/cleaning/etc, but food options aren't so great. I eat a lot of beans, oatmeal, lentils, onions, garlic, cabbage, potatoes, carrots. If I spend my little reserve on something, what should it be. I have around $80/m to spend on food & refuse to get on welfare. The food bank at church hands out prepared cereals, canned soups, etc which I am grateful for but that may not be better than my pintos with onion. What say you?

Another interesting article I discovered today as I was researching... has charts on eye-deficiency symptoms, skin-deficiency symptoms, hair and nail deficiency symptoms, and tongue and mouth deficiency symptoms: http://www.health-science-spirit.com/deficiency.html

orthomolecular.org is also a good reputable source for info as EC is.

I love both of these sites. Thank you to everyone for info and insight.

I wondered if someone could give me the rule for taking vitamins? Is it 1/2 hour before eating and 1 hour after? Many thanks!