Posted on 09/29/2021 1:23:42 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC5244710/
From other things I saw, getting more antioxidants could be helpful. It appears there could be either a genetic or an autoimmune component to it. If autoimmune, fish oil, magnesium, Vitamin D and boron, along with eating fewer foods which encourage inflammation, could be helpful. Boron and Vitamin D also help with your bones, but not the discs in your back.
I will see what else I can find. That is a rare disease and my normal “go to” places didn't have lay person's writeups, so I will need to look deeper.
For B12, use the Methylcobalamine form and look into Benfotiamine and Sulbutiamine forms of Thiamine (helps nerves). Make sure you get your vitamins and minerals.
“Funny how the worm never remembers anything.”
I guess we are governed by worms. They don’t remember anything either. And the head of the senate probably wiggles the most.
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A good form of a B complex that actually has intrinsic factor added is this:
https://www.amazon.com/Douglas-Laboratories%C2%AE-B-Complex-Metafolin-Supports/dp/B006U1220Y
That is our B complex. We add sulbutiamine and benfotiamine on top of that.
Synthesizing from ConsumerLab.com’s information:
There is no Upper Tolerable Limit for B12, but issues are found (77% higher risk of colon cancer) when taking 500 mcgs of B12 with 400 mcgs of folic acid. Death rates go up for those with the highest B12 blood levels, too, so checking them could be a good idea. An Israeli study strangely found sublingual B12 was better absorbed than an intramuscular injection of the cyanocobalamin form of B12.
Yeah, I’m on a special diet that includes fish. No red meat. Yes vitamins, fresh fruit and green veggies are on my list. My B12 is cyanocobalamine. I out grew layman articles about 10 years ago. My neurologist tells me I read too much. But having a condition considered orphan requires you to do a lot of your own research.
She probably has one.
Coffee is also a Covid deterrent.
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