Posted on 02/09/2022 8:11:08 PM PST by ConservativeMind
That is crazy talk to say “consume sugar until you are full.”
Good thought which I try to follow when spending my time near a bathroom. Unfortunaately, as a mother of two I want to be near a bathroom if I drink a lot of water. Is it possible that one problem with my GFR reading is that I have just gotten up after avoiding water all night, and not drinking much before I head to the doctor’s office, since I don’t know if I will be called from the waiting room while I am gone to the ladies room at the medical building.
When I have some time I will try to find my creatinine levels (I hate trying to find my lab results on line), and prepare a list of my supplements and amounts. I have been taking 400IU of Vitamin E, usually mixed tocopherols or d-alpha form for 50 years. My varicose veins are happy and mostly invisible. I have never used tocotrienols or the other item you suggested and will have to check them out on line to decide if I should try them and can afford them. What is the eGFR as opposed to the GFR?
Fifty-five years ago I had hyperglycemia and would have to eat every 2 hours. I had hunger panic attacks. Now I can go for a number of hours without a meal with no difficulty. I do look at my blood sugar levels when I get my lab results and have done a glucose tolerance test in the past. Doctor has not suggested it in the past few years. A maternal aunt was diabetic on insulin. Thank you for the suggestions.
The first 4 items are in the multi vitamin/mineral tablets I take. I take a CoQ10 capsule morning and evening. And often a garlic pearl, as well as cooking with garlic. I seem to have NO heart issues.
Well, I am not suggesting going overboard with your water consumption, just increase it slightly and see what it does, and then take it from there.
I only used a strict keto diet in 2006 to get my weight down from 155 to the 130s, then I started adding more quality whole carbs. Why would I ever want to consume sugar to feel full?? More salad does the job and feeling full was never a problem doing Atkins. I have occasionally done a short Atkins when my weight has crept up, but mostly am just eating a careful healthy diet. On holidays or special dinners out I eat a very small meal early that day, and then eat whatever I want. The next day I also eat very little.
When drinking milk it is usually 2% or 1%, seldom skim. I don’t add much Vitamin A when I take supplements, usually just what is in my one daily type multivitamin/mineral tablet. Sometimes extra cod liver oil. Also my blood pressure is not particularly high except when I am nervous and talk too much. It has also tested as low as 100 over 64, but more commonly around 127 over 71 when my mood is good.
I looked further into the study, from PubMed, instead.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31903178/
The specific form used had much higher tocotrienols than the standard form of the EVNol formula.
This is the form:
TOCOVID
https://smile.amazon.com/Tocovid-Suprabio-MG-Palm-Tocotrienols-softgels/dp/B01DU8P3CI
That concentration is nearly 200 mg of tocotrienols a pill.
I’d suggest getting the Swanson Double Strength Tocotrienols instead, on one of their many sales at the Swanson website.
It’s possible to get a bottle of 60 capsules of 100mg pure tocotrienols for under $16, making the two 200 mg doses a day cost about $1/day.
Don’t take extra Vitamin E at the time, as it interferes with absorbtion and activity of the tocotrienol form. I can dig up the information on this, if needed.
The two groups had Type 2 diabetes, and, sadly, the unchecked creatinine increase in the control group was bad, while there was some actual improvement in the supplemented group, more than countering the apparent expected creatinine increase they would have had.
Somehow the tocotrienols effected a permanent change for the better, at least for 9 months (the last blood tests collected from all).
https://bloodtestsresults.com/creatinine-blood-test-normal-creatinine-levels-age/
It appears a common supplement, Alpha-Liopic-Acid, can help.
We take either the Jarrow Formulas time-release form or the Doctor's Best R-Lipoic-Acid form, but the least expensive to trial would be a standard Alpha-Lipoic-Acid form.
Here’s another reference to generally help.
It, too, describes Alpha Lipoic Acid as a possibility:
https://www.kidneycoach.com/kidney-symptoms/creatinine-levels/
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