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Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 1175989)

Well, you can do what you have in your list so far for a month and see how you feel.

You can add Morton Epsom lotion applied to your legs once a day... and use that as your magnesium source. A quarter's dollop divided between your lower legs each night will show if magnesium is your main need. Walmart carries this, Walgreen's and online at Amazon.

But I suspect you may need carnitine... acetyl carnitine helps with mitochondrial energy production when the mitochondria in the cells are damaged.
You may try this after a month if you are still having the muscle weakness. Starting at 500mg a day and increasing by 500mg a week to a upper level of 2000mg a day.

If that doesn't help within a month or so, no need to continue with it.

Thanks much. Now just waiting on UPS.

I have recently discovered Large Flake Nutritional Yeast. This food is rich in B vitamins — so much so that I am tempted to drop my B supplementation in pill form.

Question: Is Large Flake Nutritional Yeast truly a good source for Bs, and are the B vitamins in it bio-available?

Thanks. :)

There will not be a therapeutic amount of B12 in that yeast.

Most Brewer's yeast type things are not that high in B's.

This one is 2 to 3 times the RDA for the listed B's.
None of those amounts are even near the therapeutic values for them.

http://www.vitacost.com/bobs-red-mil...st-gluten-free

The product on that link is the one that I am taking. It seemed like 790% of Thiamine might be sufficient. That's why I asked.

Thanks. :)

P.S. It's not brewer's yeast, by the way. There is no active yeast in the product.

Thiamine is needed by PNers in high doses most of the time.
By the time PNers get to this forum, they are pretty damaged.

My B-Right is a compromise product... less than a B-50 but more than an RDA product. 25mg Thiamine or 1667% RDA.
I still use benfotiamine too.

You do what you think you need. Everyone is different.

Thanks, mrsD.

My ambition is to get off every kind of pill, supplement and medication, and get what I need just from food. However, as you point out, this my not be possible.

I always appreciate your generosity and willingness to share your expertise. I'm sure that we all do. :)

The Age Old Miracle Cure

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Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 690110)

One quick remedy for constipation is virgin olive oil.

1 or 2 tablespoonfuls will often work for many people.

Whatever happened to good old prune juice? From growing up from the 1950s through the 1970s, it was: constipation?--immediately reach for the miracle remedy of all miracles. Two glasses and in ten minutes you're at a dead run(s). I don't even hear it mentioned anymore.

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Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 675775)

Getting any benefit from potassium OTC supplements is like spitting in the ocean. We are supposed to get 4.5 grams a day from our food intake. Some foods are higher than others.
Cantaloupe has 1400mg or so in 1/2 melon.
A V8 has about 600mg.

An RX potassium supplement varies from 600mg to 800mg.
So 99mg tablet is nothing OTC. FDA limits higher numbers for OTC tablets. You'd have to take 6-8 tablets OTC to equal one V8 ( the low sodium one has more potassium than the regular).

www.nutritiondata.com gives mineral values for just about every food there is. When consulting this source watch the serving size...since some are unrealistic or misleading. Check what you typically eat and see how much of magnesium and potassium you typically consume.

But for magnesium 3 oz of unsalted almonds can give 270mg.

I don't think really high magnesium is needed. We are designed to eat a certain amount daily, and flooding your body with this is not natural. High magnesium intakes in people with impaired renal functions can lead to a build up in the body.

I have seen profound changes in people just taking 2 SlowMags a day! The RDA is about 400mg for an adult, elemental daily.

You can soak in magnesium...by making baths of epsom salts.
This lets some magnesium into the body where circulation may be impaired and so if mag has trouble getting to the toes and fingers.
Use lukewarm water, and about 4-6oz in a bathtub. When tiny blood vessels get clamped down, what you consume orally may not reach feet and hands. Once those vessels open up, nutrients can flow much better. (and toxins can be removed more efficiently). Magnesium baths are very relaxing to the muscles and can reduce pain too.

Remember when reading labels of magnesium products...some do not list contents in ELEMENTAL values. Some do. So a high dose of magnesium malate 1000mg, is really 150mg of magnesium elemental!

So if your cramping is confined to the feet do some soaks with epsom salts to get you relaxed and the blood flowing properly, then the oral can work better.

In past post you recommended I try Morton Epsom Lotion as a source of Magnesium, but I opted for Slow-Mag oral. However, I am only just now learning of the Capillary-dilating assistance from either applied lotion or Epsom bath soak that allows any orals greater possible extremity access effectiveness. Sounds like usage of both in concert could prove a hopefully predictable winner for not only feet, but all extremities.

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Originally Posted by Sarge (Post 1176811)

People still use prune juice. But I have seen it fail for many. The virgin olive oil doesn't work for everyone either, but it sure works for me. I can't use olive oil in cooking! :confused:

The people here on our other forums who use opioids in high doses have a paste they use sometimes, made from dates, raisins and prunes.

For a while I collected old pharmaceutical remedies, vintage age. 1900's and before. I am going to do watercolors incorporating remedies so I needed some reference material.

By far while searching Ebay, I discovered just how common laxative remedies were in the 1800's and early 1900's. Just about every "cold" product had a laxative in it. From my experience it seems like almost all remedies in the past, had a laxative added to them. Back then they were called purgatives.
Historically doctors mostly bled patients or used purgatives for just about everything.

When I don't buy an offer, I save its photo digitally and here is one that illustrates my point:
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I've been using an insoluble fiber product for constipation. I can post the name here or by PM. Like with most laxatives (for me), it worked effectively in the beginning. Now, it takes a little more time and a lot more water.

Prunes and prune juice, dates and figs can be good, but one worries about the sugar.