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Posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 17, 2003, at 8:53:34
For any of us to get better, we first need to find out what minerals and vitamins our body is lacking, instead of just doing guess work by hearing what worked for some and not others.
Makes sense doesn't it?
I found a zinc test you can get online for $10.
I was reading here:
http://www.healthrecovery.com/biochemical_depression.html
And it list problems people have because they are lacking certain things.My quick summary of how I understand things: You need a lot of stuff to get the brain to work right, and until you find out exactly what you are lacking, you have no way of fixing the problem, except by dumb luck from random guessing.
So, where can I get a reasonable priced test online that will check for everything I'm suppose to have or not have?
Posted by Larry Hoover on October 17, 2003, at 10:44:42
In reply to test for lack of minerals and vitamins, posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 17, 2003, at 8:53:34
> For any of us to get better, we first need to find out what minerals and vitamins our body is lacking, instead of just doing guess work by hearing what worked for some and not others.
>
> Makes sense doesn't it?If only it was a simple to do as it is to suggest.
> I found a zinc test you can get online for $10.
Waste of money.
> I was reading here:
> http://www.healthrecovery.com/biochemical_depression.html
> And it list problems people have because they are lacking certain things.
>
> My quick summary of how I understand things: You need a lot of stuff to get the brain to work right, and until you find out exactly what you are lacking, you have no way of fixing the problem, except by dumb luck from random guessing.Dumb luck by random guessing is the only method.
> So, where can I get a reasonable priced test online that will check for everything I'm suppose to have or not have?There are a few blood tests which may help guide supplementation, but the evidence for their usefulness is correlative, in any case. What that means is that they're not 100% infallible. You can have a low test, and not be deficient. And, you can have a normal test while still being deficient.
Blood is a compartment in your body. It's separated from other tissues/organs by membranes. What's going on in the blood is presumed to reflect what's going on elsewhere, but it doesn't always. For example, you can test normal for blood calcium, while in another compartment, bone, you're totally deficient in calcium. What goes on on the "other side" of the blood-brain barrier is totally unknowable. You can't sample brain tissue, and different regions of the brain itself might give you different measures, in any case.
Bottom line, testing won't tell you much, if anything. What's more effective (and the same thing you'd have to do as the result of testing, in any case), is to try and match nutrients to symptoms, and do supplementation experiments.
Lar
Posted by tealady on October 17, 2003, at 22:16:28
In reply to test for lack of minerals and vitamins, posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 17, 2003, at 8:53:34
One test that seems to work for some people with zinc is to look at your fingernails. If I have any white spots..I'm zinc deficient.
Others use other symptoms..similarly for calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron etc. You have to learn to listen to your own body...and what your body wants you to eat.
If you search the net there is sure to be lists of signs of deficiency of most of the minerals around.
Jan
Posted by Wolf Dreamer on October 17, 2003, at 22:56:23
In reply to Re: test for lack of minerals and vitamins » Wolf Dreamer, posted by tealady on October 17, 2003, at 22:16:28
The white spots on your nails can also indicate too much selenium in your system.
I found a few website just now that claim "If you have white spots appearing on your nails, they are more than likely, calcium deposits. They are usually caused by banging the nail surface."
Some even claim that "severe clouds in the nails can also be a sign of arsnec poisioning"
I just found another site which claims they are "external symptoms of unclean kidneys."
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=white+spots+nails
Are there any other test I could try? How come zinc isn't included to its 100% recommended dose in megavitamins? I noticed they give me 100% on most things but then get rather stingy on a few items.
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