ok great info
without changing up anything financial, can you tell me about timing details for daily intakes of these various things? what is taken when and in what combinations?
re d3, i personally ran into some really serious side effects just taking 4000 IU per day without timing and combining carefully. i really thought i was going to die :S :S :S scary
one TiMS member took 10K IU of d3 daily for ages (it's one thing for an intake to be considered safe based on research conducted over a few months; another entirely to follow the same dose unmonitored in the long term), and was seriously depleted in at least one essential cofactor according to bloodwork, with extreme spasticity preceding eventual death. this issue is just starting to come to the attention of mainstream science and hopefully soon to clinical care when docs prescribe d3.
re magnesium u nailed it - mag oxide is no good. and mag is the essential nutrient i'd personally most seriously depleted via long term d3 supplementation at 4K IU/d. (that's why i started recommending careful timing - that was on a pharmacist's lifesaving advice, originally)
related recent mag chats:
http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-d ... 29623.html
short version (sarcastic emphasis mine)-
problem: i have this stiffness/spasticity issue, and i'll thank you in advance not to give me any bs about magnesium
resolution: this new form of magnesium fixed me right up - thx!
if you can, do try for a better-absorbed form such as mag glycinate eg
http://orangenaturals.com/magnesium/
both powder capsules and powdered beverage mix forms available. i've only tried the powder caps myself.
forget where you're located but there are freebies like this out there in the world, may be something similar locally to you
http://www.trymagpop.ca/#free-sample
please do not consider cheaper forms of mag a savings - more a waste of $$ considering forms like oxide are poorly absorbed.
re zinc i am less fussed about oxide vs citrate etc. am more fussy about making sure it's properly balanced with copper to prevent a copper imbalance or deficiency (which has a bunch of extremely ms-like consequences)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3691478/
"Copper deficiency myelopathy (CDM) [as distinct from plain old copper deficiency] was only described within the last decade, and represents a treatable cause of non-compressive myelopathy which closely mimics subacute combined degeneration due to vitamin B12 deficiency...." yup.
copper deficiency details
http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/nother/v ... htm#copper
and while we're there, here's the selenium version
http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/nother/v ... eleniumdef
in my xp, preferred zinc supplement products have tended to be zinc citrate blended w copper citrate in the ratio 50:2 or close to it.
latest thing on my shelf:
https://www.nowfoods.com/supplements/l- ... g-capsules
this is by default since my preferred local source closed up shop. copper content is on the low side to my eye. more like 50 to 0.5.
as for abx and recurrent bladder infections. if the only supplemental zinc going in is in a d3 combo, it might be getting tied up with d3 interactions. might be better to test out a zinc-copper product so that his body can co-opt zinc for any other needs (assuming copper status is ok, of course)
again re bladder infections, could be worth taking a look at selenium intake in addition to zinc, plus dietary/supplemental sources of antiox vits A, C & E (natural source E8-omplex, that is).
if there's a muscular/spasticity element to the recurrent infection scenario, using a better form of mag may help keep things moving in the urinary dept.
re FMT nnneeeaaauuxxxxp no thx, at least not before optimizing essential nutrient levels pls and thx. first, create the optimal nutritional habitat for the desired composition of healthy gut bacteria. if you don't prioritize your substrate, then any gross transplant will be at best a short term fix, not having addressed any chronic depletion of essential nutrients in tissue.
re BBD. i do like this one in principle, if not taken to extremes. could you share details of the hubby's BBD interpretation, in the form of a rough 3 day diet diary? in 'recipe ingredients' format if possible, as opposed to 'menu items'.
spasticity brings me back full circle to d3 and magnesium.. seems like you have some really practical action items in the mix here.
all this said with the recognition that sometimes damage is permanent! *typing with imaginary gloves on as i sit here* but there's plenty to be done with nutrient dense whole food sources and top ups with affordable supplements done right
in sum, CHIN UP - glad you're back at this end of the learning curve