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re the genetic piece, so true! although developmental prevention vs treatment are two different things. things seem to be looking good for more than just folic acid getting a particular emphasis for people-in-progress. i look forward to having more time to understand the nuances From what I've lear...

yep magnesium oxide is a great laxative but is poorly absorbed. technically it contains the most elemental mag. but it just doesn't stick where it's needed. best to have a highly soluble absorbable form. i like magnesium glycinate (and NOT magnesium BISglycinate) the best :) ). i take it on an empt...

aw yesss nutrigenomics :D have not had it done, but this: Expression of the Multiple Sclerosis-Associated MHC Class II Allele HLA-DRB1*1501 Is Regulated by Vitamin D http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000369 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological disea...

no problem! can you share the form of your 400mg magnesium product? does it say magnesium oxide, or citrate, or chelated magnesium, or glycinate, threonate, aspartate, or a blend of any of those?? d2 will work, just not as well. d3 is created in animal tissue with exposure to sunshine, as long as i...

One other question. Has anyone had genetic testing done? I had it done not because I'm a fanatic. I did it for financial reasons. I was charged $1000 dollars for one blood test to check for a gene mutation, my Lyme Dr. had ordered it and insurance didn't cover it. I didn't know that at the time, not...

Thank you for all the info and links. I will read them all to gain much needed knowledge. I take 400mg of magnesium a day. I have been doing that since the Lyme diagnoses. 2013 Yes, 50k iu one per week. The D2 did raise my D levels last time. This time they have me on it for 16 weeks, that's twice a...

Hello :smile: I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I'm having MS like symptoms tingling in my feet, cold water feeling in my legs, muscle twitching, ice pick headaches, fatigue, brain fog, etc. Here is the problem, I also have had Lyme, I was in treatment for 1.5 years. I had a Ly...