Supplements
Is iron bisglycinate another good substitute if we’re unable to get the iron supplements recommended in week 33?
Chris Kresser: That’s probably yes, the next one down on the list of effectiveness.
You discussed glutamine supplementation in the gut section. This information from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center indicates that glutamine may fuel cancer cell growth. Do you have any suggestions on weighing the risk versus benefit?
Chris Kresser: And this is a quote from the study. “Recent findings show that glutamine transporters upregulated tumor cells and...
How much MCT oil do you need and would you advise coconut oil?
Chris Kresser: MCT oil is a lot, is pure MCT, whereas coconut is only about half MCT. So you need...
Do you have any supplements you recommend for postpartum? Many doctors recommend continuing prenatal, but how long?
Laura Schoenfeld: So the postnatal period is interesting because obviously you don’t want to be giving somebody too much of...
What’s the basis for recommending 50 mg dose of 5-HTP rather than a higher dose?
Chris Kresser: In general, I like to start with the lowest effective dose, and I found that 50 mg is...
If already on cod liver oil, does a D level of 32 concern you enough to intervene with sublingual or micellized form?
Chris Kresser: You’d have to check the PTH to know for sure. I’m not sure where we are in the...
This is a question about excess vitamin D3. So she says she has a few clients who’ve come to her working with, it sounds like this is the same doctor who likes to do injectable vitamin D3. And I can’t tell if that’s a comma and it’s actually 600,000 IUs. Hopefully not, but possibly. And Eliani mentions that this is a functional doctor, and after testing these patient’s vitamin D3 levels, they’re over 100. So she asks, besides stopping excess intake of vitamin D3, limiting sun exposure for awhile, what do you suggest? What else can be done?
Dr. Amy Nett: So you’re right, that’s a great question. And we’re kind of limited in ways that we can...
Any addictive or tolerance to supplements such as adrenal CBD, etc.?
Dr. Amy Nett: Yeah, I think tolerance, there definitely can be. So for example we’ve talked about with Kavinace. A...
I was looking at some research on curcumin from UCLA and Alzheimer’s study. The research showed 80 milligrams to 135 milligrams for prevention and citing India’s intake. It points up to eight capsules of Longvida, which I think is about 800 milligrams of curcumin for therapeutic purposes. I don’t think we’ve gone into this, but what’s your approach for finding the right dose? A lot of practitioners have spoken about curcumin not being beneficial. Do you think it could be a case of not high enough dose? Same goes for boswellia, and I’ve seen studies showing 600 and 900 milligrams.
Chris Kresser: Yeah, I do think it’s a question of dose and I provided a starting dose there when we...
