Wellness

[Icegoddess]

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@Q-Checker wrote:

@misspepsi-- I cringe along with you! It constantly amazes and disturbs me that people pose medical questions to lay people -- and strangers at that! If competent doctors felt that they needed to learn more about supplements,  or ANYTHING of potential medical significance, they would surely do so. If not, they should relinquish their license and the patient should seek another physician. Competent physicians continuously stay abreast of new, and complex research. And the vast majority of physicians are competent. Thankfully, THEY do not rely on heresay from strangers or untrained lay people but continuously build on many long years of arduous academic study and practice. 

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IDK.  I was going to the Periodontist every 3 months, had surgery, and they were talking about another surgery even though I was spending half an hour every night doing all the stuff they told me to do.  My husband, who really wasn't into supplements at all, read an article about CoQ10 and how it ended periodontal disease for the author so he suggested it to me.  I thought it odd since everybody was talking about CoQ10 and heart disease, not periodontal disease, but I found out there was no downside to taking it, so I gave it a try.  

At my next appointment they decided I didn't need the surgery and after that they put me on 6 month rotating between him and my regular dentist.  I mentioned the CoQ10 to the Periodontist and I got a sneer and some comment that there had been no studies and it was just that I was doing such a good job with my evening stuff.  I didn't tell him I had stopped doing some of it.  Pretty soon I was back full-time with my dentist.  I always thought once those guys get ahold of you, they never let you go.  

I'm another person who went from osteopenia (pre osteoporosis) via the use of sllica.  Lucky for me, my doctor is open to me using supplements.  

[ThinkingOutLoud]

Thanks for sharing that @Icegoddess. It's amazing to me how many doctors and patients think that doctors are gods and are close-minded to other options. Glad for your success.

[Mom2Dogs]

@hckynutjohn    I went to a 'lab fair'...no doctor or insurance involved.  A local hospital hosts the event 2x per year. I pay out of pocket, results are sent to me and I give them to the doctor.  

[hckynutjohn]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

@hckynutjohn    I went to a 'lab fair'...no doctor or insurance involved.  A local hospital hosts the event 2x per year. I pay out of pocket, results are sent to me and I give them to the doctor.  

@Mom2Dogs 

That's a new one to me. Starting in the mid '60's I had a full panel drawn every year. They were still trying to figure out Cholesterol back in those years. I remember when 350 was ok back then.

Sounded high to me, so I started doing my own research, and going to 2-3 Clinics, given by well known experts in that field. Dr. Kenneth Cooper was one of the early Clinics I attended.

Most doctors knew very little about  Cholesterol, much less anything about the types, or the importance of ratio percentages. Age/gender/risk factors were things I learned about a few decades before the general public ever heard about them.

Thank you for the explanation. Something new to me for sure.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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[CatsyCline]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@Mom2Dogs 

If you have a thyroid condition then bamboo silica might affect your thyroid. Bamboo shoots contain a substance which acts like an anti-thyroid compound so it's best not to take bamboo silica. 

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@SilleeMee   this is the first i have heard that bamboo silica is not good for those with thyroid issues.  i know you like bamboo silica you post about it a lot -  but so now it's not for everyone?   what else goes into these supps?  i take meds for hypothyroid 

ed. to add -  bamboo silica for hair thinning loss  - that piqued my interest  - and osteopenia which i have...

[SilleeMee]

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@CatsyCline wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@Mom2Dogs 

If you have a thyroid condition then bamboo silica might affect your thyroid. Bamboo shoots contain a substance which acts like an anti-thyroid compound so it's best not to take bamboo silica. 

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@SilleeMee   this is the first i have heard that bamboo silica is not good for those with thyroid issues.  i know you like bamboo silica you post about it a lot -  but so now it's not for everyone?   what else goes into these supps?  i take meds for hypothyroid 

ed. to add -  bamboo silica for hair thinning loss  - that piqued my interest  - and osteopenia which i have...

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@CatsyCline 

It's the bamboo plant which has substances in it that affect the thyroid and it's not the silica itself. Bamboo silica contains about 70% silica extract and the other 30% comes from the bamboo plant. Some brands of capsules of bamboo silica supps contain other things. Check the label for those. There are many brands and what they put in some capsules varies between brands.

Currently I'm taking a 100% silica supp (loose powder). That is all silica and has no other ingredients. That one would not affect the thyroid.

[CatsyCline]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

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@CatsyCline wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@Mom2Dogs 

If you have a thyroid condition then bamboo silica might affect your thyroid. Bamboo shoots contain a substance which acts like an anti-thyroid compound so it's best not to take bamboo silica. 

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@SilleeMee   this is the first i have heard that bamboo silica is not good for those with thyroid issues.  i know you like bamboo silica you post about it a lot -  but so now it's not for everyone?   what else goes into these supps?  i take meds for hypothyroid 

ed. to add -  bamboo silica for hair thinning loss  - that piqued my interest  - and osteopenia which i have...

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@CatsyCline 

It's the bamboo plant which has substances in it that affect the thyroid and it's not the silica itself. Bamboo silica contains about 70% silica extract and the other 30% comes from the bamboo plant. Some brands of capsules of bamboo silica supps contain other things. Check the label for those. There are many brands and what they put in some capsules varies between brands.

Currently I'm taking a 100% silica supp (loose powder). That is all silica and has no other ingredients. That one would not affect the thyroid.

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@SilleeMee   ahh ok...    thanks so much for answering.    my doctor wants a new bone scan and it's been a few years.  

[Dra]

silleemee mind if I ask which silica supplement you use? Thanks

[SilleeMee]

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@Dra wrote:

silleemee mind if I ask which silica supplement you use? Thanks

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@Dra 

I buy this 100% pure silica powder (aka silicon dioxide) from Amazon. I take 1/4-teaspoon daily. Comes in one-size bag only and it's a big bag so you'll have it forever. It's a very fine white tasteless powder which dissolves almost instantly in liquid. You can also mix it into food. For convenience I put my silica powder in a small container and use a 1/4-teaspoon from that. You can also use a spice jar, whatever works for you. 

Note what it says on the bottom of the bag. That means you should not spoon it out and eat it directly from the bag. It needs to be mixed into something you eat or drink.

Since this powder is very light and fluffy, you don't want to inhale any floating in the air. Be careful with that.

[Shelbelle]

See the posts right here from last week entitled Bamboo.