Posted by tealady on October 28, 2007, at 22:01:08
In reply to Re: Recovery from major depression with magnesium, posted by LOOPS on October 28, 2007, at 7:49:04
> Tealady is so right -
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> I do follow a low-carb diet and if you don't mind eating meat, pork is a great source of thiamin - the best out of the meat world.
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> I have read that thiamin can be made in the gut, but I would think that only the best digestion /unharmed bacterial flora would be able to do this, another reason to supplement.
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> One orthomolecular doctor recommends opening a bottle of any particular vitamin and smelling it - if it smells good to you or has no smell he thinks you need it. If it smells bad then you don't need that one at that time.
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> Not sure how true this is, but I did sniff my B1 tablets when I first got them and ADORED the smell - although my hubby thought they smelt disgusting.
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> After supplementing for a couple of months, the smell is not so appealing to me, but it doesn't smell bad either.
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> So maybe there is some truth in that theory.
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> Loops
LOOPS is so right too :-)the theory, well I don't know, it sounds plausible though. I think our "instincts" guide us in healthy food choices well.. except we get led astray with sugars/fats/ carbs/processed foods and eating it caus its available I guess :-) I know I am influenced more than I would care to admit by smells :-)
Still for natural foods like veges, our instincts may be a good guideYou know my son will ONLY eat sweat and sour pork in Chinese, and I found I wasn'r wiped if i eat this with rice, but I'm wiped with any other Chinese food...then I worked out about the thiamin in the pork balancing the white rice...made sense.
I can eat Chinese if I add thiamin (or white rice in a small qty, but if I dont add it.. I get wiped:-)I also got my post meal blood sugar spikes down with thiamin and reduced all peripheral neuropathy and diabetic-MS-like side effect/symptoms and fatigue, hopefully now I wont become diabetes type 2.. but i guess its early days anyway.
I'va also and glad it helped you, cut down on my thryoid meds needs(T4 and armour).. but that could be from nodule stimualtion from the whiplash and physio and redemial massage etc..too early to tell as yet
Nice to hear from ya Loops
Jan
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