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Raquel1002 wrote:Hi all,
My Functional Medicine doc says that I'm getting enough B-12 in my Life Extension, two-per-day multi (with the methyl... ingredient) which totals 300mcg per day, so I'm not supplementing with B-12. My last blood test 09/2018 showed B12 was 991 which is above the range but my doc says those ranges aren't necessarily accurate, though he's fairly certain I don't need to supplement. I don't have any sx's of B-12 deficiency. He's doing more tests cuz the blood work from a few weeks ago showed borderline anemia (though again, no sx's!)
I say 'no symptoms' of anything yet I've been sick with a chronic, low-grade flu-like condition that came on suddenly some 20 years ago, with no known cause or cure. I feel worn out and tired all the time, but have boundless energy swimming, running up stairs, lifting weights. It's a total contradiction and most have concluded it's psychosomatic, this despite I feel as though I've resolved all my emotional burdens from my past! Mystery! Yes I've ruled-out Hypothyroid, Lyme Disease, etc) The best description I can give is pretend you have the flu but without a sore throat, runny nose, or cough or body aches; just that 'yucky' feeling you have in your head when you have the flu, or severe jet lag.
Back to supplements, I've also heard that folks eating PB should take the following supplements daily:
1,000 B-12 (Currently not taking though wonder if I should be)
2,000 D-3 (I'm taking 5,000 + a bit more that's in the two-per-day)
DHA 600 or so and EPA 300 or so, (though I've also heard I should be taking more EPA than DHA so that's another question!)
I think I read somewhere that Jeff recommends 'adequate in Omega 3's and not excessive in Omega 6' which is why I'm not sure if I'm getting too much of either, and/or should switch to taking more EPA than DHA which is what Life Extension recommends. I take Omega Zen from NuTrue cuz I haven't been able to find a vegan DHA/EPA that doesn't have a lot of questionable ingredients. Omega Zen is expensive, but 'clean'. If anyone has found another brand that comes more highly recommended I'd be interested in hearing about it.
I started taking Zinc 50mgs given my blood work showed I was low. I also take Calcium x500/day (I eat a ton of veg!); Magnesium x1000/day; Vit C x1000/day; Vit D3 with Sea Iodine x5,000/day. That's all I take. I eat a ton of veg (more than 3 pounds most days!) and my main sources of protein are beans, tofu, tempeh, bean spagetti from Explore Cuisine, nuts/seeds, veg burgers.
Feedback sorely welcomed!!
Functional medicine is a form of alternative medicine[1] which proponents say focuses on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems[2], but opponents have described it as "pseudoscientific silliness"[3] and quackery.[4] Practitioners develop individual treatment plans for people they treat.[2] Functional medicine encompasses a number of unproven and disproven methods and treatments.[5][6]
The discipline of functional medicine is vaguely defined by its proponents.[4] Oncologist David Gorski has written that the vagueness is a deliberate tactic which facilitates the discipline's promotion, but that in general it centers on unnecessary and expensive testing procedures performed in the name of "holistic" health care.[7]
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