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[rwac]

Do you suggest she takes the weekend off from the supplements or not bother with the breaks?

I don't see anything there that would need a break.

btw, what is L.Mush ? I've never heard of it.

[8lu3]

Do you suggest she takes the weekend off from the supplements or not bother with the breaks?

I don't see anything there that would need a break.

btw, what is L.Mush ? I've never heard of it.

Thanks for the reply.

L.Mush = Lion's Mane Mushroom. (My attempt at abbreviation)

[8lu3]

UPDATE:

My mother got her results from her cholesterol test and they came back low; so she is off statins with a review in 3 months.

She asked them to check her vitamin D levels but they told her it would cost her £3,000.00 for the test.

[rwac]

My mother got her results from her cholesterol test and they came back low; so she is off statins with a review in 3 months.

Sounds like good news to me! Hope she feels better soon.

She asked them to check her vitamin D levels but they told her it would cost her £3,000.00 for the test.

http://www.grassrootshealth.net/

Q: Is there an additional cost to mail a kit overseas?
No. You just have to pay postage on the return envelope.

[8lu3]

My mother got her results from her cholesterol test and they came back low; so she is off statins with a review in 3 months.

Sounds like good news to me! Hope she feels better soon.

She asked them to check her vitamin D levels but they told her it would cost her £3,000.00 for the test.

http://www.grassrootshealth.net/

Q: Is there an additional cost to mail a kit overseas?
No. You just have to pay postage on the return envelope.

Thank you for the link.

[babcock]

Article I stumbled across today might be interesting to OP: http://www.newsdaily...emory-vitaminb/

Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,

These B vitamins are known to control levels of an amino acid called homocysteine in the blood, and high blood levels of homocysteine are linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Helga Refsum, who also worked on the trial, stressed that vitamins were given in extremely high doses.

"This is a drug, not a vitamin intervention," she said.

The pills, called "TrioBe Plus" contained around 300 times the recommended daily intake of B12, four times daily advised folate levels and 15 times the recommended amount of B6.

[niner]

She asked them to check her vitamin D levels but they told her it would cost her £3,000.00 for the test.

This has to be wrong. They must have looked up something strange or a research-grade test. The typical 25-OH-D3 screening test is quite cheap, and in the States at least, is mostly covered by insurance. Is the NHS that backward? You could always use a mail order test like rwac posted, but it would be more convenient, and potentially more accurate, if it were done as part of general blood work. I'd ask around a bit more.

[8lu3]

She asked them to check her vitamin D levels but they told her it would cost her £3,000.00 for the test.

This has to be wrong. They must have looked up something strange or a research-grade test. The typical 25-OH-D3 screening test is quite cheap, and in the States at least, is mostly covered by insurance. Is the NHS that backward? You could always use a mail order test like rwac posted, but it would be more convenient, and potentially more accurate, if it were done as part of general blood work. I'd ask around a bit more.

She was getting the results for her cholesterol from the nurse and my mother asked about having her D3 checked. The nurse phoned up the hospital to inquire and they said it would cost £3,000 for the test.

Now I presume that if the GP ordered them, the tests may be free but since he is not, you have to pay for them.

[rwac]

Article I stumbled across today might be interesting to OP: http://www.newsdaily...emory-vitaminb/

noobie, you should consider adding in a B Complex to your mother's regimen, I like this one:

http://www.iherb.com...Caps/18126?at=0

Edited by rwac, 14 September 2010 - 02:26 PM.