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  1. knitty kitty
    Yes! Yes! Yes! Magnesium works best with thiamine! Vitamin D needs other vitamins,too! I hope Plumbago watches it, too, because it explains her SVT. 😸
  2. knitty kitty
    I would add dehydration. The body needs water to digest all those carbohydrates, hence the constipation. When dehydrated, the body will retain any water it has, hence the warm extremities and lack of sweating. As the body acquires more water, frequent urination may occur. As Scott said, diabetes may be occurring. With such a high intake of...
  3. knitty kitty
    Also, you may want to get your mineral levels checked. Magnesium and iron deficiencies might be contributing to your symptoms, too. Magnesium works with thiamine and the other B vitamins.
  4. knitty kitty
    Replenishing the vitamins is what will heal deficiencies. There are eight B vitamins. They all work together. It is unlikely to have a deficiency in just one of the B vitamins. The B vitamins and Vitamin C are all water soluble and can be lost quickly. (B12 is the only one that can be stored for any length of time in the liver.) Thiamine is often...
  5. knitty kitty
    Yes. There's a so called "paradox" where you feel worse before you feel better as your body starts functioning properly with the proper vitamins. Perhaps this well explain..... http://www.hormonesmatter.com/paradox-vitamin-deficiency-disease/
  6. knitty kitty
    Furguston, All those symptoms you listed are symptoms of high histamine levels. Mast cells release their histamine when told to do so by T cells that have found an antigen. Calcium ions inside the mast cell relay the degranulation orders from the T cells on the outside of the mast cell to the histamine storage tank within the mast cell. When...
  7. knitty kitty
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol "It is produced by the ultraviolet irradiation of 7-dehydrocholesterol extracted from lanolin found in sheep's wool." Congratulations! Seems you probably have a wool/lanolin allergy now. Not every reaction is caused by gluten.
  8. knitty kitty
    Sorry, but that's not how allergic reactions work. That's not how hypersensitivity reactions work. You have to have a sensitizing dose before you have an allergic reaction. Prior to the sensitizing doses and the big allergic reaction, your body reacts stronger and more aggressively to the antigen. But there's a tipping point, that sensitizing dose...
  9. knitty kitty
    Ferguston, Do you have an allergy to wool? Or to fish? Or yeast? Some vitamin D 3 supplements are made from lanolin from sheep's wool. If you have an allergy to wool, this could explain your hypersensitivity/histamine reaction to your supplements. Some vitamin D supplements are made from fish, like cod liver oil. If you're allergic to...
  10. knitty kitty
    Here's an article by Dr. Lonsdale about the asthma and thiamine connection..... https://www.hormonesmatter.com/asthma-a1at-deficiency-thiamine/ Eat more Liver! It's a great source of thiamine! 🐱
  11. knitty kitty
    Yes, I'd try it! I cannot tolerate many of the gluten free breads available in my local grocery stores because they add corn and microbial transglutaminase and such. Not to mention they taste like cardboard.
  12. knitty kitty
    David and Jo, Those symptoms you described are also symptoms of early thiamine deficiency. The trouble breathing, cough, rapid heart rate, fatigue and digestive problems are all early thiamine deficiency symptoms. We can become low in thiamine within two weeks if we eat a high carbohydrate diet, are very physically active especially outdoors...
  13. knitty kitty
    Smitty, Stay hydrated. Allow your body time to rest and recuperate. Avoid NSAIDs. They can cause more irritation. Try a hot water bottle or a heating pad for discomfort. Some of us like bone broth or "cooked to a mush and easy to digest" stews. Crock pots and instant pots are great for this. Avoid processed foods. Avoid...
  14. knitty kitty
    ktb, Do keep in mind that starting supplementing now will skew future tests for vitamin deficiencies. Getting a baseline before beginning the supplements might be the better way to go, but considering the covid pandemic, going for proper testing may be undesirable. At least a call to your daughter's doctor may be warranted. Taking supplements before...
  15. knitty kitty
    Are you keeping a food/mood/poo'd journal? What does it say you ate twenty-four to forty-eight hours ago? Is your transit time longer? Are you constipated? Which supplements did you take about then? Was it a large amount or a size consistent with your supplement amount? Something light colored.....Gluten free tortilla? Beans? Marshmallows...
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    ktb, Sorry your daughter isn't feeling well. You're such a great Mom to seek answers! Welcome to the forum. All the symptoms your daughter is having are early signs of thiamine deficiency. Be sure her doctor does the erythrocyte transketolase test to see if she's deficient. Checking the levels of the other eight B vitamins would be a good idea...
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    Are you taking magnesium? Sometimes magnesium supplements can make your stool a lighter color.
  18. knitty kitty
    Sounds like what I experienced with Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. You can have Histamine Intolerance and MCAS without being Celiac. I found this article about Red Meat causing high histamine levels... https://mastcell360.com/are-you-raising-your-histamine-levels-with-these-meat-handling-mistakes/ Bone Broth...
  19. knitty kitty
    Sounds like what I experienced with Histamine Intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. The body normally releases histamine as part of its defense mechanism to destroy harmful things we've ingested, like gluten if we have Celiac Disease, and dairy in lactose intolerance, or if allergic to casein, shellfish, or other foods. Ingestion of foods...
  20. knitty kitty
    Here's how to make candy that will glow in the dark under black light.... https://www.instructables.com/id/Kryptonite-Candy/ Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is the ingredient that fluoresces under black light!
  21. knitty kitty
    Your body won't be able to absorb 100% of the vitamin supplements you take at any one time. The unabsorbed vitamins are excreted in urine, but that doesn't mean you don't still need it. Your body is absorbing part of it. Continue to take the vitamins. Are you taking your vitamins with meals or on an empty stomach? Vitamins are better absorbed if...
  22. knitty kitty
    I'm doubtful that you've developed vitamin D toxicity. It takes months and months of much higher doses of vitamin D (100,000 IU per day) to develop toxicity. Your skin has an automatic turn off mechanism so you can't overdose on Vitamin D by being out in the sun. Are you taking vitamin D2 or vitamin D3? Vitamin D 3 is the naturally occurring form...
  23. knitty kitty
    Chris, I was wondering if you have any skin rashes or skin problems like keratosis pilaris, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, or dermatitis herpetiformis (DH). Sometimes celiac disease manifests in the skin. People with DH don't always have definitive blood test results. My blood tests were inconclusive, so I had a DNA test. I've got two Celiac genes...
  24. knitty kitty
    I tried Solaray B Complex a while back, but couldn't tolerate them because of the RICE BRAN, RICE GERM and RICE POLISHINGS. The bran and germ is where lectins lurk and can trigger immune responses. (Some Celiacs react to rice because of this.) I can't tolerate brown rice (unpolished rice), although I can tolerate Basmati rice (white/polished...
  25. knitty kitty
    Thiamine deficiency will cause nightmares! Especially if you have lots of magnesium and not enough thiamine and Vitamin B6. I take thiamine earlier in the day. I take magnesium, B6, and tryptophan an hour or two before bedtime and sleep like a rock. http://www.drpepi.com/health-tips/general/dreams/ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition...
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