Posted by Ann on August 27, 2000 at 09:38:30:

In Reply to: Re: still confused... posted by Jean in NC on August 27, 2000 at 07:17:57:

Hi Jean,
Click on to your original message and look under follow-ups for my reply.
I did something wrong and it shows up there instead of on the message board
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Ann:

Hi Ann,

: I am also trying to do CLO with my son and am struggling to get started. I hope you don't mind some more questions!

:
: :I bought Total Essential Fatty Acids ( in liquid form)
: : It contains a mixed Vitamin E with evening primrose and borage oils. It has been
: : great. I dose it according to GLA requirements.

: How do you know how much GLA your child needs?

: : Here's what Dr Megson reccommends: Pretreat for about 2 weeks with
: : Vitamin E 200-400IU/day plus Vitamin C 250-100 twice a day.
: :

: We have recently added Evening Primrose Oil and are working up to the suggested amounts of extra vitamin C and E. We plan to start CLO after we get adjusted to those newest additions. My son has been having loose stools recently---could the vitamins and EPO do that?
: The dose he suggests for vitamin E seems pretty high, considering the RDA is somewhere between 10-30 I.U. Is excess vitamin E likely to cause problems?
: I guess the vitamin C is pretty high, too, but I've always heard excess C is just excreted in the urine.

: Thanks for any information!

: Jean in NC