osteoblast
05-15-2008, 07:30 PM
I think alot of us here know to be careful about vit A and not getting too much. I saw my new Bone Specialist this week YIPEEEE-(ok,I will now settle down:)) one of the things she wanted to test was my Vit A level.
I knew to watch this with my multi, she said she had alot of patients who are taking fish oil and getting too high levels of vit A.
When I came home, I checked my fish oil, and it is made with herring and anchovies-no cod. I checked with the co--no vit A.I take this fish oil in liquid form and surprisingly it is not yucky.It is OK.
In their cod liver products there is vit A-naturally occuring.
So-check your fish oils.
Also I know some people use fish oil for their vit d and if it is cod liver oil-well, you could have the same issue.
Another test she did was 24hr. urine-cortisol. I have been under stress big time with fluctuating thyroid levels for 12 months, so she checked this. I asked my endo to check this a week ago, with the idea of stress/cortisol being harmful to bones but she didn't think testing was necessary.She said I could go to a naturopath , the cortisol and adrenal thing is big with naturopaths .I thought it was a strange response. It is HARD to understand doctors and their reasoning sometimes!!I guess if you knock at one door and no one answers , you need to go to the next.
ps-if you are interested in the Vit A info a a quick check on the net reveals some very interesting info about beta carotene and the retinol forms of vit A that you should look at. Getting 100% of the rec. vit A from retinol, in its various forms, may in fact not be good. So, if concerned with this check it out-it gets a little more complicated but not too complicated for those trying to maintain their bones.
I knew to watch this with my multi, she said she had alot of patients who are taking fish oil and getting too high levels of vit A.
When I came home, I checked my fish oil, and it is made with herring and anchovies-no cod. I checked with the co--no vit A.I take this fish oil in liquid form and surprisingly it is not yucky.It is OK.
In their cod liver products there is vit A-naturally occuring.
So-check your fish oils.
Also I know some people use fish oil for their vit d and if it is cod liver oil-well, you could have the same issue.
Another test she did was 24hr. urine-cortisol. I have been under stress big time with fluctuating thyroid levels for 12 months, so she checked this. I asked my endo to check this a week ago, with the idea of stress/cortisol being harmful to bones but she didn't think testing was necessary.She said I could go to a naturopath , the cortisol and adrenal thing is big with naturopaths .I thought it was a strange response. It is HARD to understand doctors and their reasoning sometimes!!I guess if you knock at one door and no one answers , you need to go to the next.
ps-if you are interested in the Vit A info a a quick check on the net reveals some very interesting info about beta carotene and the retinol forms of vit A that you should look at. Getting 100% of the rec. vit A from retinol, in its various forms, may in fact not be good. So, if concerned with this check it out-it gets a little more complicated but not too complicated for those trying to maintain their bones.
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indersonu
05-16-2008, 09:04 PM
Hi there,
too much of anything could be bad for your bones, any vitamin, that is why you have to check out that everything is in range.
I pray to god that all goes well for all of us
sincerely
Inde
too much of anything could be bad for your bones, any vitamin, that is why you have to check out that everything is in range.
I pray to god that all goes well for all of us
sincerely
Inde