either would be great!

Carlson’s liquid is also good!

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I will definately give that a try and let you know the outcome.

With kind regards,
Val H

I think you may have read that wrong- fish oil is frequently recommended for gout, and always recommended for inflammation and the kind of pain you describe. It absolutely will not hurt you. If it were me, i would take at least 3-4 grams a day for a month and see if it helps. Might be best to use the liquid kind since you get a bigger dose than with the pills.

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I have been lucky to have lifelong great health, but this last winter I got uveitis, an inflammation in my eye. I had a Kenalog shot between my lower eyelid and eye and that brought back my vision (it was not as gruesome as it sounds.) I was determined to be HLA-B27 positive. Luckily, at least thus far I do not seem to have any of the other conditions that can have an association to HLA-B27.

My eye is quiet right now. Uveitis can be a condition that flares off and on once you have it. I have tried to get the specialists to tell me what to do for optimum outcome in terms of nutrition and supplements, they have nothing to offer. I do take fish oil, and it is a good brand, but I’m sort of sporadic about it and I only take 1000 per day. Since inflammation is what happens in my eye condition I’m inspired to take more fish oil. Thanks for the inspiration. If you have any suggestions to where I can look for further health and prevention for my autoimmune condition, I would be very grateful.

Sincerely
Beth

Well it’s possible you might have a plain old garden variety stress injury and all it needs is a little time to heal. But you’re doing all the right stuff- high doses of fish oil (I’d go 3-4 grams a day), wobenzyme on an empty stomach between meals, and I might add to that high dose MSM (8 grams a day in powdered form, amazing results for pain) and possibly an anti-inflammatory formula like INFLAMMATONE (on the website store). Plus eat lots of foods with natural anti-inflammatories like quercetin (apples and onions) and give it a bit of rest. I’m sure you’ll be fine in no time!

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I don’t really know any brands of Chia seeds that are better than others..Greens Plus makes a nice organic one that’s available in whole foods and places like that and it’s a lot less than 50 bucks- why not try a small size first? I personally use flaxseeds rather than chia seeds (Barlean’s Forti Flax) but if i were going to use chia i’d try the small size first

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these are excellent questions. I’ll answer what i can..

Let’s start with the last one: Health professionals generally can buy and are aware of what could loosely be called “doctors brands” only because they’re USUALLY not sold in stores. We see these companies display at trade shows, medical and nutritional and anti=aging conferences, etc; they don’t sell retail just wholesale (USUALLY), are smaller companies, almost always individually owned (rather than huge companies or subsidiaries) and are frequently owned and operated by people who are truly passionate about health and quality and do all kinds of testing and research; these are companies like Designs for Health (I’ve known the owners personally since 1998), vital Nutrients, Pure Encapsulations, Thorne Research, Douglas Labs, etc etc…

Critera I use: i meet a lot of these people at trade shows, i talk to them, i get a feel for what they’re making; i look at the ingredients which i understand better than most, and i make judgement calls about which products are worth carrying in my vitamin store (or worth using in my own case!) I look at AMOUnt of ingredient, FORM (i.e. magnesium oxide? or magnesium citrate? etc) and other things like that..

Clinical trials is fairly meaningless in the vitamin world. A series of true drug clinical trials can cost millions and millions of dollars. Vitamin manufacturers can’t spend that on unpatentable substances. There are, however, literally thousands of experiments and studies on the working of vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, etc, and there are plenty of studies on people, all published, all findable in the National Institute of Medicine database; but the term “clinical trial” is thrown around a lot and has very little real meaning in the context you’re talking about. I see it on infomercials all the time “in a clinical trial, this product built 29 percent more muscle”.. that sort of stuff is nonsense. Sometimes it means they hired a guy in a clinic to give their muscle builder to ten people and then asked the ten people if they liked it.

I have heard of Shaklee and they have a good reputation. In general i hate multi level marketing so i can’t be objective. the people WAY oversell the product and the people selling it generally don’t know what they’re talking about. But shaklee is one of the better ones, though i personally wouldn’t use it since i can get a lot more targeted stuff with doses i think are more effective.

I don’t know anything about puritans pride, and my general take on centrum is that it’s better than zero. This is a mass marketed, corporate owned company making vast amounts a low end product with tiny (minimal) doses of nutrients in their cheapest form and selling them in bulk. Is it better than nothing? Sure. Is it anything i would use? no.

hope that helps.

jb

I apologize for the number of questions…I am just so curious and can’t find any definitive information anywhere.
Thank you for your help,
Pam Baker

In general, omega-3′s should help reduce inflammation from any cause. I personally like 2 grams (of EPA and DHA).

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Your daughter’s case is a bit more complicated than I could tackle from afar without seeing her, and some of what you describe is out of my area of expertise. However IN GENERAL minerals like magnesium and potassium and to some extent calcium are good for athletes with tight or cramped muscles- i can’t see how extra magnesium wouldn’t be a good idea.

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P.S.Any advice on dosing for gouty arthritis?
tHX,

Dan

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What is your take on krill oil. I hear it is 5 times more powerful than fish oil.

I take 2 fish oil and 2 krill oil pills daily to cover all bases. Am I doing right or fooling myself?

Thanks!