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glutenfreewithease Rookie
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Hi guys!

Can y'all tell me what supplements you are taking that help as well as which brands are gluten free. I live in Houston, TX and have access to a Whole Foods Mkt that have a lot of options available. I've been reading about supplements that are not vitamins but "whole food" put into a pill that is suppose to help you get more nutrients. Have y'all found this to be true? A bottle is $40 at Whole Foods!

Also, if our bodies are not absorbing the nutrients due to the damage inside the intestines, how much do the supplements help until there is healing happening?

Thanks in advance! Marsha :rolleyes:

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I get my vitamins from Whole Foods and I use AOR brand, says gluten free right on the package. I use the Multi Basic 3 ( I take 2 daily) and also the Bone Basics (4 a day), because my gastro told me I need 1200 g of calcium every day. We celiacs are at risk of osteoperosis and I don't eat any dairy.

The magnesium also helps me sleep better at night.

I have never had a reaction from this brand.

glutenfreewithease Rookie
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Thanks so much! I just got back from Whole Foods, so it will be a few weeks before I get back because it is so far away from my home. I appreciate the information. I wish my doc would be a little more forthcoming regarding the supplements I need. I'm expecting the test results for my girls to come in and I'm going to have to be more proactive with my line of questioning and what follow-up care is needed.

Thanks again!

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Thanks so much! I just got back from Whole Foods, so it will be a few weeks before I get back because it is so far away from my home. I appreciate the information. I wish my doc would be a little more forthcoming regarding the supplements I need. I'm expecting the test results for my girls to come in and I'm going to have to be more proactive with my line of questioning and what follow-up care is needed.

Thanks again!

Take Acetyl-L-Carnitine, better known as L-Carnitine, take R-Alpha Lipoic Acid, and take 1g to 2g of omega 3 fish oil supplement daily ......all in addition to B-complex and C.

These are the important supplements for celiac disease, and for all other mitochondrial disease.

You can get the benefit of L-carnitin from beef and from from rosemary. You can get alpha lipoic acid from red meat and carrots.

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glutenfreewithease Rookie
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Take Acetyl-L-Carnitine, better known as L-Carnitine, take R-Alpha Lipoic Acid, and take 1g to 2g of omega 3 fish oil supplement daily ......all in addition to B-complex and C.

These are the important supplements for celiac disease, and for all other mitochondrial disease.

You can get the benefit of L-carnitin from beef and from from rosemary. You can get alpha lipoic acid from red meat and carrots.

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I'm alergic to fish so I try to get my omega 3's from other sources. I can tolerate organic beef now, so that is good. Thanks for the reply, this helps. I'm still wandering how much supplements work if their is not healing in the intestines?

veggienft Rookie
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I'm alergic to fish so I try to get my omega 3's from other sources. I can tolerate organic beef now, so that is good. Thanks for the reply, this helps. I'm still wandering how much supplements work if their is not healing in the intestines?

Looks like flax oil for your omega 3.

The advantages of L-carnitin and alpha lipoic acid are that they are already in the form used by the mitochondria.

Visit this site, and it will explain more: Open Original Shared Link

Whenever anyone mentions life without carbohydrates, people treat him/her like he/she just endorsed suicide. People have two means of turning food into energy. First is ketosis. Second, and vastly more popular, is mitochondrial processing of carbohydrates.

Mitochondria exist in cell cytoplasm, outside cell nuclei. Mitochondria take several digestive building blocks, and chemically construct adenosine triphosphate (ATP), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and a few minor chemicals. As the site above says, ATP is the energy currency of a human who consumes carbohydrates. SOD is an important chemical for maintaining nerves, and building important complex SOD aggregates.

People with broken digestion have trouble getting all the necessary ingredients to mitochondria in order to construct these vital products. We also have problems maintaining the necessary mitochondrial membrane integrity required for mitochondrial action. L-carnitin and alpha lipoic acid are important mitochondrial facilitators. Omega 3 oils chemically maintain the lipids required for membrane integrity .........integrity needed in mitochondrial processing.

As shown in the above link, oxidants are largely biproducts of mitochondrial action. The widely hyped antioxidants like C, A and E are largely removers and neutralizers of oxidants. L-carnitin and alpha lipoic acid are preventers of oxidants.

P.S. L-carnitin should vastly curtail the "tingling in hands" mentioned in your signature. It might help some other things too.

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