Pauline Ashford wrote:
Sweeping one problem under the carpet only opens up a host of others
instead, (such as no more PTH to help the kidneys excrete phosphate - a
definite potential cause for kidney damage, not to mention the feedback
loops between parathyroid and thyroid regarding calcium metabolism),
it's not solution.
And the 5 week ultimatum is not a solution either.
Have you analysed the diet to see if diet is the cause of the rising
serum calcium?
For example, bone releases calcium into the serum if the dietary fat is
incorrect or the dietary Vit D3 is incorrect.
There are multiple entities involved in the metabolism of calcium: the
hormones parathyroid (PTH), calcitonin (thyrocalcitonin or TCT),
1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-DHCC, a biologically active form of
vitamin D3 - see the current Scientific American for a quick overview of
D3), and the intestine, kidney, liver, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland,
and bone. If calcium is not kept in the bone (such as by Vit K1 or K2,
then it will leach out to blood serum. It will also do that if calcium
is undersupplied. There is a whole balance to be maintained b etween
bone reabsorption and leaching calcium out of bone.
The form of calcium is different in each place too - phosphate in
bone - and can be ions in the blood or can be bound by oxalates (most of
which are NOT from dietary oxalate).
Since the metabolism in general changes at perimenopause, and hormones
scale down or up in different proportions than before - then unless the
diet changes along with that - there will be imbalance - just from diet
- not from disease.
I would eliminate/correct that first as it is the most likely cause.
It's not wildly off scale in my opinion (and I am NOT a doctor, just a
student of nutrition) for a person whose body is adjusting - but she
needs help adjusting her diet to suit I would suspect.
My view is that no remedy can correct the diet.
It can assist the body in absorbing what's eaten - IF the right things
are eaten.
Also - is the ionized calcium level of the serum normal - or aqlso
elevayted?
[For example in pregnancy the calcium will not read normal but the
*ionized* calcium - the available to use calcium - WILL stay normal.]
It may be that dietary issues cause calcium to be bound in the blood so
that there is excess unusuable calcium and the body is keeping the ionic
and usable calcium at normal levels? Just a thought?
Calcium has lots of functions but it must be able to cross cell
memebranes - and to do this it needs the active form of Vit D3 known as
1,25 DHCC = dihidroxycholechalciferol, which is more like a hormone
(formed from UV reaction with cholesterol in the skin) than a vitamin
due to its wide number of functions in the body.
Has your client got enough cholesterol in the skin and enough UV light
on her skin daily to generate enough of this active form of D3?
If not the calcium will be unable to cross cell membranes to where it is
needed - and since the kidneys can only excrete a finite amount per day,
calcium will "collect" in the blood serum and rise over time.
If there is not enough from sunshine on the skin daily (20 mins with 1/3
of body exposed daily makes 10,000 IU of D and after that the body stops
making it - and research also shows 10,000 IU to be a good daily
availability amount contrary to suggested amounts by various official
bodies in USA) - lack of D3 is a common problem in northern latitudes
of USA.
Another big factor in calcium metabolism is the fat in the diet - and
the source of it. It's too common to get it from seed oils (sunflower,
flax, canola etc) - all a bad source - instead of a good source like
fish oil and extra virgin olive oil. Some saturated fats interfere with
calcium metabolism as well.
Vit K1 or K2 is also relevant as it helps calcium be in the bones where
it belongs, and not leach out to blood serum. (High source of K1 is
spinach, collard or dandelion greens. K2 is from fermented products like
yogurt and kefir; K3 is artificial and does not help calcium metabolism.)
So these are just a couple of starter ideas for dietary investigation,
if you feel so inclined.
Namaste,
IRene
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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
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