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What do you think about a severe headache after taking Prescript-Assist? A histamine response perhaps?

Kelsey Marksteiner: I haven’t had anybody have that sort of response. I’m trying to think because I don’t really think...

If someone is getting a lot of cramps, they may do well to supplement with calcium. Can you talk a little bit more about this? For most of my life, I was told that cramps were a salt issue and you should eat more salt if you got cramps a lot. Then for a few years I was under the impression that it’s actually a magnesium deficiency, that sodium and calcium help muscles to contract and magnesium and potassium help muscles to relax, so hearing that frequent cramps are related to calcium is very new to me. Can you explain the physiology?

Laura Schoenfeld: As far as cramps are concerned, there are a lot of different things that can affect cramping, and...

Just wondering what you feel about prenatal multivitamins. I understand the shortcomings of multivitamins and that it’s better to get nutrition from food, but just so you are not missing out on something that you couldn’t even imagine that you’re missing, which prenatal vitamin do you recommend, and what other supplements do you recommend for prenatal care or specific food quantities, including things like liver, how many time a week?

Laura Schoenfeld: let me look this up for you because I have a prenatal that I personally really like. My...

If someone can’t or won’t do nutrient testing, do you recommend any supplements as a baseline, and if so, what dosages? How often should you test nutrients and make adjustments based on results?

Kelsey Marksteiner: I actually don’t do a whole lot of nutrient testing in my practice unless someone really wants it....

A client of mine has had bad reactions to HCl supplementation. The largest dose to date has been 400 mg at a time. She suffered bad headaches from the pure 400 mg supplement and noticed a feeling of heat in her head, as well as tiredness after taking 200 mg of NOW Super Enzymes throughout a trial week. While she welcomes sleeping longer and more deeply during this time, she woke up feeling fatigued and noticed an overall decline in energy. Could this have really been a reaction to the HCl?

Dr. Amy Nett: Good question. I don’t know. It’s not a reaction that I’ve seen to taking HCl. Taking HCl...

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