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Hi!
Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about Supplement Myths and Truths for Practitioners. You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.
Here are some of the things we’ll be discussing:
- Liposomal? Nano? Sublingual? Tablets? Myths and Truths about the mode of delivery.
- It’s still a hot, hot supplement right now. But it can cause side effects – quickly! – if you don’t know this devil in the detail.
- Treating labwork with supplements is Not functional medicine at its best.
- The biggest practitioner pitfalls in working with supplements. Guaranteed to create overwhelm if you don’t learn them in advance.
- There’s safety (and Efficacy) in numbers. Why single point solutions are seldom the best.
- Missteps in labwork. Are you using the best markers to check dosage sufficiency?
- Sure, learn protocols. And then learn to discard them, confidently. Here’s Why.
- You didn’t prescribe the drug, but you’re still responsible for this. And it’s important! I’ll share the most common mistakes.
- Plus some leading edge supplement options and alternatives. You don’t want to miss these!
Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning! Please share your thoughts (please be thorough) in the “Ask a Question” area below about what inspired you in this presentation! Include what type of practitioner you are, so that we can all see your unique perspective.
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209 Questions for “Supplement Myths and Truths for Practitioners”
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Mandeep Bhatnagar says:
Another amazing and enlightening power packed session! Thanks Tracy. I need to practice writing notes much faster 🙂 My biggest takeaway was people with Fatty liver or T2D with hyperglycemia/insulin resistance may not convert Vit D, a HORMONE, to the final form. The final conversion of Vit D to it’s final active form requires Magnesium. The acute deficiency of Magnesium leads to GI stress, cramps, Charlie Horse cramps and even anxiety. Lastly, massive doses of calcium and deficiency of of Magn and Vit K2 can calcify soft tissue increasing the chances of cardiovascular disease and can calcify the pineal gland.
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Sara Rab says:
As a student I appreciated the reminder to keep beginners mind, we need to peel the onion. Just as it took time to learn all this information it requires time to apply it. Thanks for the reminder!!
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Lynda Bocchichio says:
This podcast was very informative making me want to learn more.
It is important not to rely on genetic testing only when considering supplementation. More than 1 snip affects methylation and there is a difference between what is genetic and what is actually happening- extremely interesting -
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Martha Gaerke says:
Interesting about post tryptophan levels.
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Thuy Tran says:
Thank you for these pearls, Tracy!
High dose bolus Vitamin D supplements without sufficient Mag and K2 is the silent killer. It is super frustrating! I am passionate about educating patients about supplements. Staying away from pharmaceutical products to be on a laundry list of supplements is not the solution!
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Madeline Wilks says:
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This vitamin D thing really stuck with me. Many have low vit D and are prescribed Vit D. There are so many parts to it. Never put Magnesium and K2 with vit d.. this information is very enlightening. I’m hungry for more kowledge.
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Virginia Waterstreet says:
All was interesting, but I was fascinated with the facts regarding plants: coddled ones are less nutritious; their anti-oxidants are oxidants for us and induce our own anti-oxidant creation…love that struggling grapes make the healthiest ( and might I add, tastiest) wine!
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LAURA Timmons says:
I love your presentations and hope to take your classes soon! Thank you for video taping your presentations as sometimes I need to stop them in order to catch all of the amazing pearls you provide!
I thought it was interesting that you should supplement with iron every other day!
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Victoria Feidt says:
I learned that high doses of Vitamin D can unmask a magnesium deficiency.
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Mary Coventry says:
I didn’t know about the role of Magnesium and VitD and how many vitamins and hormones affect each other. Love love love Traci and she is the best!!!
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Lindsey Law says:
The biggest pearl for me today is to set expectations with my patients (and with myself tbh) that we can’t address everything at once. We have to peel the layers of the onion and it is helpful to remember that there are different stages to this such as rapid relief, intervention, and maintenance phases. This is huge for me as a practitioner just starting out in FM (from allopathic medicine) as a paradigm shift and mindset shift really from wanting to get folks better like, fast! When that doesn’t actually reflect the actual goal, which for me is for people to get well and stay well, period! Thank you so much!
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Some points that stood out for me were in regards to post Covid Syndrome and how after the body has dealt with a high viral load it will comandeer tryptophan to be used by the immune system which will result in decreased levels of serotonin and melatonin causing a multitude of downstream effects. I also found it interesting that in order to maximize iron absorption is should be dosed qod.
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Tracy… I applaud your genius! I’m always amazed at the sheer volume of knowledge you have in that brain. I loved learning today about macrophage stealing tryptophan under heavy viral load, and how this leads to downstream symptoms of serotonin, melatonin and niacin insufficiency. HUGE!
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Kira Whitham says:
Great live, thank you! Biggest takeaway: excess calcium can lead to calcification of tissues (and need to get that vitamin K2 in there). So important given all the women taking the giant calcium horse pills that Costco sells, and a good pearl for us to share with so many.
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Therese Caraway says:
Vitamin D is a hormone! Wow…that’s amazing! Loved all the great content and breakdown of different supplements….thanks so much for a wonderful talk (as usual)❤?❤
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Kerri Thigpen says:
I love the re-enforcement that we should not be tackling some of the complex issues some clients have until we have mastered & feel confident or have proven our competence in that area/ problem.
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Dawn Rheam says:
Great information!
It’s actually refreshing to get to the root of the problem instead of only testing the symptoms of the disease!
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I enjoyed this one so much. I really liked the reminder of supplements are helpful, but it is important to get to the root of the issue. The information about SNP’s and the detail given was great to learn more about.
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Tamara Trinder says:
So much great information! I will be going back and listening again. So many take aways. The info about Fit (hormone) D and the correlation with Mg deficiency is so important. Also, the impact of Vitamin D supplementation on Calcium. So much great info on Vitamin D. Interesting facts about the iron dosing every other day , using antimicrobial herb blends, etc. I will look forward to learning more about post Covid syndrome next month. My favorite pearl is that We are not what we eat, but what we ingest, digest, absorb and convert final form and into the cell membrane. Thank you for a great presentation!
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Vitamin D supplementation information along with the cofactors is needed because the doctors are telling their patients to take vitamin D with calcium for their bones, no mention of the other cofactors. Also because of COVID people are told to just raise their vitamin D levels. Always great information.