Rebecca that article is basically on the same track. This article explains what I am now discovering about Zinc:
http://www.tvernonlac.com/copper-toxicity.htmlBasically zinc is the single most important mineral that any of us need and we need alot more than doctors think.
Low zinc starts of a chain reaction of bad biochemistry in the body, the more severe the zinc depletion the more severe the repercussions. What seems to be amazing is that most if it is reversible. If leaky gut happens along the way though, this must be fixed along with the zinc.
I have found yet another Dr. He is a GP, but has spent alot of time in university researching zinc. He is a zinc expert so to speak and if you are symptomatic, sends you off for zinc plasma tests to measure zinc in your blood and also tests you for pyrroles - a serious condition that is caused my severe low zinc - food intolerance is one of the symptoms, so are auto immuns disaeases, skin condition and behavioural condirions including sensory stuff and autism. Pyrroles is totally reversible if in zinc supplements for the long term! I have Kai booked into this Dr and I am pretty sure we will be doing pyrroles tests.
I have been on zinc alot of years now as i have high copper but i have been unable to fix i (discovered 4 years ago through hair mineral analysis) I was unaware at how important this is for my body and my babies....zinc is passed through the mother milk. I will be going to this Dr for myself next week too, perhaps i need to take steps to take copper our of my diet - no 1 would be to drink filtered water due to copper pipes.
I have been following a facebook discussion group that is public - for failsafe people who have children on teh failsafe diet. A few of us have gone off this tangent to explore BIOMED medicence as a way of analysing gut health for our LO's with the theoriy that a bacterial imbalance can cause food iontolerance. And from this the Dr's that everyone is seeing are also saying that the zinc/copper balance is a crucial factor. Some of them have started formal treatment with zinc and B6 supplements and also following a full stool smaple analysis - good /bad bacteria and they are finding their tolerances are increasing! Kia has been on these supplements for some time, it might be why is can now eat high sals.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=206988009314187&topic=392&post=2392&ref=notif¬if_t=board_post_reply#!/FailsafeEatingSupportGroup
Go to the discussion board and see the discussion called : Beyond failsafe - Biomedical treatment. To join, just "like" the group.
Drs that focus on zinc and gut health are called BIOMED Dr's here, and they are affiliated with MINDD org here. There are mother/umbrella organisations in the US if anyone wants links. I posted the MINDD info a way back on this thread:
http://mindd.org/s/index.php?/pages/search.html&f=If you can take some time to watch the MINDD TV video presentations, pretty amazing stuff.
Whilst we are onto it I will post my other paeds latest presentation on autism, he is acutally improving autism in his patients at the moment with biomedicence and is booked out one year in advance.
Here is a link to a lecture he recently gave:
http://mindd.org/s/archives.php/147-Practitioners-Lectures.htmlAgain, plenty of info on the MINDD org website.
Note that he is on the advisory board for MINDD org and so is Dr Campbell Mcbride! Her stuff is available o the website too.