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Couple of items my Dr. Recommended that I haven't seen elsewhere - thought I would share in case it might help others



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Hi everyone,

My education class was last week and I learned a couple of interesting tidbits that I thought would share.

Now, of course, everyone's program requirements are slightly different, so please follow your doctors guidelines first! That being said:

1. To help with nausea -- every morning, drink warm Water with lemon juice in it. It clears any mucus buildup and helps clear your stomach for new food.

2. FOR HAIR: take the following to help with hair growth:

50 mg of Co-enzyme Q10 3 times daily. It is a powerful antioxidant that helps aid healing and energy levels. It also helps to promote Hair growth.< /p>

Biotin 5000 mcg daily - helps promote hair growth.

200 mg of zinc sulfate OR 50 mg of zinc gluconate - this is important for immune functions and to help promote hair growth.

3. For healing and to assist your digestive track in processing food through the intestines - take a probiotic daily for at least the first 2 weeks once you ate cleared for full liquids. You can break it open and put it in your Protein shake.

Hope this is of benefit to the group.

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Um, are you going to be crushing all of these tabs? I have a few that I have to crush or open to consume and it is just nasty!!! Good luck with that. And, no, I haven't heard about this type of regimen. Let us know if this actually works! :)

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Hi Scottsgirl!

The Co Q 10 you would need to open up, same with the probiotic. The probiotic doesn't really have a taste haven't tried it on the Co Q 10 yet.

The Biotin and zinc are chewable. I bought the zinc at Vitamin cottage and the Biotin from Bariatric Advantage.

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My dr has me on chewable Probiotics. Aren't you supposed to suck zinc, not chew it?

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