Hello Maff
You've been incredibly generous with your impressive knowledge - thanks a million for explaining all that stuff. I unfortunately failed my chemistry 'o' level, so all this info is quite hard on my brain! but I'm making some kind of sense of it, and you're right, a picture does begin to emerge when you put all the bits together. I can see how studying it must become quite engrossing.
I'm interested to hear you'll be doing the phospholipid exchange therapy. Will you be self-administering or supervised? And will you use the Patricia Kane products, as she has an article on how not all p-choline is equal as most on the market is not absorbable (see the link to BodyBio PC Bulletin on her website
www.patriciakane.net)
There seems to be a big deal about the ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fats, and although we're told we get too many 6's and should therefore supplement with the 3's, it seems that PK advises a ratio of 4:1 omega 6 to omega 3 (as does the WHO) Apparently you can't get the 3's into you unless you have the 6's....
I find this a bit confusing. The P-choline I take is in the ratio of 4:1, but what about all the other fats I'm eating? Don't these need to be balanced? I'm just randomly eating bucket loads of nuts, olive oil, butter, yoghurt etc. I'm just wondering if the p-choline omega 6's and 3's stay together during digestion, and therefore are effective regardless of the ratio in the other fats.
Are you a fan of liver flushing? I think we have the same issues with the liver - as soon as I stir up toxins with detox, saunas, exercise, supplements etc, my symptoms become unbearable, and I remember you saying the same thing. Do you think this is down to the 2 phases of liver detox being out of kilter? I'm wondering if phase 1 is working quite well, but then phase 2 is failing to finally expel the toxins, and leaving things more toxic than before. I believe the PCholine both supports the liver and precipitates cell membranes to detox. I've certainly been feeling pretty horrible for the past couple of weeks, but not to the point of having to quit the PCholine. I've not been taking any of the other bits of the protocol - glutathione, mineral-ions, butyrate - because I've not been told to, but would like to get some glutathione in me to see if it clears some of the toxins.
Apologies for the rather disorganised message, but it's great to be able to discuss this stuff here. Look forward to hearing from you.
John