>
> Milk thistle: it has two effects. Firstly protecting the liver,
> increasing glutathion production and thereby aiding detox of
> chemicals. Secondly, the inflammation associated with food chemicals
> comes from excess leukotriene production. Milk thistle actually helps
> to inhibit leukotriene production. Many herbal remedies have
> salicylate-like polyphenols in them, and I cannot attest to the purity
> of any particular milk thistle supplement. However, 150mg of silymarin
> per day has a positive effect on me. More than that has a negative
effect.
>
> There are a number of other potential leukotriene inhibitors and
> detoxers, but as I haven't tested them or researched them thoroughly I
> can't recommend them.

I'll have to look into the milk thistle more...do you do a supplement
that has a standardized amount of extract?

>
>
> > I don't know
> > if I'm actually B12 deficient (B6 deficient for sure, though).
>
> Have you had a blood test or are you just going on your diet? Or some
> symptoms you have? B6 is also involved in the methylation pathway. If
> taking a normal dose of B6 hasn't helped, it is more likely to be a
> genetic "deficiency" caused by an enzyme mutation. If it pans out,
> this could help you to figure out where that mutation is.
>

I very rarely remember dreaming, which is supposed to be an indicator
of B6 deficiency. Taking 100 mg of B6 a day does nothing...in the
past I had good success with getting dream recall if I took 100 mg of
B6 and ate about 4 oz of chicken liver a couple of times a week, but
I've done that for the last couple of weeks and have only rememberd
dreaming a couple of times. I also had some pretty vivid dreams
during/immediately after the amine challenge when I ate loads of
bananas, which apparently have a usable form of B6. From what I've
read elsewhere the body needs riboflavin to convert B6 (which would
explain why the combination of B6+liver worked) so apparently I need
more riboflavin as well. I'll probably just get the P5P form of B6 if
the combination of the regular B6 and liver doesn't start helping soon.

Valerie