Mothers of Children with Crohns Community Group

This group is for Moms who have kids with Crohn's disease. Hopefully we can help support each other.

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mumtobilly 02/21/2013

Hello all, I have been reading again! and have come across a book that promotes Blue-Green Alage as a great way to get vitamins and minerals into the system even if you have a problem absorbing things. I have bought some capsules of it and am ready to go but my sons nurse is worried and wants me to seek clinical trials on it but is happen for me to give him multi vitamins, but if he is not absorbing them what is the point?

Has anyone tried or heard of it?

Thanks alex

deleted_user 02/21/2013

Alex,

I don't know anything about Blue-Green Algae, but I do know that it is important to use supplements that are the most bio-available (breakdown easily and are readily absorbed by the body).

I've seen studies about tablets and caplets that show how difficult it is for the hard, compressed pills to breakdown in the digestive tract. Tablets and caplets are made with a tremendous amount of force. So much so, that they pass through the digestive tract almost completely whole. I've seen x-rays taken after 4 or 5 hours and there they are...still whole and making their way to the colon.

Liquids, capsules and gel-caps (soft gels) are more beneficial to the body because they breakdown quickly and are more readily absorbed by the body. I was fortunate to find a multi-vitamin with minerals that comes in a soft gel. It's by Nature's Blend and is gluten free, without added sugar, starch, preservatives, artificial flavors, wheat, yeast or corn.

I hope that helps a little. Good luck to you and to Billy.
Cheryl

kate62 02/21/2013

My son takes two goat-milk colostrum pills each day---along with the fish oil and a multivitamin. I have a crohn's cousin who has had it for years, and he highly recommends this supplement. He sent me an article about it---it's anybody's guess as to if it really works, but some people think it helps. My GI said it certainly doesn't hurt, so he's all for it!

mumtobilly 02/22/2013

thank you ladies.....I have contacted the Crohns charity in the UK to see if there has been any research in this area but I will give them a go. I didn't think about bio-available, which is daft, but thank you.

Hope our babies have a pain free weekend.....love to you all

alex

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