A: Melatonin can be used with children to help regulate sleep cycles and regulating circadian rhythm in the short term.  We don’t know about using it on a long-term basis in children.

This is what some research has found:

Insomnia (children): Melatonin 1-5mg once daily at bedtime for up to two months has been used.

There is other research with children who have sleep disorders, (children with behavioral, developmental, or intellectual disorders): Dosages most often varied from 3 to 6mg and were administered daily prior to bedtime.  Some studies employed lower (0.1-1mg) dose.  Treatment duration ranged from one week to a year, with the majority lasting several weeks.

In general, it is best to start off with a low dose and work up to what works best for that individual.  This product has 1.5 mg of melatonin per dropper.  I would recommend starting off with 1/3 dropper (0.5 mg) with each child, and then increase the dose by 0.5mg each time until you find the dose that works best for each child.

It takes about 20-30 minutes to get absorbed and have an effect.  Try to get the liquid under the tongue.  If you use on both children, and touch the mucosa of the mouth, I would recommend a good hot water rinse of the dropper to wash off germs.

Here is an info sheet on this product too for your reference:

http://www.bio-genesis.com/pdf/Liposomal%20Melatonin.pdf

A: Turmeric is very good to use to help reduce inflammation and protect your cells.  C3 Curcumin by DFH is an excellent product to help with these issues.  Here is a list of benefits of curcumin (the active component of turmeric):

IMMUNE SYSTEM REGULATION
• Inflammation—injury, post-operative, joint wear and tear (osteoarthritis)
• Allergic reactions—asthma
• Autoimmune activity reduction—rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis in animals
• NK cell activity increase
• Reduced cancer development and spread in certain animal models of carcinogenesis: breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, glioma, ovarian

ANTIMICROBIAL
• Antiviral, Epstein Barr, and HIV virus
• Antibacterial, antiparasitic

GI PROTECTION & HEALING
• stomach ulcer, Crohn’s or proctitis

CARDIOVASCULAR PROTECTION
• reduces cholesterol oxidation and levels, increases HDL
• reduces fibrinogen
• reduces platelet aggregation

BRAIN PROTECTION
• reduced brain damage following ischemia (reduced blood flow)
• reduced development and regression of Alzeimer’s disease progression in animal models
• reduced gliomas (brain tumors)
• antidepressant effects

LIVER PROTECTION from alcohol and aflatoxin (peanut fungus)

TOXIC METAL CHELATOR
• Effective chelator of copper and iron

ANTIOXIDANT

BILE SUPPORT
• enhances bile flow and solubility

Taking a good quality fish oil also has a variety of health benefits, including reducing inflammation.  I see you’ve been taking Finest Fish Oil Capsules by Pharmax for a while now, which is an excellent brand!

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A: I do not know of any product that has demonstrated the ability to reverse a tooth cavity (if so, we’d probably be rich and would be putting a big dent in the dental business if this were the case), though some research on vitamin K2 is promising.

Certainly, vitamin D, A, & K (Activator X) are important in bone remodeling.  Butter oil from grass fed cows has this “Activator X” (vitamin K2) nutrient, that the dentist Weston A. Price wrote about (http://www.westonaprice.org/fat-soluble-activators/x-factor-is-vitamin-k2).  Cod Liver Oil only has vitamin’s A & D.

This is a link to a new product that Seroyal/Genestra/Pharmax as recently come out with for bone and teeth support, called Cal Mag Berry Liquid, this has vitamins A, D, & K, along with calcium, magnesium & boron.

http://www.rockwellnutrition.com/Cal-Mag-Berry-Liquid-Plus-by-Pharmax.html - US site

http://www.rockwellnutrition-canada.com/Cal-Mag-Berry-Liquid-by-Pharmax.html - Canada site

They recently started adding vitamin K2 to it.  The vitamin K2 is derived from naturally fermented soybeans (which are non-GMO).

One of the sweeteners in this liquid is Xylitol.  Xylitol (a low-glycemic sugar alcohol), an inhibitor of the cavity-causing bacteria streptococcus mutans, is a natural sweetener derived from birch tree bark or corn husks. Xylitol halts tooth decay, inhibits the formation of dental plaque and re-mineralizes tooth enamel.

This chewing gum may be helpful to use after meals or snacks: Xylitol Fruit Gum by BioGenesis, has xylitol.

Additionally, Genestra makes a very good, purified Cod Liver Oil, which is high in vitamin A & D.

A: Sounds like a good idea! Go ahead with your krill oil. As for the Cal/Mag supplements, you may want to cut back on them during the cleanse a bit, though you may not want to completely suspend taking them. The PaleoCleanse is fortified, thought not with high levels of these nutrients. So as you titrate up the dose of the PaleoMeal, you’d want to cut back on the Cal/Mag so that your goal is to get about 800mg / day of the calcium in total. This doesn’t have to be exact, you can go over or under this, but this can be your target goal to meet your daily needs.

As for the B-vit’s, and the adrenal complex, I assume you are taking these due to fatigue, resulting from stress? This cleanse isn’t going to have big impact on your adrenals, as it is not designed to. It is more about liver and digestive function.

You may want to continue with these, but you may (or may not) want to take a lower dose of the B-vit’s than what you are currently taking during your cleanse since the PaleoCleanse is fortified. Perhaps you may want to take your B-vit’s every other day or every day for the additional support if you feel that you need them for your energy and metabolism. However, PaleoCleanse does not have high amounts of any one of the B-vitamins, so if taking you B-vit’s every day help you with your energy, then perhaps that may be the better way to go for you!

Wishing you good success!

A: Since I’ve never consulted with you, this is a difficult question to answer. You can do this, but do be careful, as you are also using the Detoxification Support Packets, which do support the detox process, but they also intensify it. If you get to the full dose of the PaleoCleanse too quick it can result in a detox reaction, which can be pushing toxins through your liver too fast, and you end up feeling sick because your liver is not able to remove all the toxins. If you start to feel sick, then you need to back off the PaleoCleanse and get back to a dose that doesn’t ramp the liver to quickly.