Ah, but is it truly gluten free? Some of you have no doubt seen Dr O’s launch of his new TGF multivitamin and mineral. But, even with Dr O, I don’t take it on trust that it is in fact TGF safe – or safe enough for my criteria anyway 🙂
The good news is that, so far, it has checked out.
He says the vitamin E is from sunflower rather than corn or soya and the vitamin C is from potato, which is a first for me after quizzing zillions of companies! I’m not sure how they are fermented but he is kindly sending me a sample pot of the multi and the Max Digest enzyme formula to try out. Oh heck. I hope I don’t feel more migraines coming on… wish me luck!
God luck Micki! I keep reading Dr O’s blogs and keep coming away frustrated! Maybe it’s just me but I can’t help feeling he’s always trying to part me from my hard earned money!!
He does have some very interesting topics and I have learned from him , but always there’s this niggling doubt.
Is he a doctor of medicine do we know, or is he trained in another field?
I know what you mean. I think his info and research is brilliant but he obviously needs to pay his mortgage, as we all do 😉 Bit full-on sometimes, maybe, I agree. It’s always a difficult balance to strike and I often hope people think I’m getting it OK. It’s a difficult one to balance because I must spend probably 80% of my time on work I don’t charge for in the hope that people will buy my stuff when they need it, especially now the research/writing takes so much time I can’t see patients to actually make any money. This is not a recommended way to pay your mortgage, I can tell you!! In alternative medicine, people seem to have this feeling that much of your time and stuff should be free but then think nothing of paying their plumber £80 just to come out to them, yet we are fixing much more than a tap! In our case as barrier people, I suppose we are fixing your leaks, though – ha, ha, I made a joke 🙂
Dr O is a chiropractor by trade I think, which in the US certainly is a medical qualification. Having said that, though, I don’t think it matters. I am not a qualified medical doctor either but I certainly know a hell of a lot more than 99.9% of doctors about gluten illness because I’ve suffered it, researched it and practiced it clinically. Same as Dr O, I presume. Go for his info and only buy what he suggests if you need it and ignore the rest 🙂
Just to say, I think you do a wonderful job at striking the balance. It must be hard! And you certainly do do a lot of ‘free’ work for us all – it’s obviously a true vocation, what you do!
Love the analogy and joke, haha!
(sorry for having hijacked the entire blog this morning – got up very early, couldn’t sleep and thought I’d catch-up, read and comment where I never get time!) :/
Thank you, Becky, I hope I do get it right. It can get a bit panicky doing such a lot of unpaid work. It’s always a bit of a gamble at the end of the month to see if enough money comes in. Good job I have minimalist tastes!
Don’t apologise, nice to have comments but hope you sleep better tonight.
Gawd, I can imagine! The universe will always make ends meet for you as long as you are doing such self-less work, I am sure of it! ;D x
Thank you – think I may have got glutened, have been moody headachy and sleepless :/ Poo. Feeling a bit better today though so fingers crossed! Just have to be SO careful!
Oh bum 🙁 I have a migraine today from stopping coffee and having a herb tea instead yesterday which I have clearly reacted to. I was only trying to be good!
I did exactly the same thing on saturday! NEARLY had a coffee and said to my hubby “no, I’ll be good and have a tea…” – instantly reacted to it with a migraine!! (never had those teabags before) just so gutting when you make a choice you wouldn’t usually do , in the name of being good – and it turns out it’s WORSE! Grrr!
How did you get on with these multi vits Micki? I could do with an alternative to the normal ones as I seem to react to those. Perhaps I could get the ones without copper and iron? Those are okay aren’t they?
I think you get the balance right, it must be hard I’m sure 🙂
Thank you, Debbie, hope so. Re multi, not received anything yet – normally takes a few weeks, I don’t know why! Remember the caution on the without Cu/Fe multi currently – the Vit C was found to be corn instead of the usual cassava. It is being corrected in the next batch. I am checking monthly and will advise you. Meantime, perhaps use the Multi Min, a B Complex and others to replicate it – use the new Supplement Master list for safe ones.
So the one I have currently is the one with copper and iron. Should that one be okay then? Or was there an issue with the folic acid? Perhaps I’ll give it another go 🙂
There was a possible issue with the new type of folic acid, yes. Not many have reported a reaction, actually, but it’s a possibility. We are stuck between a rock and a hard place with the no Cu/Fe one having the cassava problem currently. Hence me trying Dr O’s with my fingers and toes crossed.