Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Hi! I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm taking 400mg vitamin E daily. I've observed that the urine odour changed and became...strong(I don't known the right word to describe it). Does someone knows or has observed it? Thanks, Luiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 I haven't heard of this for just taking 400IU vitamin E but a diet high in protein can cause your urine to smell like ammonia. David At 06:33 PM 10/30/2004, you wrote: >Hi! > >I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm taking 400mg vitamin E daily. I've >observed that the urine odour changed and became...strong(I don't >known the right word to describe it). Does someone knows or has >observed it? > >Thanks, > >Luiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 Thanks David, for your help. I stopped to take vit E for some days and smell became normal. When I returned with vit E, the smell changed again. So I concluded that it is related to vit E. But I can't make any association about the smell. I'll try to identify and correlate the amell. Luiz David Elfstrom wrote: > I haven't heard of this for just taking 400IU vitamin E but a diet high in > protein can cause your urine to smell like ammonia. > > David > > At 06:33 PM 10/30/2004, you wrote: > >Hi! > > > >I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm taking 400mg vitamin E daily. I've > >observed that the urine odour changed and became...strong(I don't > >known the right word to describe it). Does someone knows or has > >observed it? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Luiz > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2004 Report Share Posted November 2, 2004 , " lzcunha " <lzcunha> wrote: > > > Hi! > > I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm taking 400mg vitamin E daily. I've > observed that the urine odour changed and became...strong(I don't > known the right word to describe it). Does someone knows or has > observed it? > Thanks, Luiz Hi Luiz! Our bodies seem to have very few ways of detoxifying. The kidneys are one of the most effective routes by which the body eliminates harmful toxins. As you may or may not know, refined sugars are poisonous substances and diabetes is merely a symptom of poisoning. The digestion of refined sugar sets off a chain reaction which leads to the fermentation of other undigested foods in your intestinal tract. One reaction leads to another resulting in rather foul smelling wastes. Foul waste is just another symptom of disease, and in actuality this is caused by hyperacidity from a diet consisting of highly processed foods. Raw natural foods are considerably more alkaline in nature! On the other hand I would try to ensure that you drink plenty of pure spring water! You may be suffering from Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)This type of dehydration occurs when a person's body loses too much water. When a person doesn't drink proper fluids or loses large amounts of fluids, the body reabsorbs fluid from the blood and other body tissues. Ketones (i.e. ketone bodies) are substances produced when the body breaks down fats for energy. The whole process is called ketosis. Normally the body obtains the energy it needs from sugars (carbs). You may produce ketones because of-High blood sugar levels and insufficient amounts of insulin preventing the body from using sugar for energy, causing it to break down fat instead. This may be caused by a diet low in natural sugars and starches (carbs).Ketones are normally released into the urine. If ketone levels are very high or if the person is dehydrated, ketones may begin to build up in the blood. High blood levels of ketones may cause a smelly odor! Large amounts of ketones in *urine* may signal " diabetic ketoacidosis " , a dangerous condition that is caused by very high blood sugar levels. I do not believe that the amount of vitamin E you are taking is excessive! In fact I think you may benefit by taking at least 800 mgs in divided dosages.I do know Vitamin E supplementation can be very helpful for diabetes, although it is especially important to ensure that your supplements are not derived from " synthetics " but consists of all natural substances. If taken in the natural form (D-alpha tocopherol), it appears to be more absorbable! Any supplement label - reading - DL-alpha tocopherol includes large amounts of synthetics. I believe that 'synthetic " E supplementation may be more problematic in some instances, but then again we must guard against obtaining inferior quality supplements. Some years ago, our neice (a type II diabetic) underwent amputation of her left leg and the doctor was going for her right one as well. Although the only vitamins they had previuosly used were " Centrum " Silver (hah) she agreed to undergo supplementation with large amounts of vitamin E. This seemd to do the trick becuase the doc thought her other leg could be saved!. I still attribute this to the effects of the natural vitamin E she startedf taking! Miracles of vitamin E for diabetic Neuropathy! You may benefit from including more raw nuts and seeds in your diet as well. Raw, unprocessed nuts contain rather copious amounts of vitamin E. Kind Regards, JoAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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