Vitamin C, Sore Toes, Feet and Barneys formula

If there is new or recent pain in the toes, balls of foot , pins and needles pain or sausage toes...one thing to try when you feel it coming on, 500mg/day of vitamin c and 2 ibuprofen with an evening meal for a couple of days and lighten up on meat or high purine foods for a few days... try it 2-3 days ..I would then go back then to the single Ibu once a day. The vitamin C will reduce uric acid levels and the extra ibuprofen will reduce inflammation...it just might help... It it does, then you know your foot or toe pain may be instigated by uric acid levels which don't necessarily have to be high to encourage P to settle in those joints..now this is only to see if uric acid is the instigator, if one had chronic long term pain from some joint, toe etc that has already been damaged ...then that is a different matter..I had some severe pain in both feet and shoulder and i probably caught it early ...after the damage has been done or for chronic , the results may be wanting...i don't know since its so up to the individual ..The trick with the ibu is you want to take it only once a day...it stays in your system 6-8 hours. which, when it is out of your system, should give your body enough time to produce the necessary prostaglandins to protect the stomach ...II believe people get into trouble when they take ibuprofen throughout the day..not allowing for this production of prostaglandin and resulting in stomach problems etc.

high.medium,low purine foods http://www.acumedico.com/purine.htm

remember don't take ibuprofen if allergic to it, trying to get pregnant, have asthma especially never children with asthma or have a history of acid reflux..other then those instances, the one ibu/day is pretty safe compared to some of the stuff out there and try reducing it with remission...

Barneys formula for spring and summer

1000iu-2000iu of vitamin D3 (25-50 or ug)
one multivitamin

3/day 50mg enteric coated peppermint oil between meals and/or peppermint altoids (before,after and between meals)
one 200mg ibuprofen preferably in the evening

100-500 mcg b12

200mcg selenium (optional)
400mcg folic acid with sun
500mg calcium ..optional depending on diet

2 x1000 mg flax oil (optional) or

2-3 1000mg fish oil capsules with an epa+dha of 300mg/capsule...reduce with with remissio.

Take everything with meals and split the fish oil up between two meals. less meat...more veggies

For those just beginning...the 1000iu of D and the 400iu in the multivitamin makes it 1400iu-2000iu of D which is a good start with the expectation of some sun soon The softgels of vitamin D are preferred but the hard pills will work also....another good option is a tanning booth, or uvb light. but the formula alone can be effective especially with some sun.
If you don't get much of a response after four weeks you may have to bump up the vitamin D dose to 2000iu-3000iu until May or when you can get some sun and then reduce it again to about 1000iu. Vitamin D dosage is variable to the individual, body size, amount of sun and season. Assuming a winter dosage of approx 3000iu, with spring and as one begins to get sun, you can slowly lower daily dosage and check your response..by summer with sun a few times a week dosage should be around 1000iu-1500iu/day and increasing again in the fall. If you don't get sun the dosage may have to be slightly higher...it may take some trial and error.

Those beginning may also experience a week or two of intense itching. Quite a few who went on to clear have had the same itching. My advice is to use a thick ointment or lotion until it passes or reduce the dose to every other day until it subsides.

The lowering of the winter dose to 1000iu-2000iu of vitamin D should reduce any redness if some developed this past winter while on the formula and as a side effect of increased D levels. With the lowering of the Vitamin D dosage a reduction in the fish oil is also suggested.

The vitamin D is a double edged sword...on one hand it controls one part of the puzzle such as skin turnover and flaking ... and on the other, at higher but needed winter doses, it can cause an increase in redness which i've mentioned in the previous post. The increase in omega3's or fish oil should keep that inflammation or redness under control. Sunlight or uvb light would normally control it in the summer. Sunlight at any latitude or even a tanning light can be a great help now or later in the spring and even in late winter the uva in the sunlight available has merit.

To those in the southern hemisphere, with fall approaching one has to begin thinking about increasing Vitamin D dosage to 2000iu or more and an increased fish oil to 3 capsules. A winter dose is approx 3000iu of Vitamin D and 3 fish oil capsules or approx 1000 of EPA and DHA as listed on the back of the bottle and 2x1000 flax. This has been my best winter in four years and the 3000iu (75mcg) dose gives me good control even in the sunless winter.

A little about fish oil dosage..This is not cod liver oil which is dangerous in high doses. We do not want cod liver oil.

I am discussing fish oil or omega3 fatty acids (EPA and DHAas listed on the back of the bottle) with no other additional additives such as Vitamin A . Some companies add vitamin A to their fish oil and this we do not want...Too much Vitamin A can increase the risk of fracture so we don't want fish oil with any vitamin A added.

For many, the increased fish oil (our dosage is within safe guidelines) will put them in a better mood, decrease their risk of heart attack and lower triglycerides... a few might feel more anxious when taking fish oil or omega3's while some others feel slightly manic or hyper...if this is the case reduce the dosage to 3 or less. Essentially the fish oil has to be decreased in summer and increased in winter along with the changes in vitamin D dosage.

email me with any questions bj@barneysformula.net