Homemade food supplements

[drjsiems]

Thanks everyone for your input on vegetarian caplets/capsules and to Karen for your advice to change the topic name to the above. I am going make cooked food rather than raw because my boys won't eat raw - I have tried. I have already been directed to iherb for Taurine without added fillers since both of my guys have mild renal insufficiency (they are 12 and almost 19). The taurine I aready have has dicalcium phosphate in it so that is not good. For the particular recipe I will be making, I am directed to use 1/4 of a 500 mg tablet. So how does that compare to powdered Taurine, which will likely be a capsule or teaspoon measurement?

Thanks,
Judy

 

[Karen & Angus(GA)]

The Now brand taurine powder on iherb has 1000 mg per 1/4 tsp. Since you want 125 mg (1/4 of 500 mg caplet), you would use 1/32 tsp of the powdered taurine. You can either estimate it with your smallest measuring spoon, or get a set of small measurement spoons. I have this set and I really like them:

http://www.amazon.com/Danesco-Measuring-Spoon-Set-Small/dp/B0000VLN1E

If you read the product description, the smidgen is 1/32 tsp.

 

[drjsiems]

Thanks, Karen, you have been so helpful!

Judy, Jake (in remission from diabetes 8-1/2 months) , & Civvie Boomer