Thanks for your email, Owen.
I have taken up to 6-8 grams of Vitamin C recently, but not with lysine or proline. I will probably double dose the Cardio-C for awhile to see how my body does. What is the most I should be taking a day?
Usually no more than 5000 to 6000 mg lysine, but vitamin C can vary through a wide range, and usually gas and diarrhea are a good guide. 10,000 mg or more is not unusual vitamin C intakes for heart patients.
I look forward to seeing this making a difference. What ratio of Vitamin A and Vitamin E should I be taking?
Amounts are important. Linus Pauling recommended 25,000 iu vitamin A - as vitamin A (range 20,000 to 40,000) and 800 iu (range 400 to 1200) of vitamin E in his 1986 book How To Live Longer and Feel Better. A good and authoritative read. It would be wise to follow Linu's entire regimen - including B-complex.
I am taking a daily supplement of 50mg of DHEA......do you think that is enough to keep cortisol in check?
That is fine, but DHEA is an adrenal hormone, but has little relationship to cortisol, and you do not want to keep cortisol " in check" if you are suffering adrenal fatigue. If I didn't already mention it, all is explained in William Mck Jefferies SAFE USES OF CORTISOL 2004. (I see Dr. Johnwen disagrees, and I am open to more natural ways of making the adrenals produced more cortisol. So far, 1/2 replacement cortisol dosage has worked wonders for me, but I am open to suggestions.)
I am also taking a multi vitamin from Metagenics that is good for blood sugar support. What is the best way to deal with insulin resistance?
Stop eating food that comes in boxes. Read this paper http://healingmatters.com/deception.htm Almost everyone who has tried Mr. Smith's anti-Type II diabetes protocol/diet who has then contacted me, reports that their blood sugar has gone down to normal over time.