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A | A nutritious diet is absolutely essential to prevent or recover from a failure of The Great Assumption. But deficiencies can happen even on a healthy diet. Fortunately modern health science has produced a wide array of supplements to fill many nutrient gaps. | ||
When I say supplements I am talking about herbs, herbal extracts, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants and more | |||
Here is a survey of all the different supplements I use, their purposes and how I use them. | Here is a survey of all the different supplements I use, their purposes and how I use them. | ||
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The best way to get nourishment is to eat a healthy diet. | The best way to get nourishment is to eat a healthy diet. But I still need supplements to make up the nutritional deficiencies in the [[Safe Space Diet]] due to its restricted intake of foods with biogenic amines and oxalate. | ||
The best way to figure out your particular nutritional needs is by using an app like Cronometer. Then you can make more accurate decisions on how to supplement for nutrition. | The best way to figure out your particular nutritional needs is by using an app like Cronometer. Then you can make more accurate decisions on how to supplement for nutrition. | ||
*https://cronometer.com/ | |||
I find that day to day I am usually deficient in certain vitamins and minerals so I regularly supplement them regardless of what I eat. But the body needs many more different nutrients to function correctly than just vitamins and minerals. | I find that day to day I am usually deficient in certain vitamins and minerals so I regularly supplement them regardless of what I eat. But the body needs many more different nutrients to function correctly than just vitamins and minerals. | ||
Revision as of 19:29, 10 October 2022
Whassup!!!
A nutritious diet is absolutely essential to prevent or recover from a failure of The Great Assumption. But deficiencies can happen even on a healthy diet. Fortunately modern health science has produced a wide array of supplements to fill many nutrient gaps.
When I say supplements I am talking about herbs, herbal extracts, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants and more
Here is a survey of all the different supplements I use, their purposes and how I use them.
I endorse the products and companies I list here but I am not collecting any income by doing so.
Strategy
The best way to get nourishment is to eat a healthy diet. But I still need supplements to make up the nutritional deficiencies in the Safe Space Diet due to its restricted intake of foods with biogenic amines and oxalate.
The best way to figure out your particular nutritional needs is by using an app like Cronometer. Then you can make more accurate decisions on how to supplement for nutrition.
I find that day to day I am usually deficient in certain vitamins and minerals so I regularly supplement them regardless of what I eat. But the body needs many more different nutrients to function correctly than just vitamins and minerals.
Basic Nutrition
L-glutamine
Digestion
Our food gets mixed with acids and enzymes in our stomach to breakdown nutrients into compounds that are small enough to assimilate. This acid crucible helps eliminate pathogenic bacteria that ride in on our food while many of the beneficial probiotic microbes that we eat can tolerate the low ph.
As gut health degrades due to a variety of factors it may help to take digestive supplements. I only take one enzyme and maybe one acid supplement per meal but I use different enzymes, for the purpose of diversity, with different meals.
- Betaine HCl - This is the acid part of the digestion equation. It is a form of hydrochloric acid that helps breakdown protein and minerals. There are many brands available. Be sure and follow the easy test protocol to determine the dosage:
- I take betaine HCl with every big protein meal.
- Country Life Maxi-Zyme - a good all purpose digestive enzyme.
- Now Super Enzymes - a good all purpose digestive enzyme that includes betaine HCl.
- Ox Bile - Yummmy!! Ox bile! Sounds gross but it helps digest fats and better utilize fat-soluble vitamins.
Prebiotics and Probiotics
Antioxidants
Anti-inflammatories
Joint Health
Sleep
Hair Loss
Sources
I get supplements from different sources based primarily on availability and prices:
- Amazon, www.amazon.com
- Amazon usually has what I need at a reasonable price.
- Swanson, www.swansonvitamins.com
- Swanson has an amazing array of products, their own and other manufacturers, and excellent prices.
Seeking Health and Life Extension products are available from Amazon and Swanson or direct from their own websites.
- Seeking Health, www.seekinghealth.com
- Life Extension, www.lifeextension.com