Supplements: chart for which to take w/ food vs. without?

Thank you soooo much for this thread. I've been taking supplements since last Nov and have been wondering if I'm taking them at the right time and under the right conditions. This is all becoming so much clearer, I can't thank you enough for laying this all out for us. I know natural thyroid is not a supplement per se, but would you know if it matters when  you take it. I started out taking it in the morning and then switched to the evening because I was taking so many pills in the am....do you think I'm doing any harm by taking it at night? Strangely enough, I finally lost 3 lbs all since the switch from am to pm...does that make sense? Also, I started taking my EFA again (4750mg) in the morning with some orange juice - is this OK??

Terri

Charmaine,

I did find these links, and I believe since it is water soluble, that you can take it anytime through the day?

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-biotin.html

on this link, scroll down to where it says warning

http://www.ehow.com/about_4597085_best-time-vitamin-b-complex.html

I got this link from Life Extension..

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/mar2009_Modified-Citrus-Pectin-Fighting-Cancer-Metastasis-Heavy-Metal-Toxicities_01.htm

Terri...Julia..you are welcome sweetie

Hello Ladies,

this afternoon I was at my local Health store, and I was speaking to the sales clerk there about my having cancer and going thru chemo and radiatherapy.  This lady told me that they often throughout the year have people with cancer coming into their store.

This sales clerk recommended to me what is called:-

FLOR-ESSENCE CLEANSING

Here is more information about this cleansing:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/essiac/HealthProfessional/page2/print

Have any of you ladies heard of this cleansing?  Apparently it is a 25 day cleansing.

Charmaine

Nan and Crunchy,

FIRST OFF THANK YOU FOR THE BUMPS, TIPS, PUSHES, LINKS, ALL OF IT!  The info that you share is PRICELESS.

Yazmin, re modified citrus pectin:  no.  chewing on rind or whole citrus will not do the same thing.  MCP is designed to be absorbed into the blood stream.  Regular pectin by passes absorption like fibre and is not absorbed into the blood stream.

Any type of FREE amino acid, like GLUTAMINE, NAC, CARNOSINE, CARNITINE, ETC. must be taken in isolation as they will compete for uptake in the body.  Choose your amino acid ladies, cuz we don't have enough empty time.  Or try rotating them in and out.  You cannot get these effects from whole foods.

Alpha Lipoic Acid and Resveratrol can be taken with food!  In fact, some argue that food may facilitate the good work these do.  Ideally, they should be taken on empty, but, if not possible, it's okay.

ADD K2!  150 MICROGRAMS, NOT MILLIGRAMS PER DAY.   Especially if you are doing mega D3. It will protect your arteries from calcium buildup that can occur with high doses of D3.  The calcium can be leached from your bones, which D3 tends to do, so just because you aren't taking calcium doesn't mean you are not at risk for calcium accumulation in the arteries.

Mushrooms, Mycellia, or Immpower are probably more potent or effective than IP-6.  Or at least rotate them.  

Iron will not necessarilly help with anemia.  Iron makes the hemoglobin cells nice and large, but anemia means you don't have enough of them.  I have adequate iron, but am chronically anemic.  

Multi vitamins are usually made with crappy ingredients and include iron and copper. Not a good thing.

Maddy, your protocol is interesting, but I wonder if we can contrive a more workable schedule for you. There must be a better way to arrange your sups and meals.....

Love to you all,

Bliss

Charmain,

Doing a cleanse has to be managed correctly.  You can actually cause more toxins to be released and recirculated if you do it incorrectly or if you do not have good Phase 2 detoxing ability.  50% of all people, me included, do not have a gene that helps with detoxing through the liver.  We still have adequate detox abilty but it is sub optimal, so any cleansing fast has to include adequate amounts of protein so the liver can attach the toxins to it and flush it out.  

Make sure you educate yourself before doing this and don't make the mistake that so many people make by assuming detoxing is like cleaning out a clogged up piece of machinery.  It doesn't quite work that way and you don't want to create more issues.

MsBliss: When you speak of D3, are you speaking of Vitamin D in general?  I purchased a bottle of and it says on the bottle just Vitamin D.  (you mention to take K2, is this just for the D3?)

Thank you so much, Charmaine

Charmaine,

Take D3 only....that is what is sold over the counter only.  Do not take prescription D, which is D2, a cheaper to manufacture, poorly absorbed version of D.

K2 should be taken to protect your arteries from excess calcium buildup which can result from taking high doses (above 5000iu) of D3.  I developed hip pain on high D, started the K2 and the pain in my hip and knee vanished.  I take 100mcg of K2 twice a day.

K is also protective for us bc girls.  But take K2, not K1.

I pretty much stopped taking calcium, except for using up the last of my bottle.  I take high dose D3, but routinely take K2.  My Integrative onc recommends the K2 but is against sup calcium.