Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1
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What do y’all think of topical mag chloride?
I’ve heard it can increase mag levels quicker than oral mag.
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@Mallard6146
For me the topical works a treat. Life- Flo Magnesium oil.....
I usually use DMSO with it, so, .... !?!
Fast, easy, effective, and it doesn't have any 'loose bowels' activity, which is not a direction I need. (I already have a decent transit time 20-24 hours). For some folks who are constipated, oral may actually be better for this reason.
I use approx. 400mg at a go. 80 kg or so, and muscles always fairly taught, like wood! hehehe...
Also at times I buy the magnesium from the AG shop, WAY cheaper than the 'epsom salts' from the store, and it is great in a bath. Magnesium Sulfate I believe it is... .Other than magnesium, as a mineral supplement, I do like pure water. Not just a supplement, but a staple... I realize that I have been drinking mainly rainwater or spring water for the most of 10 years now. So just normal air pollutants, not any fluoride/chloride.... . Not joking. When I go to town, or visit by car, I bring some litres of water with me, to remind me of how good clean water is compared to the city stuff.
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For me it has to be Creatine or Emoxypine. Methylene blue is up there too. Creatine makes my muscles look bigger and perform better and emoxypine keeps my mind clear after workouts. Methylene blue is amazing. Gives me great energy, and synergizes with the emoxypine.
I’m planning on doing an experiment with the Russian actoprotector Bemethyl soon as well as the Russian drug Cytoflavin. Perhaps one of them will prove to be even better than the ones I mentioned.
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@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
"To desire action is to desire limitation" — G. K. Chesterton
"The true step of health and improvement is slow." — Novalis -
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
In my recovery, I’m a soldier at war, I have broken down walls
I defined, I designed, my recovery
In the sound of the sea, in the oceans of me
I defined, I designed, my recovery ~ James Arthur -
@b1 yes chud
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@SpaceManJim Thiamax
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K2 mk4 hands down.
Hardest fat soluble vitamin to get in high enough concentrations without eating lots of animal fat.
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@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
"To desire action is to desire limitation" — G. K. Chesterton
"The true step of health and improvement is slow." — Novalis -
Theres supplements that i take because i think its a good idea like vit d3,k2, magnesium, taurine.
But, being true to the question the one thing that i notice i couldnt do without at the moment is progest-e. I have high adrenaline and this really helps me manage it, and slowly it has been bringing it down over time.
Just as a side note, iv had a heavy cold for a month that wouldnt budge so started megadosing vit c (15grams/day) and using an iodine salt pipe. The cold was gone in a week after that, so based on the situation this may have been number one last week!
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@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
In my recovery, I’m a soldier at war, I have broken down walls
I defined, I designed, my recovery
In the sound of the sea, in the oceans of me
I defined, I designed, my recovery ~ James Arthur -
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.
"To desire action is to desire limitation" — G. K. Chesterton
"The true step of health and improvement is slow." — Novalis -
At my longitude, I can not get Vitamin D from sunlight during the winter. I have an app on my phone that calculates the hours of the day in which the sunlight will stimulate vitamin D production in the skin. Yesterday, the time for making vitamin D flipped to "March 23, 2025".
During the winter, I use a Sperti lamp 2 or 3 times a week. It has a built-in 5 minute timer. I use the model with the non-tanning bulbs. I only use it for about 6 months out of the year in an attempt to keep my vitamin D levels from falling below the desired range during the winter months. In the springtime, I tan quite quickly. I believe that is because my vitamin D levels are in the proper range.
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@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, I try to get nutrients from food whenever possible for a couple of reasons and with my current diet, I don’t get much vitamin D, however, I plan on experimenting with UV-exposed mushrooms. Ray talked about incandescent light for vitamin D so that’s another option.In my recovery, I’m a soldier at war, I have broken down walls
I defined, I designed, my recovery
In the sound of the sea, in the oceans of me
I defined, I designed, my recovery ~ James Arthur -
I take a low-ish dose of aspirin almost everyday.
An Aspirin a Day: New Pharmacological Developments and Cancer Chemoprevention
There is a lot of good science on aspirin. My position is that if it costing pension systems $, then it has got to be healthy for an individual.
Aspirin seen costing pensions $100 billion as lifespans increase -
Custom Tea:
1/8 tsp sodium bicarbonate
1/16 tsp cascara sagrada
1/16 tsp horse aspirin crystals
1 tablespoon sugar
60mg lidocaineHot water.
Legit good
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@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, I try to get nutrients from food whenever possible for a couple of reasons and with my current diet, I don’t get much vitamin D, however, I plan on experimenting with UV-exposed mushrooms. Ray talked about incandescent light for vitamin D so that’s another option.UV exposed mushrooms sound interesting. I did a quick search and it seems most UV exposed mushrooms provide D2, with some providing D3 and D4 (shiitake). I wonder how much importance should be placed on prioritizing D3, which most supplements contain today? At the least, UV exposed mushrooms seem worth trying. Would you set them in the sun or shine a UV light on them indoors? After doing some math, it would seem best to simply use the UV exposed mushrooms in place of regular ones, within a given meal, not necessarily replace supplemental vitamin D with them. (At least for someone on a budget.) Cost wise and food volume wise, it would be hard to match the cost and convenience per dose of olive oil based vitamin D3.
"To desire action is to desire limitation" — G. K. Chesterton
"The true step of health and improvement is slow." — Novalis -
@Jennifer Agree with Jennifer on this one. Thyroid was so essential in my journey to metabolic health. Thyroid and vitamin D are the two supplements i continue to take.
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@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, I try to get nutrients from food whenever possible for a couple of reasons and with my current diet, I don’t get much vitamin D, however, I plan on experimenting with UV-exposed mushrooms. Ray talked about incandescent light for vitamin D so that’s another option.UV exposed mushrooms sound interesting. I did a quick search and it seems most UV exposed mushrooms provide D2, with some providing D3 and D4 (shiitake). I wonder how much importance should be placed on prioritizing D3, which most supplements contain today? At the least, UV exposed mushrooms seem worth trying. Would you set them in the sun or shine a UV light on them indoors? After doing some math, it would seem best to simply use the UV exposed mushrooms in place of regular ones, within a given meal, not necessarily replace supplemental vitamin D with them. (At least for someone on a budget.) Cost wise and food volume wise, it would be hard to match the cost and convenience per dose of olive oil based vitamin D3.
It’s been years since I’ve researched it but from what I remember, studies showed that D2 isn’t as effective at raising serum vitamin D concentrations as D3, but my diet does contain some D3 from animal proteins and I planned on using shiitakes because I already consume them for selenium. However, I’m going to trial a lichen-based D3 supplement first. My main reason for wanting to get vitamin D from mushrooms instead of lanolin-derived D3 is I don’t know the farm(s) that supply the lanolin so I don’t know if the sheep are treated ethically, and I hadn’t found a lichen-derived D3 that wasn’t in MCT or sunflower oil, but I finally came across one in olive oil this past Saturday.
In my recovery, I’m a soldier at war, I have broken down walls
I defined, I designed, my recovery
In the sound of the sea, in the oceans of me
I defined, I designed, my recovery ~ James Arthur -
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Mossy said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@Jennifer said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
@SpaceManJim said in Your top daily supplement? If you had to pick just 1:
I'm wondering what people value as their most important daily supplement (vitamin, mineral, hormone, etc). For your choice, why?
Thyroid is the supplement that had the greatest impact on my health, but the only supplement I continue to use is vitamin D3 (Premier Research Labs). When my thyroid function was poor, supplementing vitamin D kept me from becoming deficient, even when I was sunbathing regularly, and now I use it year round primarily as a sleep aid.
Hi Jennifer, I'd be curious to know what time of day you take vitamin D for sleep? I ask because I've read that taking it at bed time may actually negatively affect sleep. Considering it does make many tired when taking it, it would be convenient to take before bed.
Hi Mossy, I typically take it in the morning, but the times I’ve taken it before bed have been just as effective. What’s more likely to affect my sleep negatively are the excipients. I used to get the NOW brand of vitamin D drops until I discovered that the MCT oil it contains was irritating my intestines and disturbing my sleep. I switched to vitamin D in olive oil and haven’t had a problem since.
Ok, good to know that it works am or pm for you. I also have vitamin D in olive oil, which I also find better than the MCT, where the MCT gave me what I've described as a serotonin effect in the gut, but maybe your description that it's irritating the intestines is more accurate. Do you purposely stay away from the other supplements that many pair with vitamin D — Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Calcium, and Vitamin A? I'd be interested to know how you've concluded to just use vitamin D (if that indeed is the case). I've heard many share that these co-factors are needed to properly facilitate vitamin D, such as to direct calcium into the bones versus the blood. I ask out of genuine interest, not because I think I know better or am suggesting otherwise. I like the idea of taking less supplements when possible.
Oh, no worries. I didn’t think you were suggesting otherwise. And I think your description is just as accurate as mine. I simplify by saying irritating instead out of habit because it’s easier for the non-Peaters I speak with to understand as a negative when they believe “serotonin is the happy hormone.“ I supplement vitamin D and not the others because I don’t get enough sun during the winter to keep my level above 30, but my diet is naturally abundant in K2, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A so my levels of them are always within range. When it comes to directing calcium into bones, I’m more concerned with my thyroid and parathyroid function.
Thank you for the added detail. Good to know you're able to take just the vitamin D, considering you're getting the others in food. I may try just that.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, I try to get nutrients from food whenever possible for a couple of reasons and with my current diet, I don’t get much vitamin D, however, I plan on experimenting with UV-exposed mushrooms. Ray talked about incandescent light for vitamin D so that’s another option.UV exposed mushrooms sound interesting. I did a quick search and it seems most UV exposed mushrooms provide D2, with some providing D3 and D4 (shiitake). I wonder how much importance should be placed on prioritizing D3, which most supplements contain today? At the least, UV exposed mushrooms seem worth trying. Would you set them in the sun or shine a UV light on them indoors? After doing some math, it would seem best to simply use the UV exposed mushrooms in place of regular ones, within a given meal, not necessarily replace supplemental vitamin D with them. (At least for someone on a budget.) Cost wise and food volume wise, it would be hard to match the cost and convenience per dose of olive oil based vitamin D3.
It’s been years since I’ve researched it but from what I remember, studies showed that D2 isn’t as effective at raising serum vitamin D concentrations as D3, but my diet does contain some D3 from animal proteins and I planned on using shiitakes because I already consume them for selenium. However, I’m going to trial a lichen-based D3 supplement first. My main reason for wanting to get vitamin D from mushrooms instead of lanolin-derived D3 is I don’t know the farm(s) that supply the lanolin so I don’t know if the sheep are treated ethically, and I hadn’t found a lichen-derived D3 that wasn’t in MCT or sunflower oil, but I finally came across one in olive oil this past Saturday.
You have another interesting idea with that lichen based D3. I did a quick search on amazon, but I'm only seeing a dry version, nothing olive oil based. If you happen to be buying that online and you don't mind sharing a link, I would be interested in learning more about it.
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