Posted on 12/17/2023 10:56:21 AM PST by Chickensoup
Agree! ....late wife with Stage 4 cancer diagnosis had specialty supplements with mushroom extracts that helped shrink lesions in two cancers until a third aggressive form killed her. But with the supps she lasted twice as long as Oncologists expected which helped with teens in the house .... ymmv
See eatthismuch.com
I second Rockingham’s Life Extension recommendation. lef.org
Vitamin C: take as much as you need to feel right; it is safer than water; there is no lethal dose.
Vitamin D: keep your blood level at 50-100 ng/ml; you need a blood test to really know. Rule of thumb: average people 4000-5000 IU/day, indoor people 7000-8000 IU/day, outdoor people 2000-3000 IU day.
B-vitamins: A good multivitamin should cover this; I take Life Extension’s 2 per day, and also add 500 mg niacinamide + 100 mg niacin.
Zinc: 30-50 mg/day
Magnesium: ~400 mg/day
Boron ~3 mg/day
Chromium: 200 mcg/day
Selenium 200 mcg/day
Calcium/Iron: do not supplement; you will get enough in your diet, and overdose is toxic!
Copper: a tiny amount mixed with zinc is OK, otherwise do not supplement, it can also be toxic.
Coenzyme Q10: 100mg ubiquinone or 50 mg ubiquinol as soft gel; take more if you need more for energy.
PQQ: 20 mg/day or more for mitochondrial health.
Omega-3 fat: eat fish/flax or take capsules, but be sure your diet contains some.
Good luck with your health.
Yep. Two very trustworthy sources.
-Michael Savage
(Not advice I ever followed, but he seemed pretty sound on his facts. He also said to always ride a bicycle and to do balance and position exercises to get out in front of frailties and falls)
When I was 28 my general practice doctor told me to take a prenatal vitamin each day. I did. I have. I still do along with my wife of 42 years. The prenatal are the cheapest highest safe dose vitamin and mineral supplement you can take.
The dietician gave him the highest carb diet, possible, using old diabetic guidelines. He was told to buy these protein-free, nearly all maltodextrin shakes, as at least one meal, and his snacks, each day. This was NOT the new resistant starch version of maltodextrin.
I told the person and had it passed back to the relative that this diet would kill him. No protein or fat, but carbs like crazy.
Diabetes is a problem with insulin and glucose, the very things he most needed to limit, not relying on higher drug use, or a third drug.
After consternation, and talking with a different doctor than before, they scrapped the diet and he's doing a sort of low carb Mediterranean diet.
Look up nutrition value.org
Tells you alot about what you eat.
Take K2. It pushes calcium into the bones and away from the arteries.
Maybe you need a therapist to get at the bottom of your obsession with vitamins and nutritional supplements?
I take lots of different vitamins and minerals, etc., but the four things I swear by are-
vitamin D, zinc, probiotics, and glucosamine.
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Primary care physician.
Besides having diabetes, high blood pressure, and hypothyroidism for at least 30+ years, I also have a hyper para-thyroid that produces too much calcium, so my numbers are always high when I have blood tests. Other than surgery, they can't do anything about it.
Many years ago I was on Actonel for treatment of ostepenia. It made my liver enzymes go so high, they thought I had liver cancer. Thankfully, I didn't, but I had to go off the Actonel. They substituted Miacalcin nasal spray which I used for years without problem, until they discovered the problem with my para-thyroid.
Last year, my then endocrinologist/family doctor put me on Fosamax for Osteoporosis, despite my reminding him of the problem I'd had with Actonel. They are both in the same drug class. As well, he changed my cholesterol medication from Prevastatin to Atorvastatin, and switched me from regular Lisinopril to Lisinopril-hydrochlorothiazide. I cautioned him regarding the issue I'd had with the long-time use of HTCZ in the past. He insisted there wouldn't be a problem, but there was. I ended up with adverse side-effects which screwed up every body chemical/enzyme, etc. that I had. They were either too high, or too low. I immediately stopped taking the Atorvastatin because I believed that was the main culprit. It had changed my urine orange after a week. After going to the emergency room because my heart was racing one morning upon rising, the emergency room doctor told me to stop taking the Lisinopril-hydrochlorothiazide as well. I had stopped taking the Fosamax on my own about the same time, and won't take any of those meds for Osteoporosis ever again. I'm 76, and still taking only oral meds for my diabetes (since late 90's). It took me 8 weeks to get back to normal after the adverse side-effects. My new family doctor tweaked some of my blood pressure medications, and my last two blood tests have been within normal range, except for the calcium. I have a new endocrinologist, because thankfully, my old one retired last December.
All I'm saying is to be very careful with the supplements you use, because you can actually do more harm than good to your body.
Go see your local auto specialist. Not only will you get free advice, but likely a discount on an oil change.......
My mother took Turkey Tail, Shitae, and Reishi mushroom supplements. Unfortunately, her holistic doctor retired in 2021. Government directives during Covid pretty much destroyed his business since it was a small office and he couldn’t comply with all the requirements. Also, suddenly the company that he got his vitamins from had “item not currently available” responses when I tried to order directly from them. It was a small business, used only specially prepared mushroom supplements with no fillers, and suffered also due to Covid restrictions. There is no telling how many people’s life was shortened due to government restrictions on businesses during those three years.
“I had stopped taking the Fosamax on my own about the same time, and won’t take any of those meds for Osteoporosis ever again. “
After a bone density test, my PCP put me on Osteo meds as well. All had severe side effects, but especially Fosamax. After taking it my legs hurt so bad I could barely walk. I also had rapid heart rate problems. I refuse to try anymore and told them what will be will be.
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