Guest guest Posted February 4, 2002 Report Share Posted February 4, 2002 OK, I'm generally anti-supplement. I believe that your diet should provide all the nutrients you need. But realistically, despite my red hair I'm not a gaelic islander. Our soils are poor and deprived of minerals, at work I try to eat the best I can - wendy's chili or a salad with grilled chicken (how healthy!), and even at home I can't obtain grassfed or organic everything. So I think I need a little help to reach the Weston Price levels. Cod liver oil seems like a good choice. It seems like it should be taken with a good source of vitamin E, like wheat germ oil or rice bran oil. What about minerals? Azomite mineral powder? The crushed coral sold on 4radiantlife? How well are minerals from supplements absorbed? What do you guys do? Is Doctor Byrnes or Sally around to weigh in on the 'essential supplements'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2002 Report Share Posted February 4, 2002 , Your sentiment is exactly correct. Both in the thought that we should not need supplementing our food should be adequate. And also the thought that the reality of things is that we don't, due to inconvenience, poor soil, poor farming, etc... I realize at times I sound like I'm on the payroll for Standard Process, however I assure you I'm not. As I've written before they are the oldest American Food Supplement producer. They have been organically farming their land in wisconsin for over 70 years where the top soil averages 8-10 FEET yes you read that right FEET. Compared to 5-8 inches throughout North America. Catalyn is their multi mineral/vitamin product it is all food concentrate contrary to what some of their competitors say. I know this first hand. Catalyn has every single nutrient known and unknown in it. Whenever a " new " nutrient hss been identified over the last 70 years SP tests Catalyn for it and its there. It is the brain child of SP's founder Dr. Royal Lee who was a contemporary of Weston Price and one of a handful of the brilliant nutrition masters our culture has seen. Catalyn was originally SP's only product, if I only had one supplement to take I'm taking Catalyn. As does my whole family as do most of my patients. There is no product anywhere in the world that compares with Catalyn. It won't cure cancer or improve your golf game it will just provide you with a massive amount of concentrated food nutrients in a small package. If you want a specific mineral supplement, SP's All Organic Trace Minerals are the best in the world. All from food grown organically on 8-10 feet of top soil. If you can find better take it. Yes SP is somewhat inconvenient to get as you can only get it through a health care provider. However this is not hard you can get it from me thru email, you can go to www.standardprocess.com and find a doctor in your area who has them. Call him and say I want a bottle of Catalyn and All Organic Trace Minerals, they will sell it to you no problem. If you have any further needs or questions on this topic as it is what I do day in and day out, please feel free to contact me at my email or re post here. All My Very Best, Dr. Marasco,BS,DC Cincinnati, Oh Ps- There are some people who will state that most SP products have synthetic vitamins added. This statement is absolutely flat wrong. This is purely a FDA compliance labeling issue. SP carries several dozen products and I believe there to be exactly 5 of them with synthetic additives number one they are obscure products and in addition I simply do not recommend them. > OK, I'm generally anti-supplement. I believe that your diet should > provide all the nutrients you need. But realistically, despite my red > hair I'm not a gaelic islander. Our soils are poor and deprived of > minerals, at work I try to eat the best I can - wendy's chili or a > salad with grilled chicken (how healthy!), and even at home I can't > obtain grassfed or organic everything. > > So I think I need a little help to reach the Weston Price levels. Cod > liver oil seems like a good choice. It seems like it should be taken > with a good source of vitamin E, like wheat germ oil or rice bran > oil. What about minerals? Azomite mineral powder? The crushed coral > sold on 4radiantlife? How well are minerals from supplements absorbed? > > What do you guys do? Is Doctor Byrnes or Sally around to weigh in on > the 'essential supplements'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2002 Report Share Posted February 4, 2002 >What do you guys do? I wish I didn't have to take supplements, but like you, I figure our soils are so depleted it's just not feasible at the moment to get everything from food. As to what to take, that's a darn good question. Standard Process looks like they genuinely do care about food quality more than anyone else, but every single SP product I've looked at has soy in it, and I don't want to touch any soy with a ten foot pole unless it's been traditionally fermented to within an inch of its life, and not even then most of the time. I also can't tolerate wheat and oats and other grains, so between the grains and the soy, SP seems to be off the table for me. I take a tablespoon or two of Carlson's lemon-flavor cod liver oil whenever I remember, which is probably half the time, and I've tried azomite powder with inconclusive results. Hmm, I take the glandular supplements from Carotec that are recommended in NT, plus a couple other things from them -- vitamin E and palm tocontrionols, their " complete " vitamin C with OPC, and their milk thistle extract. And I take a magnesium supplement, magnesium glycinate, from KAL. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2002 Report Share Posted February 5, 2002 , I have the Standard Process Allorganic Trace Mineral in front of me and there is no soy in it, though there is some defatted wheat germ and oat flour. But we are talking minute amounts here. Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: Idol Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Essential Supplements? >What do you guys do? I wish I didn't have to take supplements, but like you, I figure our soils are so depleted it's just not feasible at the moment to get everything from food. As to what to take, that's a darn good question. Standard Process looks like they genuinely do care about food quality more than anyone else, but every single SP product I've looked at has soy in it, and I don't want to touch any soy with a ten foot pole unless it's been traditionally fermented to within an inch of its life, and not even then most of the time. I also can't tolerate wheat and oats and other grains, so between the grains and the soy, SP seems to be off the table for me. I take a tablespoon or two of Carlson's lemon-flavor cod liver oil whenever I remember, which is probably half the time, and I've tried azomite powder with inconclusive results. Hmm, I take the glandular supplements from Carotec that are recommended in NT, plus a couple other things from them -- vitamin E and palm tocontrionols, their " complete " vitamin C with OPC, and their milk thistle extract. And I take a magnesium supplement, magnesium glycinate, from KAL. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Vicki P wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what are the essential supplements to be taken for > quality health? I have a counter and cabinet full of supplements and > it is very difficult to consistently take so many supplements. What > are the essentials? This is the problem, imo tha most people have with > supplementation is that there are so many choices. HELP!!! Thank you > in advance to all who reply. > Vicki P > > > http://www.naturalthyroidchoices.com/IodineSuppl.html Bottom of the page. (C8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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