Re: Which brands

[Guest guest]

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> Not sure if I am allow to ask this or not but what brands do you

> reccommend for various supplements.

>

> thanks Margo

>

Myself, I use a lot of NOW brand. They seem to be a pretty good

balance between quality, purity and price. I also use Jarrow for a

few things--I especially like their B-Right Complex. I get most of my

stuff from iHerb since it's easy and cheaper (but it takes advance

planning to be able to order enough stuff at once to get the discount

or free shipping).

Barlean's for flax oil. New Chapter All-Flora probiotics (they're

dairy free). These I get from the HFS because I like to buy my

refrigerated stuff locally.

Then there are a bunch of products that seem to be specialized or hard

to get. Lithium Orotate and DMSA from VRP. ALA from Kirkman. ACE

from Thorne (which you can get from N.E.E.D.S. if you don't have a

practitioner who sells Thorne). I think I also got my molybdenum from

needs ( Laboratories brand).

Some of it's trial and error. On my supplement schedule I keep track

of when I change brands, just in case a new one doesn't agree with me,

or some other problem pops up. In fact, I never throw away the bottle

of an old brand until I'm buying the 2nd bottle of the replacement

brand. I do have a lot of reaction problems though, so I often need

to refer back to see what ingredients changed.

Sometimes I try a different/cheaper brand and then find that I think I

did better on the previous brand. This happened just recently with

milk thistle. I'm okay with using up the cheaper brand but then I'll

revert to the one I had had better success with.

I expect we all have wished there was some simple, easy, instant

solution to the supplement question, but it's just so variable for

every person.

Since even a minimalist routine involves a number of bottles, you will

almost certainly need to come up with a way to pre-dispense a few

days' worth at a time. What I use for this is those screw-on stacking

containers. If you go to a 's store, in their bead section

they sell these containers in 3 sizes (much more cheaply than the

pharmacy does). I find the middle size works well. Since these

aren't manufactured for pills, I washed mine very well before using

them. I have four " stacks " with the lids labeled Morning, Midday,

Evening and Bedtime. Then I just take the container off the bottom of

the appropriate stack. It works really well for me. If I'm not going

to be home, I just take a container with me (if you get enough to have

a week's worth in each stack, you'll have some extra lids).

[Guest guest]

This is very reasonable.

Most things are commodities, it is only the herbal extracts and glandulars where

there is

some brand sensitivity.

Chemically sensitive people may react to one brand or another for obscure

reasons (e. g.

maybe the janitor wears a lot of perfume when she cleans the factory at night)

but most

people really just need something reasonable, withoiut too much garbage in the

filler, that

is cheap.

NOW is one of the brands that really does fit that description. Also their

echinacea works

fine, not sure about their other herbals.

For sorting, I find the 4 compartment per day weekly pill minder trays such as

can be

found at most drugstores (distributed by apex medical -

http://www.apexmedical.com/

products/detail/256 - this kind of thing, avoid the 'flap top' style ones and

get the ones

where the day's box can be taken out of a tray) work well though you may need

more than

one. Most drugstores can get you this kind of thing if you ask.

Andy

> Myself, I use a lot of NOW brand. They seem to be a pretty good

> balance between quality, purity and price. I also use Jarrow for a

> few things--I especially like their B-Right Complex. I get most of my

> stuff from iHerb since it's easy and cheaper (but it takes advance

> planning to be able to order enough stuff at once to get the discount

> or free shipping).

>

> Barlean's for flax oil. New Chapter All-Flora probiotics (they're

> dairy free). These I get from the HFS because I like to buy my

> refrigerated stuff locally.

>

> Then there are a bunch of products that seem to be specialized or hard

> to get. Lithium Orotate and DMSA from VRP. ALA from Kirkman. ACE

> from Thorne (which you can get from N.E.E.D.S. if you don't have a

> practitioner who sells Thorne). I think I also got my molybdenum from

> needs ( Laboratories brand).

>

> Some of it's trial and error. On my supplement schedule I keep track

> of when I change brands, just in case a new one doesn't agree with me,

> or some other problem pops up. In fact, I never throw away the bottle

> of an old brand until I'm buying the 2nd bottle of the replacement

> brand. I do have a lot of reaction problems though, so I often need

> to refer back to see what ingredients changed.

>

> Sometimes I try a different/cheaper brand and then find that I think I

> did better on the previous brand. This happened just recently with

> milk thistle. I'm okay with using up the cheaper brand but then I'll

> revert to the one I had had better success with.

>

> I expect we all have wished there was some simple, easy, instant

> solution to the supplement question, but it's just so variable for

> every person.

>

> Since even a minimalist routine involves a number of bottles, you will

> almost certainly need to come up with a way to pre-dispense a few

> days' worth at a time. What I use for this is those screw-on stacking

> containers. If you go to a 's store, in their bead section

> they sell these containers in 3 sizes (much more cheaply than the

> pharmacy does). I find the middle size works well. Since these

> aren't manufactured for pills, I washed mine very well before using

> them. I have four " stacks " with the lids labeled Morning, Midday,

> Evening and Bedtime. Then I just take the container off the bottom of

> the appropriate stack. It works really well for me. If I'm not going

> to be home, I just take a container with me (if you get enough to have

> a week's worth in each stack, you'll have some extra lids).

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