Updated 8/4/21
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For optimum health for resisting Covid, take these everyday!
- C 1000 mg (powder) (I’m taking 5+ servings a day)
- D3 5,000 iu (if no sunshine, we take 2 for 10k iu)
- Probiotics & Prebiotics
- K2 (must have with D3, see details below in the regular section)
- Lysine (Powder) 500 mg (anti-viral)
- Magnesium (must have with D3) This link goes to Amazon but I love the product and can’t find anywhere else. You can get this one on iherb but the tablets are giant. Ugh.
- Quercitin (inhibits the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines)
- Zinc for lung (and prostate) health
What to eat to stay extra healthy:
- Eat clean organic foods, as local as possible
- Stay away from alcohol other than red wine, NO soda, NO refined sugar (use organic Stevia for sweetener)
- Coconut Oil: The coronavirus is a lipid-coated virus that pegs out in the presence of medium-chain triglycerides–and coconut oil is our best source of these healthy fats. We use organic coconut oil from Costco but when we have to order online, we get this. And this MCT oil.
- Saturated Fats: Coronavirus has an affinity for the lungs, and the lungs can’t work without saturated fats, so eat plenty of butter and bone broth, and avoid all industrial fats and oils.
Back to the Regular Post 🙂
When it comes to daily supplements, we don’t mess around. The soil, she ain’t what she used to be. It’s unlikely we get all our essential macros and micros from food, even when we eat clean. Thank you, FDA and USDA, for protecting the food supply so well. <smh>
For now, we’ll be taking our daily supplements. We are almost never sick since we’ve been on this regimen. Yay!
Putting the daily vitamin puzzle together has been a labor of love. There is a world of info out there and it took me years–literally YEARS–to figure out:
- what to take
- then how much to take.
- then which brand to choose,
- find out if there’s a non-GMO alternative,
- what are all those additives,
- then what can I do naturally,
- what should I buy locally (as much as possible),
- what can I make for probiotic health?
My questions were endless and ever evolving. And new brands coming online every day — we live in exciting times as far as improving health is concerned. So the research continues!
About Our Daily Supplements
Here’s what we take everyday (with the smoothie!) The links go to where I buy them, mostly Amazon because it’s cheap and fast, but I shop at iHerb as much as possible. For more info on a supplement, I research at Linus Pauling Institute or at Weston A Price.
You’ll see that I buy a lot of powder supplements. That’s because you just get the thing you want, zero fillers. They mix up in the smoothie or yogurt or in a shot of kombucha. Easy!
Bottom-Line Essentials
In times of financial stress (when we feel we can’t purchase everything), these are the essentials for our family. You’ll find more detail on each supplement in the next section.
- B complex
- Boron
- C 1000 mg (powder) (I’m taking 5+ servings a day)
- D3 5,000 iu (if no sunshine, we take 2 for 10k iu)
- K2 (must have with D3, see details below in the regular section)
- Iodine LugoTabs
- Lysine (Powder) 500 mg (anti-viral)
- Magnesium (must have with D3) This link goes to Amazon but I love the product and can’t find anywhere else. You can get this one on iherb but the tablets are giant. Ugh.
- Niacin You want one that causes a flush! Do not take flush-free. (cannot find one I like in a low dose anywhere else)
- Prebiotic Fiber
- Selenium 200 mcg
- Zeolite detox
- Zinc for lung (and prostate) health
Brain Food Daily Supplements
♥ Natural Brain Enhancers Helps memory and is used to help dementia sufferers actually improve. Here are two very good articles, one from Dr. Axe and one from Self Hacked.
♥ L-Theanine (powder) or pill form | Improves focus and relieves stress. Particularly good with coffee, we mix a scoop in our cuppa in the am. Wonderful! Good overall info here.
♥ Fat-Burning Brain-Boosting Coffee Text me for a 3-day sample pack ($10)! This coffee is amazing, I drink it everyday. Let me help you get the best deal, text me 859-5500-3862!
The Other Daily Supplements
♥ A 10,000 iu Great immune system booster and essential to work with D, E, K against viruses.
♥ ALA (Alpha Lipoic Acid) 300 mg | ALA is a hugely powerful antioxidant! Dr. Berkson wrote a very good book on the topic. Everything you ever wanted to know about ALA is in this book. Dr. Berkson’s successful cancer treatment is based on ALA and LDN. (PS. You need Vitamin B with ALA because ALA uses it up.)
♥ Ancestral Supplements I ❤ this company SO MUCH (here’s why)!!! They make grass fed dessicated (freeze-dried) organs, aka superfoods. They all have a good supply of liver in them, so we alternate products — the Grass Fed Desiccated Beef Organs is good all around and have the Thyroid on order. Good stuff, WAPF approved!
♥ B complex | Good for everything, especially good for brain and managing stress
♥ B12 5,000 mcg (+ I get B12 in my Energy Fizz Sticks)
♥ Berberine This is great for 2 things (in particular): balancing blood sugar (studies show it works better than Metformin, scroll down to section 3.1) and inflammation. We take 1 a day, you can take more.
♥ Boron For bone and joint health. You can take in pill form or make your own. I buy borax ($5/box locally so actually cheaper on Amazon) and make my own. Mix 1 tsp borax in a qt of distilled water. Take 1 tsp/day for 3 mg boron. I put in the smoothie or sip from the jar of concentrate, chase with kombucha =/:-) Read more here. (This article used to come up first before searches became based on opinion rather than popularity.) This is another good article on boron with references.
♥ C 1000 mg (powder) and THIS Lipo C (in pill form)| The powder goes in the smoothie, or add to a short glass of kombucha and shoot. The Lipo C is for when you need to take a lot, like in case of a cold or other virus. Or you don’t like the powder.
♥ D3 5,000 iu| We don’t get sick when we take D3. You can read up on D3 here. You can get a test kit here or here.
♥ Digestive enzymes About once a year, we (my husband and I) share a large bottle of these formulated by Dr. Gonzalez. We’ll take 3 with each meal. Dr. Gonzalez was a brilliant cancer doctor. Here’s his book Enzymes and Cancer. His partner of 20+ years, Dr. Linda Isaac, carries on his work. She is my cancer doctor of choice should the need arise.
♥ E 400 This is the most complete E I’ve found. Good for brain health, excellent cancer fighter
♥ Fiber Larch Arabinogalactin is an awesome prebiotic fiber, I wrote about it here!
♥ Fibrenza This is a systemic enzyme as opposed to a digestive enzyme. It actually helps dissolve excess fibrin in your body which is SCAR TISSUE. This is particularly important to me because I had scar tissue wrap around my colon a few years ago and darn near killed me. I’m very interested in dissolving all of it! If you’ve ever had an organ removed, you want to consider this!!! I usually order this in bulk to save money (I have a practitioner account). It retails for $129.95 but if you can order 3 bottles, I sell for $99 each plus shipping. Text me at 859-550-3862 if this works for you!
♥ Minerals + electrolytes Minerals are foundational for health! Since the soil is so depleted, we MUST supplement — please click the link to understand why these are so important and how you can replenish your body with an affordable nutritional powerhouse!!!
♥ Omega 3s We love this flax seed oil for Omega 3s. No fishy taste and no risk of heavy metals or toxins. Or here’s an excellent fish oil supplement, if you prefer!
♥ Iodine LugoTabs | Read up on iodine here, why you need it, what it does.
♥ K2 500 mcg | Made from non-GMO* Natto (fermented soybeans) which is the best kind. ESSENTIAL with D3!!! D3 gets your calcium (from food sources, we don’t take any extra yet) into your bloodstream. K2 gets it into your bones and teeth. This book is an excellent primer on K2. Did you know that K2 REVERSES atherosclerosis and CAD? REVERSES.
♥ LDN 4.5 mg (about 1 tsp) | This is low-dose Naltrexone. LDN is used to boost one’s immune system and is a known cancer-fighter/preventive. Dr. Berkson (see ALA above) uses this. Most alternative cancer docs use this in their protocols these days! This requires a prescription or a good pharmacy in India (click here to see where to learn more, where to buy and how to use).
♥ Lysine (Powder) 500 mg | Lysine is my go to for a virus, including herpes. Since my husband and I have been taking this (since about 2006), neither of us have had an outbreak unless we stop taking. With my history, this is a miracle.
♥ Niacin (powder, made in USA) | This is Niacin, the flush kind, excellent for detox. We take at least 200 mg, put in the smoothie. (Niacinimide is the non-flush form but you want the flush for detox.)
A probiotic INSTALLS the good bacteria, a prebiotic FEEDS the good bacteria, digestive enzymes help you GET THE NUTRIENTS out of your food. Eating unpasteurized fermented foods like kefir, whole milk yogurt, kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi are awesome, but not enough to repair/prevent leaky gut!
♥ Selenium 200 mcg | Good for everything, great cancer-fighter. Essential if you take iodine.
♥ Zeolite | Detox is essential for good health. You cannot get well “over” toxins, they gotta go.
♥ Zinc | Essential for prostate and immune support. Do not get the kind with copper unless you know you are copper-deficient.
Remember, I’m not telling YOU what to take. I’m telling you what WE take. The FDA has forbidden me to give advice, so of course I never would. Unless you called me and asked.
GMO and Daily Supplements
I look for non-GMO ingredients whenever possible. The product has to say “No GMO” on the label, or be corn, soy, canola, and/or cotton-free. Most Vitamin C products contain ascorbic acid which is usually made from corn. Any vitamins made with corn, soy, canola or cottonseed oil is GMO unless the label says non-GMO. GMOs are proven poisons. Take them at your peril.
A little more on Detox
♥ You cannot get well on top of toxins, they gotta go. And once you start your clean eating, your body will start to off-load toxins. Here are a few ways to make sure the toxins LEAVE your body completely:
- Zeolite detox, a safe, heavy metals detox!
- coffee enemas
- castor oil packs
- drink plenty of water
- enough exercise to leave you breathless for at least 4 minutes
What vitamins do you take? What else do you do to stay healthy?
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I love this information you have especially on the coconut oil. I thought I knew all the benefits but did not know of the antibacterial on cuts! Thanks so much. Love your blog!!
It’s funny, I was frying something the other day and the hot coconut oil popped up and got me just above my lip and beside my eye. Blistered up beautifully, about 1/4 inch circle, like a cigarette burn… I put coconut oil on them to heal! Takes away the burn, no itch and healed in 3 days. No scar, although I don’t know if that would have left one. Great stuff!
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Hi JBG, Thank you for all that info. I will look into all of it.
Re. Beta Carotene, I’m leery of wikipedia. It is “owned” by big Pharma. For instance, I updated the Gerson Therapy page on wiki and seconds after I was done, it reverted back to the lies that were on there before. I went through that exercise twice more and both times, the page reverted back to the lies immediately. Since then, I still go there, but depending on the type of info, always try to find back up. Sad, really!
Vit A in huge doses is generally not harmful except in rare circumstances. Doctors used to prescribe it in 300,000 doses for kids with acne until a prescription medication was created (Accutane, which has killed people and is a derivative of Vitamin A). According to the FDA, Vit A is dangerous and Accutane is safe. http://www.drugs.com/dosage/isotretinoin.html
I am not a scientist so I’m sure I miss the finer points and I appreciate your bringing them to my attention.
Oops, that is not the K I take, at least not anymore. I take this: http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-MK-7-Vitamin-K-2-100-mcg-60-Veggie-Caps/36220. I used to take a plain K until I discovered the K2 difference. This post was originally part of another post from a couple of years back.
We are also going to be making our own raw butter from grass-fed cows which is the best natural source for Vit K.
I’ll have to re-read up on the Vit E — thank you for sharing all that. always good to re-investigate.
Glad you fixed the vitamin K2 link in the supplement list, Sally, so it goes to the supplement you’re using now, and not the old K1 one.
🙂 We are in the throes of moving (again) so have not really updated this entire post… It’s on the list.
Hi JBG, I’m using a new Vitamin E now. What do you think of this one?
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Great info thank you. Have you investigated Boron? The fifth element in the Periodic Table, made by the activity of starlight/cosmic rays on the Earths surface… so we are told . Last Century a Botanist discovered its powerful ability to stop and even reverse Arthritis to some measure. His name was Rex Newham, found very clear links of soil levels and arthritis in travelling Worldwide. Many research articles on PubMed.
Is shown to boost production of anticancer systems in humans plus boosts the immune system so well it can deal with auto immune illnesses . Greatly assists both Mg and Vit D such that less of them are needed . Plus heavy metal removal, Thyroid help, Kidney help, Heart and vascular help, brain/memory protection, et al.
It also helps the sex hormones for less disease and better health measures.
I also believe that because it helps cell membrane integrity it helps gut health repair also. And if taken in the raw Borax form, the Boronic acid kills pathogens internally as well as externally.. And awesome for stinky feet and shoes when sprinkled there !
It is used in some joint repair compounds and as a single supplement using three different forms plus B2 as is thought that it may cause a loss of this.
I only found about its wide spread of effects and necessity late last year. Have been taking largish doses since with pronounced reduction in joint stiffness and increased creaking as things improve. But the changes are just a stage in the progress of health I reckon. Some do get a Herx reaction but manageable , perhaps with Curcumin and Boswellia, etc.
I’m telling almost all my Chiro patients to get their level up for overall health benefit.
Yes, actually, we used to make it from Borax but it’s in our multi, the ARbonne powder that I add to my smoothie. Thank you for mentioning it!!!
Oh goodo ! I’d guess 3mg/serve? I like a lot more to help undo a life of accumulated not so great health. Arthritis is greatly reduced and even reversed, looking forward to a new xray in 5 years or so to check it against this years films. A most interesting article on PubMed is “Nothing boring about Boron” , it lists a Very impressive range of illnesses associated with Boron Deficiency, including reduced cancer risks. Even the not very healthy or helpful site webmd says we are ok to take 20mg /day.
Do much appreciate the goodness on every level from Team VHWs 🙂 keep it up!
Thank you!!! (Sorry, I just got this message!) I will look at that report… How much boron do you take? And do you make from Borax or take a supplement?
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