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PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING ANY SUPPLEMENT!

My favorite reliable source of safe, reasonably priced supplements:
www.vitacost.com. Phone ordering: 1-800-793-2601
Everything I recommend can be ordered there.

Another excellent company is www.vrp.com, phone ordering: 1-800-877-2447. They are also reliable, but more expensive. Their products are not exactly the same as Vitacost's, but both companies have a doctor specializing in nutrition formulating their products (only the NSI line at Vitacost).


Unless otherwise stated, you can safely mix and match any of these supplements. They often work synergistically.

It’s a really good idea to start supplements one at a time. Although side effects or reactions are generally mild and rare with the nutraceuticals I recommend, anyone can have a reaction to anything he puts in his mouth. More common reactions would be stomach upset, constipation or loose stools, headache, itching, wooziness, nervousness or insomnia.

Try each product for 3 days. If you don’t notice any reaction by then, it should be safe to introduce another product at that time.

Different products show results at different rates: some right away, some take as much as a year. With most, you will see improvements in 2 or 3 months.

Trouble swallowing pills? Get capsules and open them, then sprinkle in applesauce or yogurt. Some softgels are soft enough to pierce and squeeze out contents. Or coat capsules with olive oil and sip some warm water before swallowing.

Nutrition supplementation do not “treat” conditions and should NOT replace medical treatment. They are to be taken in conjunction with a doctor’s care.

THE BASICS – SUPPLEMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE
THIS MEANS YOU!!

These cover most of the vitamins, minerals, and the one fatty acid that most Americans are most commonly deficient in. Offer the whole smorgasbord to your body, and it will pick and choose what it needs and excrete what it doesn’t.
If you don’t have enough of the “basics,” your body simply WILL have more problems than it should – period.

1. A high-quality multivitamin/mineral formula, 3 to 6 capsules a day.
My recommendations at vitacost.com:

a. NSI Nutrislim Low Carb Dieter’s Basic Multi-Vitamin Version 2 is quite adequate for those of you who, like me, will be taking many additional supplements.

b. NSI Synergy Multi-vitamin Version 10 is more expensive, but more complete, for those of you who do NOT want to add on a lot of other supplements. Its ORAC value is over 8000, which means it’s exceptionally high in antioxidant/anti-inflammatory potential.
Caution I: It contains the herb ginkgo. This is a wonderful antioxidant and supposedly the most commonly taken nutraceutical worldwide, but if you are taking blood-thinning meds or aspirin, you MUST be monitored by a doctor before and while taking it.
Caution II: If you haven’t tried ginkgo before, and especially if you tend to be high-strung or easily stimulated, you may want to buy a little and try it before investing in this vitamin formula. Buy in a 30-mg. dosage. Start with 1 a day, and add 1 more every few days until you are taking 120 mg., the amount in the Synergy multivitamin, to see how it might affect you.

c. NSI Synergy RX is equivalent in potency and price to the Synergy Version 10, but has NO ginkgo.

2. If you don't eat fatty fish (sardines, salmon, herring, sablefish) at least twice a week, or other fish more often than that, you probably need EFA or fish oil supplementation.
(Fried fish does NOT count! Frying counteracts the benefits of the good oil.)

My recommendation at vitacost.com is NSI Mega EFA – 2 capsules a day (equal to 1200 mg. of the active ingredients EPA and DHA, stated on the back label).

EFAs are very chemically reactive with light, heat, and air. So, just in case, I like to store them in the refrigerator. And I take them along with some antioxidants, such as a multi-vitamin capsule, or vitamin E and vitamin C.

If not ordering from my recommended source, choose an opaque bottle with "molecularly distilled" on the label, to make sure it’s free of contaminants.

For treatment of high blood pressure, depression or any inflammatory condition (bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis), you will get more benefits by building up to 2400, 3600 mg. or even more, under your doctor’s supervision. Stick to 1200 mg. if you take aspirin, ginko, or blood-thinning medication.