Do you feel overwhelmed by what supplements to take? So many patients walk into my office with a bag full of supplements and are no better off in their health, in fact, they are usually worse. Supplements are not meant to take the place of a healthy lifestyle, but they can be useful for a season to support your body when it’s weak and needs a little extra TLC.
On the other hand, some patients don’t want to take any supplements, they want to boost their energy, iron levels, stress response through diet alone. Food can certainly be effective, but if your body is in a state of disease of dysfunction, diet alone isn’t usually enough for meaningful change.
Supplements for Increasing Energy Levels
Adrenal Refresh – Adrenal Refresh features a comprehensive blend of nutrients and botanical extracts targeted to support the body’s adaptogenic response to promote optimal energy production, stamina, and the management of everyday stressors.*
B12 – Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) plays an essential role as a coenzyme in many biochemical processes that maintain or restore the
health of the nervous system.*
Creatine – Creatine, which occurs naturally in the body, plays a crucial role in the body’s energy metabolism. Creatine is used as an energy source and hydrates the muscle cells allowing for faster recovery and faster tissue repair.*
Supplements for Improving Stress Response
Adrenal Refresh features a comprehensive blend of nutrients and botanical extracts targeted to support the body’s adaptogenic response to promote optimal energy production, stamina, and the management of everyday stressors.
Can help support healthy cortisol levels, help alleviate occasional fatigue, promote mental clarity, and support relaxation and restful sleep.*
Peace Maker™ aims to promote a calm, relaxed, well-balanced emotional and physiological state.
Supplements for Supporting Healthy Pregnancy
Blood Vitality – With most women needing extra iron during pregnancy, Blood Vitality is a safe and effective way to support optimal iron levels. The elemental iron is housed in a rice protein mineral matrix making it easy-to-digest and quick to absorb.
Stay Well Multi – This high quality, hypoallergenic, multivitamin/mineral blend includes activated vitamins; folate as Quatrefolic (5-MTHF) for optimal utilization; and patented Albion TRAACS chelated mineral complexes in vegetarian capsules.
Optimal Aminos – Many women experience swelling during pregnancy and adding a scoop of aminos to a glass of cold water is not only deliciously refreshing but also combats swelling.
Goat Whey – Goat Whey protein powder is a great addition to smoothies and is a great way to increase protein intake. It’s light in texture, low allergy, easy-to-digest and tastes delicious, with only 3 ingredients – Grass-fed goat whey, stevia, and chocolate or vanilla flavor.
Mag Complete Powder – Add this to your nightly routine to support relaxation in mind and body.
Supplements for Optimizing Iron Levels
Blood Vitality is an iron-containing formula you can rely upon to safely raise your ferritin levels within 30 days, which is easy to digest without the side effects associated with many irons.*
However, nutrients such as Daily Flora and Vitamin D3+K2 are helpful in supporting iron uptake.
It is common for Vitamin D and iron deficiencies to co-exist. Studies have shown a mechanistic interaction between iron and vitamin D metabolism. Research on the association between vitamin D and iron demonstrates a potential role in red cell production and suppression of hepcidin expression.
It is also worth noting that 23% of iron-deficient female athletes are three times more likely to have vitamin D deficiency. Also, vitamin D-deficient women were 2.7 times more likely to have iron deficiency.
Gut microbiota modulation through pro- and prebiotic intake can affect iron absorption, but the type of ingested iron is also essential.
Some bacteria, including Bifidobacterium longum and Lactobacillus acidophilus, prevent intestinal inflammation. It is also shown that the administration of probiotics and prebiotics may increase iron absorption. Daily Flora helps maintain the nutrients needed for a healthy intestinal microecology.*
Supplements for Supporting Healthy Children
Multivitamin Complete is formulated to address children’s unique nutritional needs for growth, development, and vitality and to help close the nutritional gaps that commonly result from suboptimal diets.*
Flora Start Kids is a probiotic formula for your children. This formula ensures targeted action for the most common challenges in children by promoting immune balance, respiratory and digestive immunity, bowel motility and unwanted digestive symptoms in children.*
Supplements for Preventing Disease & Dysfunction
Athlete’s Daily Support – Athletes Daily Multi provides a fully optimized foundation of necessary vitamins and minerals to meet increased energy demand and daily nutritional needs. Unlike many multivitamins, Athletes Daily Support includes the powerful trio of antioxidants alpha lipoic acid, acetyl-L-Carnitine and N-acetyl Cysteine to recharge cellular energy production and our primary intracellular antioxidants vitamin E, vitamin C and glutathione.
Vitamin D3+K2 Liquid – Synergy is the name of the game when it comes to optimal bone, cardiovascular and immune health. These easy-to-use Vitamin D3+K2 drops are great for the whole family as doses can be titrated up and down depending on individual size and age. Recent studies have shown a fantastic synergy between vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 for bone strength and cardiovascular health.
Mag Complete Powder – Magnesium is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies in the industrialized world! Boosting the brain’s magnesium level is vital to healthy cognition, which includes long and short-term memory, learning, stress management, and sleep.*
Add this to your nightly routine to support relaxation in mind and body.
Check out this post for the four supplements I recommend incorporating into your daily routine.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
