These are a few of my Favorite Supplements

I'm so excited to share with you my favorite dietary supplements. As far as I'm concerned, vitamins should come from food. But as we all know the SAD (standard American Diet) is so devoid of the vitamins our bodies need to sustain health.

So I strive to use only food derived vitamins as my supplements. To learn more about the difference between synthetic and natural vitamins you can read more here or here. As you may have guessed there is controversy surrounding this subject. My feeling is if some synthetic vitamins block the natural ones from doing their job then I prefer to stay away from all synthetic vitamins.



Probably the most important supplement we take as a family is high vitamin cod liver oil. This is not to be confused with a regular fish oil supplement. The difference is profound. Most refined fish oils are taken for their omega-3 content or the EPA and DHA benefits. While DHA and EPA are also present in the high vitamin cod liver oil, the most dramatic difference between this product and other fish oils is the amount of vitamins A and D. These are so depleted in today's diet. You can do more research on your own, but take it from me, if you want to be more healthy right now - start taking this supplement today. I prefer buying it from Radiant Life because you only have to take half as much as regular cod liver oil. And there are NO added synthetic vitamins. Even Carlson and all those other expensive brands and junk to their products, like soybean oil, synthetic vitamins, etc. - yuck! Just take a look at this label - cod liver oil should have somewhere near 6000IU Vitamin A per serving and over 600IU Vitamin D per serving. If the stuff you are taking is not near that (or has extra vitamins added to make it such) maybe you should switch brands..




Onto my next favorite supplement. It's really hard to find a multi-vitamin that is not made from mostly, if not all, synthetic sources. For example let's look at some vitamin C sources. They usually say "Vitamin C as ascorbic acid" which is technically the same but is made in a laboratory. Take a look at your multi-vitamin right now, you'll see what I mean. **** I'm waiting for you to go look at your multi-vitamins. **** So I now take the Realfood Organics by Country Life. There are other whole food multi-vitamins, but most are quite expensive and rightly so because you get what you pay for. As you can see from the label the sources for all of the vitamins are from real food which is then I believe fermented to make the nutrients more available. I have really enjoyed this brand. Also, if you get them at www.4allvitamins.com they are way cheaper than retail store prices! They also carry a Vitamin C which is all from food. Me like.

That's it for now. Next time I address vitamins and supplements I will tell you about:

Desiccated liver
Kelp
Spirulina
Acerola cherry powder
Bee pollen
Nutritional yeast
Probiotics

and many more....


Until then,
TFH (The Fringey Housewife)