Nutritional Supplements - what everybody should be taking all the time even if nothing is wrong
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I believe that if you wish to stay healthy, or recover from almost any illness, then taking nutritional supplements is essential. My reasons are given in Nutritional supplements - why we all need them. What you should take daily for optimum health is as follows:
Morning
- BioCare multivitamin/mineral one daily (this contains B vitamins which can cause insomnia, so don't take in the evening). Contains vit A 2,000 i.u, B1 25mg, B2 25mgs, B3 50mgs, B5 100mgs, B6 as its active form pyridoxal-5-phosphate 25mgs, B12 30mcg, inositol 12mgs, PABA 10mgs, folic acid 400mcg, magnesium ascorbate 300mgs (vit C), Vit D 250i.u, Vit E 75i.u. (50mg). Also zinc 7.8mgs, manganese 300mcg, chromium 50mcg, iodine 50mcg, selenium 50mcg
- Vitamin C 1,000mgs - the best value source is ascorbic acid. When mixed in water with the MMMs, the minerals convert to the ascorbate, which enhances absorption of the minerals. OR take ascorbic acid with meals - this helps to digest protein and sterilise the upper gut. If ascorbic acid is not tolerated then use the neutral magnesium or calcium ascorbate such as BioCare Vitamin C 500 (as magnesium ascorbate) 2 caps
- VegEPA - 4 capsules for one month, then maintenance dose of 2 capsules daily.
- N.B. VegEPA CONTAINS FISH OILS SO IF YOU ARE VEGETARIAN, USE: BioCare MicroCell Essential Fatty Acids one capsule – contains 173mg linseed oil (provides 95mg of ALA) and 108mg borage oil (providing 43.2mg of GLA) (2 caps Essential Fatty Acids provide the equivalent amount of GLA as 1,000mgs of evening primrose oil).
Evening
- Vitamin C with food
- VegEPA – 4 capsules for 1 month (then just the maintenance dose of 2 capsules in the morning only)
Throughout the day
Drink Myhill's Magic Minerals (or make up with a cream to rub onto skin)
This is a mix of minerals which you make up in water or fruit juice, all essential for human metabolism and increasingly lacking in modern food supplies. It contains minerals in the correct proportion for human requirements. The amounts given below are elemental weights of the pure mineral. These amounts are those considered desirable from modern nutrition research and are mostly above the "Recommended Daily Amount" (RDA). These RDA amounts were set down in 1941 and are now outdated. If better preparations come available or I learn more about essential minerals, then the composition of MMMs may change. The new formulation of MMMs contains B12 (1mg per gram) and vitamin D 1,000iu per gram. I am also sourcing lithium - in doses of 1mg per day this is protective against dementia (lithium to treat mental disorders is used in hundreds of milligrams).
Per ONE gram of MMM
- Calcium (as calcium chloride) — 60 mgs
- Magnesium (as magnesium chloride) — 70 mgs
- Potassium (as potassium chloride) — 40 mgs
- Zinc (as zinc chloride) — 6 mgs
- Iron (as ferric ammonium chloride) — 3 mgs
- Boron (as sodium borate) — 2 mgs
- Iodine (as potassium iodate) — 0.3 mg
- Copper (as copper sulphate) — 0.2 mg
- Manganese (as manganese chloride) — 0.2 mgs
- Molybdenum (as sodium molybdate) — 40 mcg
- Selenium (as sodium selenate) — 40 mcg
- Chromium (as chromium chloride) 40 mcg
- Vitamin B12 — 1,000mcgms
- Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) — 1,000iu
Dosage
The daily dose of MMM is one gram (one blue scoop) dissolved in half a pint of cold water per two stone of body weight (sorry - don't do metric!) to a maximum of 5 grams (five scoops) made up in 3 pints of water and taken throughout the day. Start off with just half a pint of mix daily and build up slowly to allow your stomach to adjust to the changes, otherwise it may cause nausea and loose bowel movements. Use with ascorbic acid to optimise absorption With 10% fruit juice this is palatable. It also makes one drink water, something many people forget to do! MMM is suitable for all age groups including babies and pregnant women. The dose is not critical as there is a very wide margin of safety for all essential minerals!
The mix is 100% minerals with no additives, colourings, flavourings or any excipients. The formula is completely stable and will last for many years. Keep the lid tightly screwed on to the jar, otherwise moisture from the air may be absorbed and the minerals change colour - this does not matter but the contents may go hard or !
MMM is supplied in 405gms pots - sufficient for 80 days for someone of 9 stone or more.
I am also trying MMMs as a cream rubbed onto the skin. This is very easy to do - simply take your daily dose, mix it with a cream of your choice (such as aqueous cream)and apply after your daily wash. This appears to be very helpful where there are gut problems such as a fermenting gut, or when you just find the taste too awful! See Minerals and vitamins in creams.
Sunshine
is necessary to make vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common and partly responsible for our epidemics of immune disorders (allergy and autoimmunity), osteoporosis, cancer and heart disease! Vitamin D is extremely safe and I now include it in the MMMs at the rate of 1,000iu per gram. So the maximum daily dose of 5 grams MMMs gives us 5,000iu of vitamin D3. Sunshine is the best way to increase vitamin D levels. Thirty minutes of good sunshine on skin exposed by swimming costumes will give us about 5,000iu of D3. It is impossible to get adequate vitamin D from sunshine in UK, hence the need to supplement.
Salt
If you are not eating processed foods, then you will need some salt. Use sea salt, which also contains very rare trace elements which are also likely to be essential for normal metabolism. I suggest 1/4 tsp daily on food.
The above nutritional regime is designed for my patients but can, of course, be implemented by anyone who can obtain BioCare products and my mineral mixes. Otherwise, use the amounts of nutrients in the above preparations as a guide in putting together your own nutritional regime based on good quality multivitamin and multimineral preparations, essential fatty acids and vitamins C and D available to you.
Prices of nutritional supplements
I purchase in bulk so I can pass savings onto patients. Please, request a Nutritional Supplements Price List from my office.
If you would like to order any supplements from my practice, please do so by sending in your request to Upper Weston, Llangunllo, Knighton, Powys LD7 1SL or emailing it. An invoice will accompany your order. Payment options are listed in ordering Tests.
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