Dave Asprey has an interesting, mostly moderate post on supplements over at the Bulletproof Executive.
I’m in that group of folks who think that it’s better to get things from food, and that supplements generally mean expensive pee. But even I wind up being swayed by some of the arguments for a specific supplement … or even a multi (picked up one based on Chris Kresser’s recommendation), despite the fact that my diet seems pretty dialed in.
Here’s Dave’s basic approach:
- Get the majority of your nutrients from food.
- Consume supplements in their highest performance form.
- When in doubt – go without.
I’m okay with that. I’d also make sure that any supplements were also from the best sources.
His list of supplements most of us should take?
| Vitamin D Vitamin C |
Magnesium Iodine |
Vitamin K2 Fish Oil |
Ironic that he published this the day this study re fish oil came out, but again, you need to decide for yourself (I think that all the pounding down of Vitamin D is going to come back to bite folks, but we’ll see).
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Of the supplements you have listed, I take D, Iodine, Magnesium, and Fish Oil, as well as CoQ10 (I don’t do any multis). In the three years since I started this regimen (after getting appropriate tests), my blood work has improved significantly (and I have gone off all prescription medications, except for Armor thyroid and bioidentical progesterone cream). I am curious about K2 and will go read Dave’s post to see what he has to say about it. I see a naturopath and a hormone specialist.