One of the best things you can do short of digging in to find all the supplements that apply to all your specific aliments is to take a good balanced anti-oxidant based group of supplements every other day or whatever feels right for you. The idea is balance and to play it lightly as opposed to mega doses of supplements that can sometimes burden the body's system. Often you will feel the burden, seriously.
I would suggest an ACE antioxidant with the following fundamental vitamins and anti-oxidants -
Beta-Carotene (5,000 to 20,000IU)
Vitamin C (is usually about 250mg in this formula which is fine especially when you combine it with the Ester-C supplement below. Some people like to keep the amount of C from getting too high)
Vitamin E (100 to 400 mg per tablet)
Zinc 7 to 20mg per tablet)
Selenium (15 to 50mcg per tablet)
A vitamin Ester-C supplement w/bioflavnoids such as hesperidin, rutin or quercetin (get the 500 or 1000 mg tablets that you can halve if you need to. It may read calcium ascorbate instead of Ester-C)
A carotene formula w/ lutein and lycopene (and this should include many other smaller amounts of carotenoids and the lutein should be at least 5mg).
The above ACE formula is a guide but you can find many formulations that will include some of these -
grape seed extract, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, alpha lipoic acid, glutathione, green tea and more. I wouldn't weight your formula down too much. A couple of these added to the ACE formula should do nicely.
I like a little grape seed extract with perhaps some N-acetyl-L-cysteine, or green tea. You see a lot of different combinations out there. Again the above ACE-vitamin C-carotene formula is the essential. You can add some of the grape seed extract and so on but doing that is mostly when you want to pump up the anti-oxidant intake a little. If at all possible keep it light, keep it balanced, play it smart.
After going for complicated formulas with every anti-oxidant and supplement out there I have found this relatively basic supplement plan above helps you get the fundamentally important vitamins, anti-oxidants and amino acids you may often miss in a diet short on fruits and vegetables.
Some effective amounts per tablet or capsule to look for regarding the additional anti-oxidants mentioned above-
Grape seed extract - 15mg or more
N-acetyl-L-cysteine - 50mg or more
Alpha-Lipoic Acid - 25 or more
Green Tea - 10 to 30 is nice, any more and you get the edgy caffeine effect
Glutathione - usually found in small relative amounts 2 to 10mgs
There are more but when you find these in the amounts listed here the other anti-oxidants listed will usually be in a quality amount also.
If you take any natural supplements that cause the stomach even some mild distress you can always take a simple calcium carbonate tablet that will usually ease that distress. Tums and many other equivalent brands of antacids are usually 100% simple calcium carbonate and cheap.
A couple of tips - Be careful of bogus formulations out there with miniscule amounts, there are a few.
Vitamin C is the most essential vitamin for the synthesis of the other supplements you take.
One more thing. I know some of these are pricey so let's get real. You can look through the bargain bins and find much of this still completely effective even though they may be recently expired and you might look into online stores such as Puritan's Pride. You can often get in on their buy one and get two free offers if that works for you.
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I would suggest an ACE antioxidant with the following fundamental vitamins and anti-oxidants -
Beta-Carotene (5,000 to 20,000IU)
Vitamin C (is usually about 250mg in this formula which is fine especially when you combine it with the Ester-C supplement below. Some people like to keep the amount of C from getting too high)
Vitamin E (100 to 400 mg per tablet)
Zinc 7 to 20mg per tablet)
Selenium (15 to 50mcg per tablet)
Along with-
A vitamin Ester-C supplement w/bioflavnoids such as hesperidin, rutin or quercetin (get the 500 or 1000 mg tablets that you can halve if you need to. It may read calcium ascorbate instead of Ester-C)
A carotene formula w/ lutein and lycopene (and this should include many other smaller amounts of carotenoids and the lutein should be at least 5mg).
The above ACE formula is a guide but you can find many formulations that will include some of these -
grape seed extract, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, alpha lipoic acid, glutathione, green tea and more. I wouldn't weight your formula down too much. A couple of these added to the ACE formula should do nicely.
I like a little grape seed extract with perhaps some N-acetyl-L-cysteine, or green tea. You see a lot of different combinations out there. Again the above ACE-vitamin C-carotene formula is the essential. You can add some of the grape seed extract and so on but doing that is mostly when you want to pump up the anti-oxidant intake a little. If at all possible keep it light, keep it balanced, play it smart.
After going for complicated formulas with every anti-oxidant and supplement out there I have found this relatively basic supplement plan above helps you get the fundamentally important vitamins, anti-oxidants and amino acids you may often miss in a diet short on fruits and vegetables.
Some effective amounts per tablet or capsule to look for regarding the additional anti-oxidants mentioned above-
Grape seed extract - 15mg or more
N-acetyl-L-cysteine - 50mg or more
Alpha-Lipoic Acid - 25 or more
Green Tea - 10 to 30 is nice, any more and you get the edgy caffeine effect
Glutathione - usually found in small relative amounts 2 to 10mgs
There are more but when you find these in the amounts listed here the other anti-oxidants listed will usually be in a quality amount also.
If you take any natural supplements that cause the stomach even some mild distress you can always take a simple calcium carbonate tablet that will usually ease that distress. Tums and many other equivalent brands of antacids are usually 100% simple calcium carbonate and cheap.
A couple of tips - Be careful of bogus formulations out there with miniscule amounts, there are a few.
Vitamin C is the most essential vitamin for the synthesis of the other supplements you take.
One more thing. I know some of these are pricey so let's get real. You can look through the bargain bins and find much of this still completely effective even though they may be recently expired and you might look into online stores such as Puritan's Pride. You can often get in on their buy one and get two free offers if that works for you.
