12-08-2017, 01:16 PM
Goodness, I have tried countless OTC supplements over the past ten years..The aggravating thing about wanting to use OTC supplementation rather than prescription meds to alleviate certain conditions and generally improve health is that one must wait several weeks to determine efficacy, and often try several different brands before finding one that actually works.
After long years of research, I've settled on four daily supplements:
1. Target's Extra Strength Krill Oil - Just as good as the more expensive name brands, and a single capsule a day, rather than 2-3. This one is used to prevent heart disease, high levels of triglycerides, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, osteoarthritis, depression and more.
2. Nature Made Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a fat-soluble compound found in most human cells that is needed to assist in a number of important reactions in the body. CoQ10 plays a vital role in cellular energy production, generating energy in the cell’s powerhouses called mitochondria. The highest concentrations of cell mitochondria are found in the hardest working cells in the body, such as the heart, making CoQ10 an important nutrient for heart function.
STATIN USERS: Statin drugs can reduce CoQ10 levels in the body. Nature Made CoQ10 can help replenish this important nutrient.
Nature Made CoQ10 200 mg helps support healthy CoQ10 levels in the body, and is naturally orange in color, made with no added colors.
If you’re low in Vitamin D, you may be prone to bone weakness, fractures and osteoporosis.
Vitamin D is also essential for healthy muscle activity, and it also helps to relax the nerves. A lack of Vitamin D can lead to nervous tension, irritability or insomnia.
4. (Cue laughter) - Reveratrol @ 1500mg / day. The science isn't really in on this one, but to my way of thinking it is a good choice for anti-oxidant and antiaging properties, supports heart function, and has powerful antioxidant properties. Could well be a placebo or simply bunk, but it is derived from red wine, which I'm not allowed to have, and thus gives me a bit of satisfaction.
Your mileage, may, of course vary...But after three years of daily use of these four supplements I feel better, have lost weight (not that I needed to...My Christmas present list this year is essentially yet another smaller sized wardrobe), my cholesterol counts have gone significantly down, I have more energy, and I haven't suffered a cold or virus in thirty months. I can't prove any of this is because of my supplementation, but for the price and OTC status, I'm willing to let sleeping dogs lie.
After long years of research, I've settled on four daily supplements:
1. Target's Extra Strength Krill Oil - Just as good as the more expensive name brands, and a single capsule a day, rather than 2-3. This one is used to prevent heart disease, high levels of triglycerides, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, osteoarthritis, depression and more.
2. Nature Made Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a fat-soluble compound found in most human cells that is needed to assist in a number of important reactions in the body. CoQ10 plays a vital role in cellular energy production, generating energy in the cell’s powerhouses called mitochondria. The highest concentrations of cell mitochondria are found in the hardest working cells in the body, such as the heart, making CoQ10 an important nutrient for heart function.
STATIN USERS: Statin drugs can reduce CoQ10 levels in the body. Nature Made CoQ10 can help replenish this important nutrient.
Nature Made CoQ10 200 mg helps support healthy CoQ10 levels in the body, and is naturally orange in color, made with no added colors.
- #1 Pharmacist Recommended Coenzyme Q10 Brand*
- United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Verified
- No Artificial Flavors
- No Preservatives
- No Starch
- Gluten Free
If you’re low in Vitamin D, you may be prone to bone weakness, fractures and osteoporosis.
Vitamin D is also essential for healthy muscle activity, and it also helps to relax the nerves. A lack of Vitamin D can lead to nervous tension, irritability or insomnia.
4. (Cue laughter) - Reveratrol @ 1500mg / day. The science isn't really in on this one, but to my way of thinking it is a good choice for anti-oxidant and antiaging properties, supports heart function, and has powerful antioxidant properties. Could well be a placebo or simply bunk, but it is derived from red wine, which I'm not allowed to have, and thus gives me a bit of satisfaction.
Your mileage, may, of course vary...But after three years of daily use of these four supplements I feel better, have lost weight (not that I needed to...My Christmas present list this year is essentially yet another smaller sized wardrobe), my cholesterol counts have gone significantly down, I have more energy, and I haven't suffered a cold or virus in thirty months. I can't prove any of this is because of my supplementation, but for the price and OTC status, I'm willing to let sleeping dogs lie.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
-- Saint Basil
-- Saint Basil