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I realize that it is best to get vitamins from food but I am interested in supplements. With all that is going on right now I am especially interested in ways to improve your immune system. Anyone have suggestions on particular things you are taking for this?
I also want to start to take vitamin C but am confused what is better to take. I know you can buy the tablets but I also see things advertised like Airborne and Ester C. Are those things a better way to take vitamin C? What would be the difference?
what am I taking
normal vitamin regimen
-2 day multi vitamin Life extension + 1 Life extension health booster(Thorne and VitaminIQ are good alternatives)
-teaspoon of virgin COD liver oil for omegas and vitamin A(both help immunity).
-Magnesium/calcium 1:1 ratio at night.
-500mg time release C at each meal(Solray)
extra for pandemic
-mushroom extract
-quercetin/bromelain combo.
Linus Pauling institute goes over the basics of immunity in this article
"It is well established that malnutrition (protein-energy malnutrition and obesity) and deficiencies in one or more micronutrients"
Some protocols out on the web Medcram regimen - C, D, quercetin, zinc
East Virginia medical school - 500mg vit c, 250mg quercetin, melatonin .3mg-2mg, vit d 1000-3000 IU, Famotidine 20-40mg
Stop Covid Cold - Vitamin D testing to get to 60ng/ml, k2, magnesium, metabolic flexibility(work on getting sugar to 80 after few hours food - exercise/diet), quercetin, zinc, omegas
Consensus Protocol Linkedin - emphasis on Vit C 500mg-2g x4 , vitamin d loading 12k IU 2 weeks then 4000IU, zinc 25-50mg, Quercetin 500-1000mg. Long list of tertiary supplements.
Ester-C with bioflavonoids, 1000 mg daily
Vitamin D3, 1000 IU daily (brand doesn't really matter)
Kyolic Aged Garlic extract, 2 capsules daily
Immune-centered probiotic (e.g. Dr. Ohhira's)
Molecularly Distilled Omega 3 fish oil, in triglyceride form - 2 g per day
Important:
Zinc picolinate, 30 mg, every other day
N-Acetyl Cysteine, 600 mg, twice per day, on an empty stomach
Longevinex (trans-resveratrol, quercetin, IP6, nucleotides, beta cyclodextrin, fisetin), 1 per day
Theaflavins (e.g. LEF brand)
-1 daily multivitamin(vit A, B, D, E, zinc, selenium) - Naturelo(like that it has K2) has a 1 daily for men and women. 2 months worth for 20.
-500mg vit c with each meal, prefer a time release like solray.
-If fish is regular part of diet, no need for omegas, otherwise I would add teaspoon of liquid COD liver oil like Virgin or Rosita. Taste has really improved on these, very mild.
I was surprised to see Harvard Health recommend a multi, unfortunate the CDC did not follow suite.
I took IP6 and Intosol not thinking it would do anything. But after a month of using it my White Blood Count jumped back to normal after months of it being low/ suppressed. It has remained in the normal range since. I am now a believer.
I also take Vitamin D, C, a multivitamin and zinc.
Consensus Protocol Linkedin - emphasis on Vit C 500mg-2g x4 , vitamin d loading 12k IU 2 weeks then 4000IU, zinc 25-50mg, Quercetin 500-1000mg. Long list of tertiary supplements.
Thanks for the replies. Some of the things that people are taking I never even heard of. I am always impressed how people come up with the combination of vitamins they take I guess through research and experimenting.
I still wonder about the Vit C tablet compared to things like Ester C. I see one person posted they take that. I guess I was wondering if the tablets would cause more stomach upset than getting it through Ester C or Airborne.
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