Supplements

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Supplemental Foods

We recommend eating these “supplemental foods” on a regular schedule:

  • 3 egg yolks daily, 5 yolks daily for women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant (for choline, folate, vitamin A)
  • A bowl of soup made from bone, joint, tendon, foot, or hoof stock, 3 days per week (for calcium, phosphorus, and collagen)
  • Fermented vegetables such as kimchi, sauerkraut, or fermented mixed vegetables (for nucleotides, probiotic bacteria, and vitamins K2 and B12), and other vegetables such as tomato, avocado, potato, sweet potato, banana, green leafy vegetables, and seaweeds such as dulse, daily (for potassium)
  • ¼ lb beef or lamb liver, weekly (copper, vitamin A, folate, choline). If you like, substitute ¼ lb chicken, duck, or goose liver weekly plus 30 g 85% dark chocolate daily
  • fish, shellfish, eggs, and kidneys, weekly (for selenium)

Daily Supplements

These are supplements we recommend be taken daily:

  • Sunshine and vitamin D3 as needed to achieve serum 25OHD of 40 ng/ml.
  • Vitamin K2 100 mcg or more
  • Magnesium 200 mg
  • Iodine 225 mcg
  • Vitamin C 1 g
  • Pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5) 500 mg
Vitamin D3
  • Seek total dose from sun, food, and supplements of 4,000 IU/day
  • Adjust to 25OHD level of 40 ng/ml (whites/Asians), 30 ng/ml (blacks)
Vitamin K2
  • Recommended dose: 100 mcg MK-7
  • Pharmacological, possibly therapeutic doses: 1000 mcg to 5 mg MK-4
Magnesium
  • Use chelate (e.g. glycinate) or citrate
  • Daily dose 200 mg
Iodine
  • Recommended dose 225 mcg/day (one tablet)
  • Nori sheets have about 50 mcg each; 2-4 per day replaces supplements
  • Supplementation is to prevent lengthy iodine droughts
Vitamin C
  • Low dose: 500 mg – 1 g per day
  • Under stress or viral infections, more may be needed
  • Powder is least expensive way to get large doses
Vitamin B-5 (pantothenic acid or pantethine)
  • 500 mg per day; we suggest daily due to its extreme safety
  • Acne/skin blemishes or low energy/endurance are symptoms of deficiency

Weekly Supplements

These are supplements we recommend be taken once a week:

  • B vitamins:
    • 50 to 100 mg each of B1, B2, and B6
    • 5 mg biotin
    • 500 mcg B12
  • Zinc 50 to 100 mg
  • Boron 3 mg
B1 (thiamin)
  • 50-100 mg weekly
B2 (riboflavin)
  • 100 mg per week
B6
  • For those who don’t take a B-50 complex
  • We recommend 50 mg to 100 mg per week
Biotin
  • We recommend 5 mg once per week
B12
  • We recommend 500 mcg to 1 mg once per week
  • Sublingual methylcobalamin is preferred
Zinc
  • We recommend about 50 mg per week
  • Be sure to follow our copper recommendations as copper-zinc balance is crucial
Boron
  • The 3 mg dose can be taken one to three times per week

Prenatal Supplements

The most important prenatal supplements are:

  • Extra duck, goose, or pastured chicken liver.
  • Extra egg yolks.

The following supplements may also be helpful during pregnancy or in the months leading up to conception. Note: We do not recommend prenatal multivitamins.

Choline
  • Not necessary if you eat enough egg yolks and liver
  • But extremely important during pregnancy, and safe
Inositol plus Choline
  • Not necessary if you eat enough egg yolks and liver
  • If supplementing choline, good to mix in some inositol
Iron (optional)
  • About 30% of pregnant women develop iron deficiency anemia
  • Don’t guess, test; blood tests will indicate if you need iron supplements

Optional Supplements


These supplements may be helpful for a significant fraction of the population. Experiment to see if they help you:

  • Probiotics
  • Chromium, 200-400 mcg per week (not necessary if you cook in stainless steel pots) and (optional) vanadium, 25 mcg per week
  • Lithium 5 to 10 mg per week
  • Silicon 5 mg to 25 mg daily
  • FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EAT LIVER: Copper 2 mg per day
  • FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EAT LIVER: Vitamin A from cod liver oil, 50,000 IU/week
  • FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EAT MAKE BONE STOCK OR DRINK MINERAL WATER: Calcium up to 400 mg/day
  • B-50 complex (as a substitute for individual B supplements if you prefer fewer pills
  • Molybdenum 150 mcg per week
  • Taurine 500 mg to 5000 mg per week (higher doses may be therapeutic for small intestinal or systemic infections)
  • Selenium 0 or 200 mcg per week depending on selenium content of food (if food is produced in dry, flat areas = high selenium, no supplements; rainy, well-drained areas = 200 mcg/wk)
Probiotics
  • Bifidobacterium spp can help with leanness and weight loss.
  • Lactobacillus spp can help with acid reflux, bloating, SIBO, prediabetes, high triglycerides
More Probiotics
  • Bifidobacterium spp can help with leanness and weight loss.
  • Lactobacillus spp can help with small intestinal issues
More Probiotics
  • VSL#3 is a good mix for inflammatory bowel diseases.
  • Prescript Assist includes soil-based organisms that are a little riskier and should be taken only occasionally, not continuously, for therapeutic reasons.
Chromium
  • If you don’t cook in stainless steel, we recommend 200 mcg chromium one to three times per week
  • Stainless steel pots may release 88 mcg chromium per day of use
  • Optional: vanadium 25 mcg one to two times per week
Lithium
  • Best is to take 1 mg per day; 5 mg once or twice per week is next best
  • Caution: too much lithium can exacerbate hypothyroidism and increase potassium excretion
Silicon
  • Up to 25 mg per day
  • Most people would benefit from more silicon
  • Seaweed is a good food source
Copper (Only If Liver Is Not Eaten)
  • Target of 2-3 mg/day can be met by eating 1/4 lb beef or lamb liver per week
  • Do not supplement copper if you eat liver
Vitamin A (Only If Liver Is Not Eaten)
  • Target of 50,000 IU/week with remaining A needs met from carotenoids (green leafy vegetables and orange plants like carrots)
  • Do not supplement vitamin A if you eat liver, unless for therapeutic reasons
Calcium (If No Mineral Water or Bone Stock)
  • PHD foods may fall short of calcium target by up to 400 mg/day
  • Standard PHD prescription is to make up the difference with bone stock and/or mineral water
  • These supplements also replace magnesium supplement; aim for 300-500 mg calcium and 150-250 mg magnesium per day
B-50 complex
  • An alternative to the other B vitamins for those who prefer to take fewer pills
  • Not recommended more than once per week due to folic acid and niacin content
Molybdenum
  • We recommend 150 mcg to 1 mg per week
Taurine
  • We recommend 500 to 1000 mg weekly for healthy persons
  • Supports production of bile salts
Vitamin E
  • Red palm oil is a good food source
  • If supplementing, take mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols

Therapeutic Supplements

These supplements are unnecessary for healthy people but may be helpful in various disease conditions.

N-acetylcysteine
  • Precursor to glutathione
  • Recommended dose is 500 mg
  • Can take more in cases of severe chronic infection
Glycine
  • Supports collagen production, bile conjugation, and glutathione production
  • Desirable if you don’t eat daily extracellular matrix (bones, joints, tendons, skin, hooves)
  • Up to 2 teaspoons (10 g) per day
Creatine
  • Supports muscle growth and preservation; especially valuable for the elderly
  • Up to 1 teaspoon (5 g) per day
Melatonin
  • An important sleep hormone, deficient in many brain diseases, has antimicrobial activity
  • Take 1 mg sublingually just before bedtime
  • For larger doses, combine 5 mg time-release with 1 mg sublingual
Detoxification Aids
  • These can help bind toxins and excrete them in feces, preventing them from being re-absorbed in the colon
  • Likely to be helpful for most people suffering from chronic infection or environmental mold.

Miscellaneous


These items may be helpful in implementing Perfect Health Diet and Lifestyle advice.

Pill boxes
  • Set out pills once per week, aids remembering to take them
Pill cutter
  • For cutting tablets to reduce the dose

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4,431 Comments.

  1. Thank you for the very thorough answer Paul, much appreciated.

    I hadn’t reviewed anything for about 2 years on amazon, but your book so exceeded my expectations that it just deserved to have a review.

    One more question. I work in a Human Performance Lab at a University in northern California. We do nutrition assessment, GXT’s, body composition tests, etc. The nutrition part is becoming one of our most popular services.

    I spoke to the director of the Human Performance Lab today about how impressed I am with the book, and recommended it as a resource for the people working in the lab and students that assist in their, and he is considering purchasing some for our use.

    Do you have any type of discount for educational institutions?

    Best,

    Tyler Simmons

  2. Hi Tyler,

    Yes, we do bulk order discounts for orders of 5 or more. Send me an email with the number of books you’d like a quote for, and I’ll send you a quote.

    Thanks for spreading the word! I would love to have our book be picked up by academics and clinical services.

    Best, Paul

  3. I wonder if anyone has any experiences with the Carlson Vit K2 5mg suppliments. I’ve found that either I’ve jumped too quickly to the high dose (was on 120mg before) and shocked my system, or if it’s just outright too much for me.

    It has really seems to mess with my digestion. Not in any painful way, though. I’ve cut back and now only take one 5mg once a week, but I still notice the affect even on this level.

    I think doseage at this level might be a bit excessive. Maybe only useful when treating disease. Anyway, I plan to try out the medium dose you recommend and see what happens.

    • Hi Robert,

      We’ve also experienced minor issues jumping directly to 5 mg … If you try the medium dose one for a while then the 5 mg one is no longer a problem. I guess we should add more warnings about rapid dose increases.

      Best, Paul

  4. Hi Paul,

    I’m having difficulty finding iodine levels in a typical roasted Nori seaweed, whole sheet.

    One reference said a seaweed manufacturer told them it was in the neighborhood of 105 mcg for the sheet.

    Do you have any info?

    thank you, Perry

  5. Hi Perry,

    That sounds about right. Nori is pretty low in iodine. Kelp is very high. You can get milligram doses very quickly from kelp.

  6. Thanks, the kelp tablets I picked up have just 225 mcg per tablet so with the multi at 150mcg, I’m still well under a gram.

  7. Hi Paul,

    I hate to saddle you with my computer issues, but on my Mac running Firefox I only see the left hand box with the supplements listed by name. The next three columns of boxes are all blank, with no recommended products showing up.

    Is this a problem with my computer set-up, and is there an easy fix? Thanks!

  8. Hi Rodney,

    I’ve made some HTML changes. If those haven’t fixed it, then I’ll try switching from the Transitional doctype to the Frameset doctype. Is it working now?

  9. Thanks Paul, but I still only see writing in the left-most column.

    Again, I don’t expect you to serve as tech support in addition to all of your real work here, I just thought there might be a simple setting I could change to see the last three columns.

  10. Hey Rodney,

    Are you using Adblock? That would do it.

  11. anand srivastava

    Hi Paul,

    I think supplementing K2 together with D3 helps. My wife had a problem of high calcium after taking D3, but when combined with K2, the problem doesn’t happen. I think that might be because K2 helps in utilization of the extra Calcium.

  12. Hi anand,

    Yes, it does. K2 is very important! It has a huge mortality benefit too.

    Chris Masterjohn has written of D/K2/A interactions, you might search his blog if you’re curious about the calcium effects.

    Hi Rodney,

    Let me know if Adblock is the issue, then I’ll try the Frameset change.

    Best, Paul

  13. Bingo!

    Thanks Paul. I forget that I even have Adblock, and was expecting the supplement list to just be a written list, not the links to the products…duh!!

    All is right in my world again, and thanks for going out of your way to solve MY personal problem!

  14. I noticed that the De Boles Pasta Rice Fettuccine has rice bran extract in it. Is that something OK to eat? Or are there no toxins in the rice bran extract?

  15. Hi Rodney,

    There are toxins in rice bran, which is why we favor white rice over brown rice. However, they’re not as dangerous as other grain toxins.

    Rice tends to need extra protein or oil to make a good noodle, as it doesn’t stick together that well. I guess they wanted to use rice protein for that purpose.

  16. OK Paul thanks for answering my question. So would you say that the various puffed rice products such as rice cakes are OK then since they are made with very little rice? I tried shopping around endlessly for some made from white rice to no avail.

  17. Hi Rodney, we don’t oppose eating brown rice. It’s just not as highly recommended as white rice.

    So I think it’s fine to buy puffed rice products made from brown rice.

  18. I just noticed in a prior message I wrote:

    “Thanks, the kelp tablets I picked up have just 225 mcg per tablet so with the multi at 150mcg, I’m still well under a gram.”

    Though the statement is correct :-), I meant to say milligram (mg) not gram. Didn’t want to throw anyone off, sorry.

    Hi Paul,

    I have been slowly adding iodine, I’m at about 500mcg daily and I have been having somewhat of a surprising reaction…

    Spaciness or a feeling of euforia and detachment.
    Tingling in major joints almost like an internal itchiness.

    Lastly and slightly scary, some weakness in the right leg.

    Mild hypothyroid symptoms have abated, no more dry facial skin.

    It seems like the iodine is acting like a mild antibiotic. Did you have anything similar?

    Thank you for time.

  19. Hi Perry,

    I didn’t start iodine until I had been on regular antibiotics so all my symptoms were thyroid related.

    However, iodine can be a rate-limiting nutrient for immune response to many pathogens. It definitely has antibiotic activity.

    Remind me – do you have joint problems?

    Best, Paul

  20. Yes, that’s what lead to eight years of Ibuprofen use 200-400 mg daily. The Ibuprofen took all inflammation away. My doctor was aware of it and on board with the NSAID use.

    When I stared having other problems, I realized (simple google searching) what problems they can cause.

    I went PANU via Kurt Harris and initially felt great for 3 months with no inflammation which had kicked up after halting Ibuprofen, then severe glucose deficiency problems hit and I added starch back and along came the joint problems and they spread as well, i.e, base of neck was sore for two months.

    I have suspected an infection for along time.

  21. Joints are common sites of infection, C pn often collects there and I’m sure others, this often leads to arthritis.

    The ibuprofen unfortunately tends to mess up the gut and increase the infectious burden. It alleviates symptoms short-term but aggravates the disease.

    Good that you’re dealing with it. Keep building up the iodine!

  22. Paul, one last thing if I may impose again.

    Assuming no real adverse reactions to the increasing dose of iodine, do you recommend taking it to 50 mg before possibly going on an antibiotic protocol or maybe starting the antibiotics sometime sooner?

    Thanks again.

  23. If you know what pathogens are infecting you, then I would start appropriate antibiotics right away.

    If you don’t know, so therapy has to be experimental, then I would try to minimize variables. If you reach stability with the iodine, then it will be easier to interpret the body’s reaction to the antibiotic.

    If the infection is progressing slowly and/or is less severe, then you can go slower and do the iodine first. If it’s more severe or progressing rapidly, then you want to exploit the tools of medicine.

    But you can proceed with diagnostic steps immediately – it may be easier to detect pathogens before the iodine diminishes their numbers extracellularly. Antibody tests are not very reliable but can give some information.

  24. I haven’t read through all the comments, so this may have been discussed already.

    How did you come to choose the Centrum multi? Looking at its constituents, it looks terrible…artificial colors, aluminum, synthetic vitamin E, folic acid, sodium bezoate, etc, etc.

    Maybe Dr. Fuhrman’s formulation would do, although it is not perfect:
    http://www.drfuhrman.com/shop/GCF.aspx
    (Scroll down a long ways to get to the actual constituent listing)

  25. Hi JBG,

    I confess I got a little fed up searching multivitamins, it was hard to find any that were not flawed in my view.

    Centrum is inexpensive, the nutrient quantities are reasonable, and though the ingredients may not be of the highest quality, we trust the manufacturer to keep extraneous toxins out and to avoid excessive doses. The biggest problems with supplements have come with extraneous toxins (e.g. the Showa Denko tryptophan scandal) or with excessive doses (like the time vitamin D capsules were made with huge doses).

    The better multivitamins are also more expensive, and it was hard to find one that we could endorse unqualifiedly.

    Fuhrman’s does look good, but is not sold by Amazon. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Best, Paul

  26. Paul, your quick, careful, frank replies are as impressive as everything else about your work. You are, I’m convinced, an immense force for good in the world.

    Re multi’s, I gave up long ago on finding a satisfactory one. Looking for something that has to meet criteria on so many different dimensions is an inherently unpromising process.

    I’m not by any means pushing Fuhrman’s, but I hope that ‘not sold by Amazon’ is not in general a deal breaker on things that you can recommend and provide links to.

    John

  27. Hi John,

    We can certainly recommend things not sold by Amazon, but we would need personal familiarity with the products.

    I’m content for now to list Amazon products in our table and to let readers suggest alternatives in the comments, as you’ve done. Among our readers as a whole, there’s a much wider range of experience than Shou-Ching and I personally can muster. I hope people don’t think the table above is gospel. We’re not trying to exclude alternatives, just suggest some possibilities.

    Best, Paul

  28. Paul — From a reply you made to an earlier comment way above: “Polyunsaturated fats and fructose/alcohol should be kept very low, and never consumed at the same time.”

    My practice has been to eat my mixed fresh fruit along with a couple ounces of ground seeds — pumpkin, sunflower, flax, sesame — the idea being that the fat in the seeds would facilitate absorption of the polyphenols in the fruit. (Besides, it tastes really good!) I know your quoted statement above was directed at a different situation, but I’m wondering whether the reasoning carries over to my mixture of fructose and PUFAs?

  29. Hi JBG,

    Yes, I think PUFAs are safest eaten apart from sugars, and fructose in particular is best eaten with saturated or monounsaturated fats, not PUFAs.

    So when eating omega-6 rich seeds, I would not have them with fruits containing fructose, but with starches or meats.

    When eating fruit, I would have it with cream, coconut milk, beef fat, or a similar fat source.

    Best, Paul

  30. Hi Paul,

    I have been avoiding my nightly glass of wine ( or two) when we eat salmon…do you do the same? Do you know of a safe time period where one will clear the liver? For instance, is a glass of wine one hour before fish good enough or does the liver need more time?

    Thanks

  31. Hi Perry,

    I confess I do sip some wine while eating salmon dinners … but it would be better to let the liver handle them separately!

    I’m not sure how long the processing takes but an hour sounds like a good guess. That seems close to the half-life of tipsiness, if I remember my college days correctly.

  32. raw cocoa powder is a good source of copper and tastes great with soured cream and banana 🙂

  33. Gonçalo Moreira

    Hi Paul,

    two questions:

    -there is a cheaper k2 product called “Vitamin K-2 100 mcg – 100 Vcaps®” form now foods but it doesn’t say which kind of menaquinone it is. If it’s mk-6 is it worse?someone on amazon was saying it is and that it is inferior. I’m waiting for the company answer.

    from the Primal Wisdom blog-“Menaquinones formed by gut bacteria (MK-6 to MK-11) occur in a membrane-bound condition that inhibits absorption ”

    -there is a cheaper magnesium product called “Swanson Triple Magnesium Complex” Features magnesium oxide, citrate, and aspartate. Are those two non recommended forms acceptable?

    Thanks
    Gonçalo

  34. Hi Goncalo,

    I haven’t seen any MK-6 formulations. Usually they use MK-7 taken from bacterial fermentation (e.g. natto) for lower-dose pills and synthetic MK-4 for higher-dose pills.

    Both work, both get absorbed. If absorption is a bit lower for MK-7, that just means your dose is a bit lower than the label amount. It will still help.

    Magnesium citrate and aspartate are both forms we would recommend and support. Oxide is not as helpful. From Swanson I might suggest the “Albion chelated magnesium” or the “Super strength magnesium citrate”.

    Best, Paul

  35. Gonçalo Moreira

    Thanks a lot

    just one thing. On vitamin K2 you say- Low dose: 100 mcg MK-7
    Moderately high dose: 100 mcg MK-7. Isn’t it the same amount?

  36. Hi Goncalo,

    Those comments are referring to the 3 products to the right of the comment. The first has only 100 mcg MK-7, no MK-4; the one in the middle has 100 mcg MK-7, 1000 mcg MK-4. Since both are forms of K2, the first is “low dose K2”, the second “moderately high dose K2”.

    Best, Paul

  37. Gonçalo Moreira

    ok thanks

    the Cheap product I referred to before, namely “Vitamin K-2 100 mcg – 100 Vcaps®” from Now foods after all is MK-4, the company told me, not MK-6. Is it too low?

  38. Hi Goncalo,

    It’s not too low to help you. In fact most of the benefit comes from the first 100 mcg.

    However, it’s non-toxic and benefits continue, just at a lower rate, from higher doses. You balance cost vs benefit. 100 mcg is a good way to start. It will keep you from heart disease and osteoporosis.

  39. Gonçalo Moreira

    Ok thanks a lot

    By the way, I would like to give a suggestion for people from Europe.

    Through Swanson’ website I was able to purchase all the supplements that you recommend by a much cheaper price than either amazon.uk or amazon.com beacause of cheaper products and cheaper international shipping rates.

    I live in Portugal and I’m able to have all the supplements for more or less 15 euros a month. If someone knows a cheaper alternative please share.

    Warm Wishes

  40. I started supplementing with iodine at 600mcg daily dose a couple of months ago. After a month I noticed I had rash all over my both ribs, thighs and armpits. I never had anything like that before. I think my mood went a little down also.

    Then I came across this study in which they found large doses of arsenic in 9 of 10 kelp supplements.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17450231

    A week ago I stopped taking kelp and the rash is already fading off.

    So I’d suggest to be careful with kelp supplements.

    I’d like to supplement with iodine but there seems to be no other than kelp supplements out there. Eating seaweed could be an option but it’s a bit hard because you don’t know the iodine dose you’re getting and you should build the dose up gradually. Any suggestions?

  41. Hi JVN,

    Ouch! Thanks for letting us know. I knew kelp had these contaminants, which is why we encourage the shift to Iodoral/Lugol’s (pure iodine) for doses above 1 mg, but I didn’t realize the problem could be this bad even at low doses. Kelp also has other halogens like bromine which can cause rashes like yours.

    Unfortunately it’s hard to find low-dose potassium iodide tablets. I guess the solution would be to get a liquid tincture and dilute the drops.

    See, e.g., Lugol’s Iodine (2%) 2 fl oz Liquid. One drop is 2.5 mg so a 5 x dilution would get that down to 0.5 mg.

    Best, Paul

  42. Gonçalo Moreira

    on swanson’s website:

    Life Flow,Liquid Iodine Plus-4,60 $ 2oz.-150mcg for 3 drops

    NOW Foods, Potassium Plus Iodine(potassium iodide not liquid) 5,86 $ 180 tablets,225mcg per tablet(also has potassium chloride and sodium alginate)

    TPCS, Iosol Formula II 11,90$ 1oz. 1 drop=1830mcg

    J.Crow Company Lugol’s Iodine (2%) Distilled water 94%. Potassium Iodide 4%. Iodine 2%.(no info of quantity per drop)

  43. Hi Paul, JVN,

    There is also Iosol Iodine, a glycerine-based liquid preparation that is dosed by the drop. See: http://www.wellnessresources.com/products/iosol_iodine.php

    One drop = 1.8 mcg Iodine. At one drop in 2 oz water, one teaspoon (5mL) = 150 mcg (conveniently the RDA), so one Tablespoon (15mL) = 450 mcg. One ounce contains near the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of 1.1 mg daily. See: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals/iodine/ for more.

    I have both the Iosol and Iodoral on hand to use, for variety.

    Best, KKC

  44. Thanks, Goncalo and KKC!

    Thanks, Goncalo, I didn’t know you could buy pre-diluted solutions or the low-dose tablets.

    KKC, just beware, one drop of Iosol Iodine is 1.8 mg, not mcg, so it would need 4-fold dilution to get to 0.5 mg / 500 mcg.

    There you go, JVN. Guess you can avoid the kelp entirely.

  45. Paul, thanks for catching my typo! (And here I was trying to be SO very careful & precise.) 🙂

    Otherwise my values stand. Enjoy your day!

  46. Thank you guys!

    I quess the low dose liquid ones are my best bet since I’m not sure about the potassium and sodium content in the Now Foods Potassium Plus tablets.

    Paul, I was taking 600mcg a month and then for a while 1,2mg. Now that I’ve been a couple off weeks without what dose should I start taking again?

  47. Hi JVN,

    Start with the highest dose that feels comfortable. You might try 1 mg or so and see if you get hyperthyroid symptoms. Don’t take it shortly before some challenging work task. If you do then maybe back off and do a bit less for a few weeks, then try again.

  48. Hey Paul,

    I was going to mention the first two products Goncalo did. I’ve seen them on Iherb, perhaps you could make links to there when Amazon doesn’t have something? I think they have a much wider selection, and seem very popular among most heavy supplement users I’ve encountered. Colpo mentioned ordering BCAA’s from them in a recent post.

    I don’t know how it would compare to Amazon in supporting your blog but they have a reward program using referral codes (Like mine, URI198. An email address can also be used):

    https://www.iherb.com/RewardLogin

  49. Thanks, Justin. I’ll look into it. I appreciate the suggestion.

  50. Gonçalo Moreira

    a)TPCS, Iosol Formula II 11,90$ 1oz. 1 drop=1830mcg (on swanson)
    http://www.swansonvitamins.com/TPC001/ItemDetail?n=0 (11,90 $ and shipping 4.99$)

    and

    b)Iosol Iodine(the one KKC cited)
    http://www.wellnessresources.com/products/iosol_iodine.php $14.40 and shipping $6.50

    have exactly the same consituents and both product’s price and shipping rate are lower on swanson’s

    only one difference: a) has 610 servings and b) has 620. ( I don’t know if it’s really accurate)

    then there is (on swanson’s)

    Iosol Formula II 8 oz. 74,90 $ 4880 drops- 1 drop=1830(becomes even cheaper

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