Thanks for the links for the vitamin testing. The first link involves answering health questions and testing twice a year--it sounds like they are going to do a study so it goes on for 5 years. The second link sounds easier to do.
Arrowwind, I'm also wondering why you do not recommend Carlson's brand. I have their fish ol, cod liver oil and the vitamin D. Was the reason you did not rec. their vit D due to the fact it doesn't come in the mega doses....?
Dr Mercola promoted Carlsons for a long time and now he has changed his mind and I just can't remember what the issue was there. If you go to his site you can probably find out.
I tried to raise my D level with fishoil Vit. D supplements and they did not work at taking the 2,000 IU that was recommended at the time.
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Dr Mercola promoted Carlsons for a long time and now he has changed his mind and I just can't remember what the issue was there. If you go to his site you can probably find out.
I just tried to search his site for negative comments regarding Carlson brand supplements, and all I could find was praise and recommendations from Mercola.
I don't know how much respect I have for Mercola's comments on anything so far, from the bit I've looked at, he seems very flighty and wishy-washy on many things. If he were to go against a brand like Carlson, I'd be suspicious that he had a hidden agenda.
I presently use Carlson Fish Oil, and Vitamin D3, and will keep buying the brand unless good reason not to has been provided from a good source.
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If you use the Osteo-Mins AM (one of the products that is recommended) it already contains 500 mg. of strontium per serving----2 capsules. It also contains zinc, selenium, copper, manganese, molybdenum, boron, and silicon.
I just ordered some stuff from iherb. My mom has osteoporosis, so I ordered some horsetail tea (is this good?) and some ionic fizz magnesium packets. Tastes like shit, but it is a great Mg supplement. A buddy of mine was totally stressed out, could not sleep, so I mailed an ionic fizz Mg packet. He said he slept 9 hrs straight after drinking it and felt much better the next day.
If you are going to use horsetail I recommend that you read the whole article. I will not go through it again. You need a very specific product and it is all explained already.
I would not recommend taking baking soda on a regular basis to change the internal ph. It will disrupt digestive function and when that happens you will loose lots of nutrients.
The best way to get your self more alkaline is to eat lots of veggies, drink green drinks, cut back on processed foods and especially soda pop. One can of soda can make you acidic for days.
I've recently learned that bamboo extract is a powerful supplier of silica. Horse tail provides about 8% silica where bamboo provides 70%. It has been used for ages in oriental medicine. If you are doing an osteoporosis nutritional program this may be the way to go, requiring much less capsules per day. likely 2 or 4 capsules (depending on your product selection) instead of 16 in the first weeks.
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