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Supplement Advice

Ainhisg — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:40:26 GMT

@SilleeMee I think you are the bee's knees when it comes to beauty and supplement knowledge. I subscribe to Consumer Lab and generally go by their recommendations for supplements, since they are a third-party testing site. That being said, as I get older, I am taking more and more supplements (which have helped in many cases) to overcome some age-related issues. This is becoming quite costly! Do you have any brand recommendations for these supplements? I know you buy brands that work at the best cost.

1) Glucosamine SULFATE (not HCI)/Chondroitin Sulfate

2) CoQ10

3) Type 2 Collagen (UCII)

4) Turmeric

Thank you so, so much!

Re: Supplement Advice

Shelbelle — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:49:46 GMT

I dont take CO Q, I take the more costly versioin called Ubiquinol, usually buy Trader Joe brand on ebay for almost half the cost as it is in the store. Usually buy 4 at a time. I take only Shellfish Free Glucomsomine with MSM, no Chondroitan, that soimetimes can raise cholesterol, buy either Vitacost brand or Swanson brand. I use either Verisom collagen or Hello Lovely which has 5 kinds and no tilapia in it. Find that on amazon. Sillie Me and I both use the same tumeric supp found on amazon, I am sure she can tell you more about it than I can.

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Mimi NY — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:05:51 GMT

When it comes to me putting supplements into my body I have to push the cost in the background and stick with ANDREW LESSMAN , I TRUST him 100%

I do lots of times wait for his SPECIALS on HSN and many times have to use the flex pay then I can afford the largest size.

I go back with him to the late 80's when he started off on the Q. with those packets of orange vitamins C for my kids back then.

Being a senior now ,have once shown to a cardiologist what I was taking and he said WOW you know what to be using , thought then it's thanks to Andrew explaining everything so well, I also take no prescriptions ,

Re: Supplement Advice

SilleeMee — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:33:55 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
I dont take CO Q, I take the more costly versioin called Ubiquinol, usually buy Trader Joe brand on ebay for almost half the cost as it is in the store. Usually buy 4 at a time. I take only Shellfish Free Glucomsomine with MSM, no Chondroitan, that soimetimes can raise cholesterol, buy either Vitacost brand or Swanson brand. I use either Verisom collagen or Hello Lovely which has 5 kinds and no tilapia in it. Find that on amazon. Sillie Me and I both use the same tumeric supp found on amazon, I am sure she can tell you more about it than I can.

@Shelbelle

I recently discovered that the Pure by Nature brand turmeric has changed their ingredients to a "Turmeric Blend" which includes the standardized curcumin content. But how much of that "Blend" is actually curcumin?? So I will no longer be buying that brand and have switched to Qunol's curcumin. Pure by Nature has also raised the price so much that it doesn't compete with well with other better supps of its kind.

Check out the ingredients in this Qunol:

Note the dosage of 3 caps equal to 2250mg of curcumin extract. Really don't need to take 3, only need to take 2 per day which will be 1500mg as per Dr. Weil recommends. But suit yourself. I'm going to take only 2 caps per day.

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Shelbelle — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:38:07 GMT

Good call. I just tried Natures Nutrition Tumeric from amazon, or ebay, cant remember, 240 in a bottle.

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Shelbelle — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:40:03 GMT

@Mimi NY wrote:
When it comes to me putting supplements into my body I have to push the cost in the background and stick with ANDREW LESSMAN , I TRUST him 100%
I do lots of times wait for his SPECIALS on HSN and many times have to use the flex pay then I can afford the largest size.
I go back with him to the late 80's when he started off on the Q. with those packets of orange vitamins C for my kids back then.
Being a senior now ,have once shown to a cardiologist what I was taking and he said WOW you know what to be using , thought then it's thanks to Andrew explaining everything so well, I also take no prescriptions ,

I dont think Lessman is as good as he sounds, some of his products have much lower potency than I find elsewhere, I only take one product of his, Chloesta Care.

Re: Supplement Advice

Shelbelle — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:47:13 GMT

Sillie, guess what, i only take one per day of tumeric!! That gives me 600 mg a day, that is all I care to take with everything else I take. It gives me 5 mg of black pepper too.

Re: Supplement Advice

SilleeMee — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:58:22 GMT

@Ainhisg wrote:
@SilleeMee I think you are the bee's knees when it comes to beauty and supplement knowledge. I subscribe to Consumer Lab and generally go by their recommendations for supplements, since they are a third-party testing site. That being said, as I get older, I am taking more and more supplements (which have helped in many cases) to overcome some age-related issues. This is becoming quite costly! Do you have any brand recommendations for these supplements? I know you buy brands that work at the best cost.

1) Glucosamine SULFATE (not HCI)/Chondroitin Sulfate

2) CoQ10

3) Type 2 Collagen (UCII)

4) Turmeric

Thank you so, so much!

@Ainhisg

Thank you so much for you kind words. I appreciate that very much.

I don't take glucos/chondro supps so I can't help you there.

I don't take CoQ10 b/c I'm over 40yo where ubiqinol would be a better option for older people. Ubiquinol is a converted, more absorbable form of CoQ10 and is usually recommended to older people. I take Trader Joe's Ubiqinol. Not to be confused with ubiquinone.

I don't take collagen II. I take types I and III (Horbaach brand with Verisol collagen).

I take pure turmeric (curcumin) extract, 1500mg per day. Qunol Turneric 2250.

Re: Supplement Advice

Ainhisg — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:00:37 GMT

@SilleeMee thank you so much!

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SilleeMee — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:02:22 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
Good call. I just tried Natures Nutrition Tumeric from amazon, or ebay, cant remember, 240 in a bottle.

@Shelbelle

That Nature's Nutrition brand has very little active curcumin in it. You might want to look at the ingredients once again. I have looked at that one several times and for me it doesn't have enough active extract.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:07:51 GMT

@Ainhisg wrote:
@SilleeMee thank you so much!

You're welcome @Ainhisg .

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Growing — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:21:23 GMT

The brand of curcumin or tumeric that works best for me is Jarrow Brand (95% curcuminoids). I've tried other brands but this one works best for me, and I take one with breakfast and one with dinner. My arthritis doc recommended I take this supplement and I researched the correct dosage which is normally about 1000 mg per day. But we each have to assess what works for our body. The black pepper helps turmeric work better but my stomach is very sensitive so the Jarrow formula is without it. One pill per day doesn't work for me. The typical drug store brands are often not of high quality so I tend to purchase well known brands from a health food store in person or online. Sometimes I use the duck duck go search engine instead of google because google tends to censor certain information. I like to read up for myself first.

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Jk9 — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:54:01 GMT

I take the Qunol Turmeric and like it a lot. I take 2 capsules per day and can tell a difference if I don't take it for a while.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 17:03:45 GMT

@Growing wrote:
The brand of curcumin or tumeric that works best for me is Jarrow Brand (95% curcuminoids). I've tried other brands but this one works best for me, and I take one with breakfast and one with dinner. My arthritis doc recommended I take this supplement and I researched the correct dosage which is normally about 1000 mg per day. But we each have to assess what works for our body. The black pepper helps turmeric work better but my stomach is very sensitive so the Jarrow formula is without it. One pill per day doesn't work for me. The typical drug store brands are often not of high quality so I tend to purchase well known brands from a health food store in person or online. Sometimes I use the duck duck go search engine instead of google because google tends to censor certain information. I like to read up for myself first.

@Growing

That Jarrow is a good one. However it lacks one very important ingredient to make it absorb...black pepper (aka piperine). Take it with fat in your food to get it to absorb. Also the 1-cap-per-day of 500mg is not nearly enough to get the best benefits. 1500mg is really what is needed daily.

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santorini — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 22:00:39 GMT

@Mimi NY wrote:
When it comes to me putting supplements into my body I have to push the cost in the background and stick with ANDREW LESSMAN , I TRUST him 100%
I do lots of times wait for his SPECIALS on HSN and many times have to use the flex pay then I can afford the largest size.
I go back with him to the late 80's when he started off on the Q. with those packets of orange vitamins C for my kids back then.
Being a senior now ,have once shown to a cardiologist what I was taking and he said WOW you know what to be using , thought then it's thanks to Andrew explaining everything so well, I also take no prescriptions ,

I totally agree. His supplements are the only ones I will take.

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qvcaddition — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:19:29 GMT

I get all mine from AL. They work. I have tried all the over the counter from D

@Ainhisg wrote:
@SilleeMee I think you are the bee's knees when it comes to beauty and supplement knowledge. I subscribe to Consumer Lab and generally go by their recommendations for supplements, since they are a third-party testing site. That being said, as I get older, I am taking more and more supplements (which have helped in many cases) to overcome some age-related issues. This is becoming quite costly! Do you have any brand recommendations for these supplements? I know you buy brands that work at the best cost.

1) Glucosamine SULFATE (not HCI)/Chondroitin Sulfate

2) CoQ10

3) Type 2 Collagen (UCII)

4) Turmeric

Thank you so, so much!

I get all mine from AL. I have tried over the counter from Drug store and big box stores and never felt anything until I started taking his a few years ago and what a difference in mind, body and spirt. I take a least 25 of his suppliments, not all at once, but throughout the day and have lots of energy at 86. Do all my own work around the home and yard and find time for exercising. Have given the list to my Dr. and she is amazed at my energy and health.

He is a little more expensive, but I wait for his specials.