Comprehensive supplements list (when to take and with what)? Not just for PD.

[1LittleWillow]

Note that I'm NOT not looking for a PD-specific list. I want something I can use as a general guide for my husband and kids as well.

Has anyone found a really comprehensive list showing when/how to take supplements (just vitamins and minerals, not herbals, etc.)? I've looked and looked, but everything I've seen is either incomplete or confusing. I know certain things work well together (e.g. iron and C), certain things should be taken with food and others away from food, and some should be taken in the morning rather than at night, but it's hard to keep track of all that. I've found many charts online, but nothing that actually covers ALL of the standard supps in one easy-to-use resource.

What I'd really love to find is something that looks a bit like this (in a chart form for quick reference, not a narrative) and covers everything, whether it's something we currently take or not:

1 hour before breakfast: Vitamin X

With breakfast: Vitamin X, Minerals X and X

1 hour before lunch: Mineral X

With lunch: Vitamin X, Mineral X

Etc...

[MBAnderson]

Sorry to say this, but such a list doesn't exist. The supplements people take are aimed at specific health issues/deficiencies because we are all snow flakes and each of our needs is very complex, thus there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all best list/diet.

[1LittleWillow in reply to MBAnderson]

I'm not asking for a list of which supps to take. Everyone in my family takes different supplements based on their own unique issues and test results. I'm looking for a chart that covers all of the standard vitamins and minerals and explains which ones are best to take in the am, which in pm, which with food, which away from food, etc. That way, when they are each taking their supplements (which can change from month to month), they can make sure they're taking them at the optimal time and most appropriate way. Apparently I did a really terrible job of explaining what I was looking for when I wrote my original post.

[MBAnderson in reply to 1LittleWillow]

No, you did a good job. I misread your message. Good luck.

[1LittleWillow in reply to MBAnderson]

Thank you!

[kevowpd]

Do your kids really need supplements?

[1LittleWillow in reply to kevowpd]

Yes. My oldest daughter has ADHD and interstitial cystitis, my other daughter is anemic, and my son has autism, serious malabsorption problems since birth, and a compound heterozygous MTHFR variation that causes health issues. All of their issues respond to supplements.

[shentingadmin]

Have you looked at 'Orthomolecular News Service And the website Of andrew Saul. I bought a course on the use of Vitamins and Minerals. He and his colleagues are getting results using high dose of Vits. Linus Pauling and Abram Hoffman pioneered this approach

[1LittleWillow in reply to shentingadmin]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[Sydney75]

My HWP will be having surgery on spine early September, need to stop most supplements for 2 weeks. Decided to add back slowly to see benefits more clearly.

[Esperanto]

I have also been searching for such a general list as a guide, which provides recommendations on the intake of supplements, when, how, and which interactions. You can then customize this to your medication. Have you already been able to discover something?

[1LittleWillow in reply to Esperanto]

I have been very slowly putting together information in a chart for myself, but I have a long way to go yet. It's far from complete. I just don't have a lot of time to work on it.

[Esperanto in reply to 1LittleWillow]

Thanks. Same problem.