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Levo timing with other supplements help

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Hi everyone,

I still am continuing my Levo trial with 50mcg.

I have read plenty in older posts about interference and wanted some help to figure out which stuff can go together and which needs spacing out..

I take these:

- Levo 50mcg

- Vitamin D 4,000 IU drops

- Folic Acid 5mg

- Myo Inositol

- Berberine 1g - 1.5g (this is new and I'm planning to take 500mg 2-3 times a day depending on how many meals I have, a bit like metformin, just instead of).

Which of these is a problem together?

Ps. I tend to switch my Levo between late at night or early morning

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Lalatoot

As a general rule it is leave 2 hours between supplements and levo. The exception to this is magnesium which is 4 hours gap.Check your vit d as it may have added magnesium.

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PixieElv

HelloVit D 4 hours away from Levo and everything else 2h away from Levo. Iron 2h away from Vit D.

so if you take Levo at 4am, don’t take Vit D until 8am and iron not until 10am. Other Vitamins you can take together but not within 2h of Levo.

I hope that helps

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OudMood in reply to PixieElv

Thank you for this!

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Jbrooke

Any type of iron, they definitely recommend at least 4 hours apart from thyroid medication. Personally, for ALL other supplements, I try to take at the opposite end of the day. For instance, I’ve been taking Armour in the morning and supplements I start from the afternoon on.

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OudMood in reply to Jbrooke

That's helpful, thank you.My only problem may be inositol and berberine...

Mo-inositol is 2 doses 12hrs apart and Berberine is 2-3 times daily so might be an issue to space anymore than 2 hours..

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