Supplements taken by the founder of Vitamin D Life

As of June 2025

Supplements: taken daily through once a week

(Manufacturer - typically a popular one on Amazon)

Daily

• Orgain Protein - 76 cents/ounce I also add very intense exercise for 15 minutes daily to build muscle

  • It tastes great. (age 78), average 30 g/day

  • Apparently should have >80 grams TOTAL per day (>1 gram/kg @ 80 kg)

• Calcium (not rock Calcium, but Calcium from plants)

  • Red Marine Algae I sprinkle about 1/2 gram on my morning oatmeal and then add hot water

  • Red Marine Algae is 32% Calcium by weight. so I get 170 mg

  • Calcium from Algae is 1.6 X more bio-available than Calcium from rocks (My 170 mg ==> 280 mg of bio-available Calcium)

  • I also get organic Calcium from cheese, kale, and yogurt -no rock Calcium

    • Another supplier of Red Marine Algae adds Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Boron, Magnesium, Silica and Zinc - looks wonderful for teeth and bones- 42 cents/day (3 pills)

• Magnesium Citrate 200 mg daily Amazon   Co-Factor✻ and VDR activate✻

  • Had previously made Mg water so as to get >1200 mg/day, but appear not to need that much

  • To 500 ml of hot water, add 32 grams of Magnesium Chloride and 21 grams of D-Ribose (to cancel the sour taste of Mg)

  • add 50 ml of the Mg water (above) to 350ml of water and sip during the day

    • This amount provides about 150 mg of Mg daily, which appears to be enough for me

    • I have tried up to 1200 mg of Mg daily for weeks, but I did not notice any benefit

    • The Magnesium Chloride + D-Ribose will make enough Mg water to drink for many years

• Glutathione - the master anti-oxidant, started with 2 daily for a month Amazon (10cents/day)

• Caffeine Amazon 167 mg capsule 14 cents similar to 1 cup of coffee

• Betaine HCL Pepsin 2 meals a day to boost my stomach acid. Note many seniors hve lower stomach acid, an I am 79 years old

  • I used to often have an upset stomach, but no longer.

  Every 2 days

• Vitamin K - Co-Factor✻ 3 types in Super K

  • Should be eaten with a fatty meal. Am looking for a water-dispersible form of K2

• Vitamin B100 8 types (Horbaach)

• Vitamin C liposomal Amazon - extremely popular do not know if the Liposomal form adds much

• Silicon - Bamboo - for better teeth and bones

  Every 3 days

• Resveratrol VDR activate✻ (Nature's Essentials 10X more bio-available) Amazon

  Every 4 days

• Vitamin D3 100,000 IU - Bio-Tech 50,000 IU This brand does NOT need to be taken with a fatty meal

  • Avoid taking a few hours before trying to sleep - it is, after all, called the Sunshine Vitamin

• Quercetin VDR activation✻ Bio-Quercetin Life Extension 62 X more bio-available

• Liposomal Curcumin VDR activate✻ (A1Vitality)

• Boron Co-Factor✻ - for better teeth and bones Swanson Triple 3mg Amazon

• Selenium (Piping Rock 200 mcg)

  Every 6 days

• Iron Proferin

  Every 7 days

• Zinc - Co-Factor✻ (Spring Valley 50 mg)

  • I occasionally also take sublingual Zinc with Vitamin C every two hours to fight off colds (Nature's Way)

• Iodine - 150 ugrams

• Vitamin B-12 5 mg - alertness, energy (Vitamatic 5000 mcg, sublingual)

• Omega-3 Co-Factor✻ - trying it weekly instead of daily - sent in an Omega-3 index test May 30, 2025 after 6 months of taking weekly Omega-3

• Many brands - I am trying Omega-3 (EPA 350 mg + DHA 250 mg) + Vitamin D3 5,000 IU Amazon

  • Note: - weekly proven to be better than daily for rats

  • Note that many other Omega-3 products are lower cost, but I wanted to try out the combination for Vitamin D Life readers

  • Coromega - tastes great, does not require a fatty meal - used it when I had Omega-3 daily

  • Must also decrease Omega-6 to get the benefit from Omega-3: See Omega-3 index home test

  When I need a quick boost of energy, several times a year

Nanoemulsion vitamin D swished in my mouth - I feel the benefit in <15 minutes

When I have restricted breathing due to my exercise-induced asthma, several times a month

Inhale vitamin D - which I designed - using only 2 items purchased on Amazon

Amazingly, about 500 IU of vitamin D greatly improves my breathing in <5 minutes

When I feel that intense exercise would otherwise make me feel tired later that day or the next, about weekly

Drink D-Ribose - which quickly boosts ATP production

I buy it in bulk - 15 cents per serving

Also great for recovering from orgasm - have used since about age 65 (age 79 as of 2025)

Relieve stress ~monthly: Ashwaganda herb, Magnesium Chloride bath

Co-Factor

Adds to the Vitamin D response

Negates problems from high-dose Vitamin D: Vitamin K2-7, Magnesium

VDR activate

Gets more Vitamin D from the blood actually into the cells

More on co-factors and supplements in Vitamin D Life

• Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell

• Some supplements: Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Omega-3, etc. must be taken with fatty meals (there are other forms)

• Supplements I previously took in bulk form

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Vitamin D Life - Things that the Founder of Vitamin D Life does for his health - Sept 2024

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Omega-3,  Magnesium,  Zinc,   Quercetin,   non-daily Vit D,  Curcumin, intense exercise, Butyrate   Sulforaphane   Ginger,   Essential oils, etc  Note: The founder of Vitamin D Life uses 10 of the 15 known VDR activators

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