Besides spirulina or afa, the bare basic supplements in my opinion that are necessary for a strong nutritional foundation is:

Multivitamin - liquid is very absorbable but also tends to be the weakest multi. Source of Life is the #1 selling vitamin in health food stores in America and is whole food based but are big horse pills. They do have smaller tablets available. Avoid the big commercial brands like Centrum....people who clean out porta-pottys say they find mounds and mounds of pharmaceuticals and Centrum vitamins...they just don't break down becuse of a lot of binders and the compression. The best vitamins will be in locally owned health food stores. If you see GMP and NNFA logos, that is a plus.

calcium/magnesium (avoid calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide as they are the least absorbable...but magnesium oxide is good if you do need a safe laxative). For osteoporosis, take mchc (microcrystaline hydroxyapetite calcium)..high absorbable calcium and low to no magnesium. For normal bone health, take 2 parts calcium to 1 part mag up to equal parts of cal/mag. If you have too much calcium build up, take high magnesium and low calcium. Good to have at least 400IU of vitamin D to assist absorption and if some trace minerals like boron, etc... for good bone density is a plus.

Flax seed oil with omega 3,6,9 and if it has GLA (gamma linoleic acid) that is a plus. Udo's or Barleans are the 2 leading flax oil products.

By taking these 3 things, you are covering the widest range of nutritional benefits as magnesium has over 300 functions just by itself.

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