I take a lot of supplements. I don’t drink kale shakes but only because my blender isn’t good enough to process kale. I do eat a lot of kale though. Love it! Kale chips are so easy, I just spray them with olive oil and bake till crispy.
My favorite kale recipe is a roast. I put chicken apple sausage in a roasting pan, add: apples, raisins, sweet potatoes, carrots and kale. Bake and it is to die for.
Before I had cancer there were supplements and vitamins that I was supposed to take (according to myself) but that I couldn’t remember to take. Oddly I always remembered to give my dog his supplements. He takes probiotics and fish oils at every meal plus a prescription thyroid med.
After cancer I keep my supplements in such a way that I can remember to take them every day.
Here is what I take on a daily basis:
AM
~Multi vitamin
~Vitamin C
~IP 6 & Inositol – boosts killer-cell activity (it’s a cancer thing)
~Shu Gan – Chinese herb for something about breast cancer, I can't remember.
~Jade Windscreen – Chinese herb for immune system
~Vitamin B
~Antidepressant
PM (and by that I mean at dinner time.)
~Jade Windscreen – Chinese herb for immune system
~Sam E – for joint support and mood enhancer
~Co Q 10- heart and immune system
~Vitamin D – oh just because it’s popular (and for immune system)
~Turmeric – as an anti-inflammatory
~Acidophilus – digestion
That’s a lot to remember which is why I now have them in the Monday, Tuesday etc. boxes. It’s also a handy way for me to remember which day it is, something I’ve always wished my car would tell me. It has lights for everything else.
I take other supplements as needed. Right now I’m taking Rhus Tux for my first case of poison ivy of the year. (Hooray for spring!) I’m also drinking this dreamy caramel tea by Yogi to help me sleep.
What are you taking? How's it working?
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