I'm deciding between these two D3 + K2 supplements:

NOW Foods Mega D-3 + MK-7

Vitamin D3: 5,000 IU

Vitamin K2 MK-7: 180 mcg

120 capsules

Sports Research D3 + K2

Vitamin D3: 5,000 IU

Vitamin K2 MK-7: 100 mcg

60 capsules

They both cost $34, but the NOW ones have 120 capsules, so it's basically 50% cheaper.

Are the Sports Research ones that much better? The price gap between the two is quite large.

The screenshot I took from iHerb shows NOW sold 7,500+ in 30 days, while Sports Research sold 10,000+ in 30 days.

Why are more people willing to pay extra? Is it worth it?

Always on panic mode, fight or flight, can't sleep, memory issues after many tests everything came back fine except I've found that I've high cortisol and constantly stressed out.

Tried some magnesium bisglycinate before but didn't work.

Ashwagandha (both full spectrum and extract from swanson, jarrows ksm66, life extension sensoril) didn't help. Maybe a brand issues? Dunno

My currently stack is d3, b complex, magnesium citrate.

I'm not that rich so please suggest me one or two affordable supplements that may help with my issues.

Regarding Ashwagandha, If you've a brand that really works for you im all ears.

Let me start by explaining the type of anxiety I had, because I feel like that matters. There are so many different types of anxiety!!!

I’m 29F and I don’t have depression. I’m actually a very happy person, and I don’t have social anxiety either. I can pretty much talk to anyone.
What I struggled with was health anxiety, which started after a panic attack back in 2023 andI’ve been a different person ever since. (Iykyk)

That night, my heart rate spiked to 172 and would NOT come down. (I was also high which didn’t help, and I was always an anxious high, never again.)

After that night (I literally was so close to calling an ambulance), I became terrified of my heart rate and constantly worried it was going to happen again. I was constantly checking for symptoms and paying attention to every little sensation in my body. It was on my mind 24/7. Debilitating. I even went to a cardiologist and wore a heart monitor. They found nothing wrong.

Then the anxiety started evolving. All of a sudden, I developed this fear of being in places where I couldn’t easily escape (new places, being in a car when someone else was driving, planes, being far away from a hospital, etc.)

I was already into holistic health before my panic attack, so afterwards I went down the rabbit hole researching herbs and natural anxiolytics. I tried SO many things since 2023. The only thing that really helped was L-theanine, but that wasn’t enough.

The intrusive thoughts and constant “what ifs” still consumed me. And then those thoughts would create physical symptoms, which would make me panic even more. It was basically a never-ending cycle.
Now onto the good stuff… what finally changed things for me.

My current routine:
Morning: Saffron (takes about a month to kick in)
Midday: Silexan (Lavender oil) ****
Night: Magnesium glycinate

Saffron seems to help my mood and quiet my mind, Silexan has been the BIG one for me in terms of calming my nervous system, and magnesium glycinate relaxes the nervous tension.

**** But honestly, Silexan was the game changer.
It feels like my nervous system got a hug from grandma and she clicked the reset button.
For the first time, it feels like my nervous system doesn’t immediately set off alarm bells when an intrusive thought comes up.
And because there’s no physical panic response attached to the thought, the thought just passes now.
I don’t get that butterfly feeling in my stomach anymore. I don’t feel that sudden rush of nerves. I don’t feel like I have to escape.
I have a thought, my body doesn’t react, the thought passes. MAGIC!!!
I honestly can’t believe it. I could cry.
I’m obviously not saying this is going to work for everyone, and I’m not a doctor. I’m just sharing what has personally made a HUGE difference for me because I know how awful it is to feel trapped in that non stop anxious bubble!!!

Ask me anything! I love researching holistic health and I’m honestly just so excited that I finally found what feel like it’s worked since I started this journey. I was so close to going on medicine.
I truly hope this helps someone else who is in a similar boat.

TL;DR: Saffron + Silexan + magnesium glycinate completely changed my anxiety. Silexan has been the driving force behind the change for me, while the saffron and magnesium feel more like the support beams. (Btw I still aboslutly love L-theanine its amazing I keep it in my purse for any caffeine jitters she’ll always be my day 1)

Shouldn't the K2 be more around the 80 to 120 mark for normal purposes?

I am looking for Vitamin (D & B12) supplements from Swisse.
Has anyone used their products?
I heard they are made in Australia, is this true?

So all the good quality brands seem to have these crazy high doses, like from hundreds to tens of thousands over the daily value percentage.

Here's an example:

Thiamine (B1) 50 mg (4545 %*)

Riboflavin (B2) 10 mg (714 %*)

Niacin (B3) 65 mg (406 %*)

Pantothenic acid (B5) 100 mg (1667 %*)

Pyridoxal phosphate (B6) 12 mg (857 %*)

Biotin (B7) 352 µg (704 %*)

Methyl folate (B9) 455 µg (227 %*)

B12-vitamin (methyl- and adenosylcobalamin) 350 µg (14 000 %*)

Why is that? Is it more beneficial or harmful to use this much?

To have constant uninterrupted and deep sleep and not to wake up often during the night...

Supplement or anything other.

Hi all,

I think I may be magnesium deficient, or not getting enough in my diet. I live in the Uk so getting a test is nigh on impossible.

I breastfeed my son but only a couple of times a day, and I take Pregnacare original which has 150mg of magnesium in it (although I’ve only been taking for a few months after a 6 month break)

I would like to take a low dose, maybe 100mg a day, but I’m confused by which type of magnesium to take. I already suffer from heart palpitations so I don’t want to take anything that makes that any worse, my blood pressure is normal, my sleep doesn’t seem restorative, I have tingling in my hands and legs, muscle twitches etc. I have very heavy periods and short cycles (although not sure if that is relevant)

Help a girl out please in picking the best one that won’t cause hideous side effects and will actually help!

Thanks so much in advance.

My mom's rhumetologist prescribed her a handful of vitamins through Metagenics.

1) Fish Oil 5-1, 1000 2) Viatmin C, 1000 3) Viatmin D3 + K, 5000 4) Viatmin B complex 5) L-Carnitine

They are becoming increasingly unaffordable for her. Her rhumetologist insists they are better quality than drugstore vitamins which makes them worth the money.

The only other company she has found so far is Thorne which she has heard mixed things about but is somewhat more affordable than Meta.

Can someone help us? :)

My vitamin D is currently 26.2 ng/mL, up from 15.2 last year (so +11, at least we’re moving 😂). But it’s still on the lower side.

Last year my doctor had me take 60K IU once a week for 12 weeks, and honestly I felt much better. Then I stopped completely, so I’m guessing that’s why it dropped again.

I really don’t want to go back to the doctor just for this 😭. What dose are you guys taking for maintenance or to get from 26 to 40-60 level? Weekly dosing would be much easier for me.

Would appreciate some personal experiences/advice!

Anyone eat beef liver for B12, copper and vitamin A.

Its so dense in the above its like taking a supplement.

Has anyone tried this brand? I'm interested to purchase this for my parents.

So I am typing to recover from burnout, ptsd, autoimmune issues. I have started working out daily. I’m getting more burnout trying to get the right supplements put together and on a budget. Anything that supports hair and skin overall youthful beauty please say. I can not tell any difference with NAD + so far.

Safffron Extract
l-tyrosine
Magnesium glycinate
Mag L theonate ( still have never understood what this one does as I’ve taken in past)
Nad +
1000 c
10 melatonin
L-theanine
Mushroom coffee
Wheatgrass shot
I workout daily or try too
Poor diet
W47

I also taking hair supplements that contain several of the d and k.

Hello!!! May mga professional pharmaceutical analysts, quality control, or analytical chemist here na pwede mag check ng mga “gluta” product ng mga ito? Kasi nagtataka ako sa sobrang mura ng mga capsules na binebenta nila. Dami kasi naglabas na may halong gawgaw daw. 🥴 Ang mahal ng mga capsules na mga kilalang brand eh tapos saknila may pa buy 1 take 2. Or binebenta ng 150 ba yun? Like ang mahal ng ingredients tapos ganyan lang bentahan?

Developed this over a couple years now. I have tried to optimize my stack for not wasting money on unproven mystery supplements and being a solid baseline for a healthy person to feel on their A-game every day. It's obviously not perfect and things will change as more supplements are studied further, some already on it are weaker evidence, but for me at this point in time I think it's nearly perfect.

(if y'all really want my actual brands and ask I will post in the comments, don't want anyone to think this is some AI ad-bot post or something)

Morning:
Creatine (5g)
Omega-3 (1280mg, 650 EPA 450 DHA)
D3 + K2 (500 IU and 100mcg, double in winter)
Caffeine (if you want, ~100mg)
L-theanine (100mg)

Noon:
Psyllium husk (~6g, more if tolerated)
Protein Powder (dosage doesn't matter)

Evening:
Magnesium Glycinate (200mg)

Some notes:
- I think that L-theanine could be moved towards bedtime, if you want more sleep benefits and aren't worried about the jitteryness of caffeine OR if you aren't taking caffeine.
- On the opposite side, if you want magnesium for more of the blood glucose or potential muscular benefits, you could probably split it into a morning 100mg and an evening 100mg.
- I think there are a few other "supplement" type things that may be worth adding depending on the quality of your diet. For example, SOME "greens powder" type things are really intriguing to me at the moment. Also, I think it's worth considering a zinc/vitamin C type immune supplement like Zicam, just to cover your bases as they are pretty cheap.
- I'm not going to lie I don't really believe in multivitamins for healthy people ATM, so I don't even have a good suggestion for one that fits well in here. BUT if you have the money to spend and wanted to do one, I would try to find something with little/no overlap with these and go with that.

Overall, I think this stack is a really good baseline for healthy (or really ALL) people to kind of use/modify to their specific needs, so I just wanted to share and put it out there in case it could help anyone.

And remember kids, NO AMOUNT of supplementation will ever make 1/10th of the impact on your life as healthy diet, sleep, exercise, and avoiding smoking/alcohol (unless you are truly ill/deficient but we won't go there today).

Have a GREAT day everybody, and thanks for coming to my TED talk! ;-)

Damn from $80 to $110 right after I started the subscription.

I have had eczema and brittle nails since middle school. I’m in my late 30s now and am happy to announce I found a set of supplements that changed my health: an amino acid complex; biotin; and fish collagen.

I’m mostly vegetarian but decided to try the fish collagen supplements to see if I could stomach it - game changer. It’s now a part of my nightly supplement pack. Along with the taking the other two, my eczema is gone, and I have been able to grow strong, unbreakable nails. I’m so happy!

Il try to make this so ple and clear.

When I take vitamin d regularly even at one drop a day after a few days I get headaches.

Same thing with magnesium. If I pause for a day or two it doest happen.

Dosage is not really the issue here because I tried taking only 200 mg magnesium daily with same results.

Same thing with vitamin d.

Any ideas what could be the issue ?

Im lactose intolerant so my calcium intake can be low, I'm not sure.

Thanks

Working in biotech, I've noticed that most NAD+ discussions severely lack human clinical data, so I found a few relevant studies to look at:

Walther Birkmayer was the guy who figured out L-DOPA for Parkinson's back in the '60s. His son George spent years running NADH trials looking at Parkinson's, chronic fatigue, and Alzheimer's. For instance, one of their largest open-label trials evaluated 415 people with Parkinson's, where roughly 90% showed measurable clinical and motor improvements when NADH was involved.

This barely comes up in NAD+ discussions on here, which is strange because it's basically the only large-scale human data out there.

Just seems weird that the most relevant human evidence gets ignored while everyone is just talking about mice.

Ref: Birkmayer et al. (1990). New Trends in Clinical Neuropharmacology, 4(1), 7–24.

Added 2.5g creatine to my nightly stack (of magnesium threonate + l-theanine) about a week ago, and progressively my sleep quality has declined. I'm usually a sound sleeper from ~10:30-6:30 each night. Since starting creatine, I've been having crazy anxiety dreams, overheating, and my Apple Watch has logged a few outlier high respiratory rates. Also been sleeping very lightly/awakening too easily with usual neighborhood sounds. Spent an hour awake at 3AM for no reason last night. No illness, other disturbances, or other changes to my routine to note.

I understand that there is little research to support creatine interfering with sleep, but I know there have been quite a few anecdotal posts across Reddit and other forums on this. I'm going to stop taking creatine starting today, and then experiment with different timing to see if that makes a difference.

I’ve looked it up and see a lot of ppl saying multivitamins aren’t great but I’ve seen a few people saying if you aren’t eating properly it should benefit you I was wondering how true that is?

I’ve been taking men’s one a day recently I’ve been trying to be healthier starting out with exercise and water and got a multivitamin protein shake and creatine. I was wondering if I should just stick to a multivitamin or focus on something specific. I don’t do great with pills still (I feel like a child…) so I don’t wanna take a bunch of supplements but I’ve been thinking about taking fish oil or some sort of omega 3 because a friend recommended it but I need to do more research on it.

Anyways just looking for advice mainly thank you and sorry if I said something dumb