MY FAVE SUPPLEMENT BRANDS – Highly bioavailable, well-tested, and cleanly sourced, all of these are also available on Amazon Prime if you are a member! (#NotSponsored. For real.)

Amino Acids

• KION: This is what I take. Only available online from Kion or Amazon, and super bioavailable. These are all the essential amino acids (EAAs). Best to take these versus a mix of EAAs and BCAAs (branch chain amino acids) unless you know you personally need BCAAs.

Multi-Vitamin

• The most comprehensive multivitamin and mineral supplement in easy to manage and take on-the-go packets I have found is Primal Master Formula.
• Thorne Multivitamin Elite is also excellent, but with a few less fancy ingredients that cost more to source, and is priced at half the cost.

Collagen

I use the unflavored kind so I can add to anything, usually to my a.m. coffee. This will support skin, hair, joint, nails, teeth, elasticity, repair, and recovery. It is an added source of clean protein and is always animal based (not vegan).

• Bulletproof collagen is my go-to brand.
• Vital Proteins has some great varieties and also a wild-caught marine sourced version if you only eat fish.
• If you are need of some chocolatey shake goodness, have no fear, Primal Kitchen has made a chocolate coconut collagen fuel mix!
• All of the above are sold at Erewhon and Whole Foods as well and usually at your local top-notch supplement shop.

Fish Oil

• Vital Choice: You want one like this amazing Wild Antarctic Krill Oil, high in Omega 3 with the goal being to balance out all the Omega 6 we get in nuts and oils in our day-to-day eating. Our body thrives on an Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio of 1:1 and most people are living with 1:16!

 

WHEN SHOULD I TAKE THEM?

• With one exception, take these supplements with or at the end of your breakfast or first meal when the digestion process is most primed to digest the capsule and the nutrients
• EXCEPTION: amino acids: Take 30 minutes before a workout as priority, a second stack can be taken with a meal should you be in the midst of a heavy training period.

IMPORTANT NOTE: As with everything that has to do with your health, please note that getting approval from your doctor is the first step to being sure what you are taking is right for you.

 

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