Some things I’ve learned over the last 10 years of independent health research and application, and the last 9 being a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
I love water, and if you don’t, you might not be aware of how good it has the potential to taste. That’s why the first thing I suggest is a very accessible and high quality pitcher filter that targets a wide range of pollutants we can be exposed to unknowingly.
My latest favorite device discovery: a Vibration Platform: this works by moving back and forth so quickly that it subconsciously forces the muscles to contract, allowing for gentle full body exercise even for those with severe fatigue and exercise intolerance. These are used by NASA to re- condition astronauts when they land and have to reacquaint themselves with gravity and deal with atrophied muscles. It also had its own benefits for the lymphatic system, a neglected yet vital facet of circulation, immunity and detoxification.
A Methylated Multivitamin is a foundation everyone should consider. I choose this (for women) for it’s vast array of nutrients it supplies, like lesser- known but important nutrients that often get neglected. And here’s one for men.
Vitamin D and K: fat soluble vitamins supportive of immune and bone health, these in combination are vital for an optimally functioning metabolism. Vitamin D ensures calcium is absorbed and vitamin K makes sure it goes go bone rather than tissue. Ensure you’re getting adequate calcium if taking these. I suggest everybody— including those assuming you get enough from dairy— download Cronometer and track for at least a day or 2 of normal eating.
Digestive Bitters are a proven way to optimize the physiological ingredients needed to digest and assimilate nutrients from food (and anything else you might ingest). If digestion isn’t dialed in, other steps you’re taking to try to improve your health could be (at least partially) wasted.
Massage gun: for overall fascia health for general wellness, as well as therapeutic to relax spasming or stiff muscles, this tool is indispensable. Add to that a variety of targeting attachments and heat and you’re bound to feel better after use.
Magnesium: can help relax the prolonged, unnecessary fight or flight mechanisms that lead to anxiety and high blood pressure. I like using it in a supplemental, as well as dietary and topical source for this reason. If stress and/ or toxins are high or soil is depleted, we need more good quality, exogenous nutrients. My favorite source of magnesium is magnesium glycinate. This is because it does two nutritional jobs at once, supplies magnesium for detoxification, digestion and relaxation and glycine for the same purposes but also to heal the gut from the common pollutant and herbacide glyphosate that can take its place of glycine in the body which is needed to seal the gut, calm down and detoxify which are the basis of just about every physiological process we experience.
Nutritional Yeast: delicious and very nutrient dense. It has a nutty, cheesy and umami, rich flavor. This stuff makes broccoli and kale into some of the best foods to eat! Even when unfortified, which is the ideal kind to buy, it provides a whole-food complex of a ton of vital nutrients like vitamins B1 that is necessary for nervous system health (which controls all of what you perceive by the minute), B6, a necessary cofactor for optimal brain function including mood support by way of processing feel-good hormones like serotonin and dopamine, and B5 which we need for energy and adrenal (survival gland) support. It’s also full of minerals ranging from blood- sugar regulatory molybdenum to calming and nervous system supportive potassium and immune boosting and reparative zinc.
Vitamin C is highly underacknowledged for overall health. It has irreplaceable benefit for collagen (which makes up bones in large part, joints, hair and skin), immune system health, and neutralizing toxins by combatting free radicals. If you track your intake with the app cronometer (which I suggest), you’ll find that it’s not as easy to get in our modern diet as you might think by simply eating a whole food diet. Many fruits, for instance, have relatively low amounts. Increasing from the recommended daily amount has benefits as you face health challenges. You’ll find evidence this in that your body can tolerate more when sick or from pathogenic/ stress exposure.
Paige for Wellness 