Food Combining Supplements

[Greg Davis]

Often my first food of the day is a piece of fruit on its own (was recommended in the body ecology book and its been working for me).

And one of the only supplements I take is a multi/antioxidant.. which I've been taking after I eat the fruit. I'm wondering if this is a good/bad idea in terms of properly digesting the supplement since I've never heard anything about what types of food should go down with a supplement (ie. is it ideal to have protein/fat with vitamins?)

I'm looking around for some advice but I'm only finding the advice to take "with a meal".

[Mike ODonnell]

Well a multi will have both water soluble (Bcomplex, C) and fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K).....so I would think you would need to take it with a meal that has fat and water....personally not a fan of the multi.

[Garrett Smith]

Greg,
If you take food-based supplements like the ones I recommend (Innate Response, RightFoods, NewChapter, and NewMark), this becomes a non-issue.

Taking purified, isolated vitamins and minerals with food will enhance their poor absorption and utilization somewhat.

I take my supplements with my PWO shake. I don't have to, that's just when it works out in my day.

[Tony Ferous]

Garrett, what does your post workout shake look like these days?

[Greg Davis]

I still have a bunch of the HMP health packs that De Vany recommended a while back:
http://www.glutathionescience.com/gl...cience_014.htm

So I guess I'll start taking them with a meal rather than fruit to get those fat-soluble vitamins.. (that should have occurred to me!)

[Garrett Smith]

My current post-workout shake...

Everything fits into a 16 oz. Ball Jar:
2 raw eggs
2 Tbsp. fresh ground flax seed
1/8 tsp. each of ground caraway seed and fennel seed
2 Tbsp. dessicated Argentinian beef liver powder
1 tsp. dessicated Argentinian beef thymus (2/3) and adrenal (1/3) powder
On top of those ingredients, I fill the jar with TJ's frozen pineapple (to sweeten, add some CHO, and help with digesting all the protein)
Add water to fill the jar

Blend and take supplements with it.

I know that some will notice that this "violates" the food combining issue of high protein and fruit (sugar). This is the only time of the day I do this, I consider the PWO window a special time and between the particularly chosen ingredients, I don't notice any difficulties digesting it. I'd have to guess that raw eggs and powdered dessicated glandulars aren't exactly the hardest proteins to digest, especially when taken with the pineapple's bromelain.

[Greg Davis]

Garrett: Do you find the dessicated powders are a good value for the $? On the website they list the weights of what you would be buying but I can't tell how long that would last given using only a few tsps at a time..?

[Chris Rice]

Originally Posted by Garrett Smith

My current post-workout shake...

Everything fits into a 16 oz. Ball Jar:
2 raw eggs
2 Tbsp. fresh ground flax seed
1/8 tsp. each of ground caraway seed and fennel seed
2 Tbsp. dessicated Argentinian beef liver powder
1 tsp. dessicated Argentinian beef thymus (2/3) and adrenal (1/3) powder
On top of those ingredients, I fill the jar with TJ's frozen pineapple (to sweeten, add some CHO, and help with digesting all the protein)
Add water to fill the jar

Blend and take supplements with it.

I know that some will notice that this "violates" the food combining issue of high protein and fruit (sugar). This is the only time of the day I do this, I consider the PWO window a special time and between the particularly chosen ingredients, I don't notice any difficulties digesting it. I'd have to guess that raw eggs and powdered dessicated glandulars aren't exactly the hardest proteins to digest, especially when taken with the pineapple's bromelain.

Garret - where do you buy your dessicated liver and glandulars?

[Matthieu Hertilus]

Originally Posted by Garrett Smith

My current post-workout shake...

Everything fits into a 16 oz. Ball Jar:
2 raw eggs
2 Tbsp. fresh ground flax seed
1/8 tsp. each of ground caraway seed and fennel seed
2 Tbsp. dessicated Argentinian beef liver powder
1 tsp. dessicated Argentinian beef thymus (2/3) and adrenal (1/3) powder
On top of those ingredients, I fill the jar with TJ's frozen pineapple (to sweeten, add some CHO, and help with digesting all the protein)
Add water to fill the jar

Blend and take supplements with it.

I know that some will notice that this "violates" the food combining issue of high protein and fruit (sugar). This is the only time of the day I do this, I consider the PWO window a special time and between the particularly chosen ingredients, I don't notice any difficulties digesting it. I'd have to guess that raw eggs and powdered dessicated glandulars aren't exactly the hardest proteins to digest, especially when taken with the pineapple's bromelain.

Maybe this deserves a thread on its own, but I am curious as to whether or not it is safe to drink raw eggs, obviously it's been working for you Garrett, but I wonder how safe that is? Not questioning, mainly wondering as it was something I was thinking of trying but didn't want a "bad" experience from it