Brand (Nature’s Way) – Because it’s reasonably priced and activated charcoal is roughly the same across every manufacturer.

Purpose: Absorption of gut toxins. If you are eating out and have food of questionable quality, this might be the best stuff around I’ve found to prevent indigestion and gas. Added benefit of preventing some or most of the toxins in the “cheat day” food from actually getting absorbed into your body. Take 2 hours outside of any quality supplement or food that you want benefit from because it will absorb that too.

Creatine Monohydrate

Brand: Thorne Research – It has Crea-Pure (only made in Germany) in it and is one of the purest forms or creatine out there. It’s also reasonable in price.

Purpose: Your body takes this and builds muscle. It has also been one of the most studied and safe supplements in history. 5g a day without question and if you are looking to build up take 20g a day for about 2 weeks.

Zinc Picolinate

Brand (Now Foods) – Reasonably priced and a reputable brand in my opinion.

Purpose: If you look Zinc up on www.examine.com you’ll find that it is instrumental in immune system health and testosterone production (if you are low – which I was). The immune system benefits are present for anyone and Picolinate form is a highly absorbable form of Zinc.

Boron (3mg pills)

Brand (Now Foods) – Same reason as above

Purpose: This is a trace element that has been shown to keep testosterone levels in check in most studies. Again, www.examine.com has a lot of information on this. Humans used to get this cosmic element from the rich soil but now that soil is mostly depleted you have to get it through supplementation to get enough.

Vitamin D3 (Liquid drops)

Brand (Now Foods) – Same reason as above

Purpose: You won’t need to go far to find out why everyone needs this. It’s actually a steroid and not a vitamin. In the winter months I take 4,000 IU (International Units) a day and because I live through Michigan winters 🙂

Fish Oil (Omega 3)

Brand (Nordic Naturals) – They have a great filtration process that has been verified by a person that I trust and follow on these matters (Dr. Rhonda Patrick of www.foundmyfitness.com). They take extra care to make sure that their product is free of heavy metals and toxins.

Purpose: Everyone needs Omega 3’s and they have been proven to improve mood and boost your brain to keep you sharp. Good for your heart as well.

Organic Apple Cider Vinegar

Purpose: Many uses. This stuff is like organic bleach for you body. I think it will kill off any illness you might get by killing it in your gut. It works for upset stomach and replenishes your gut with some good bacteria. It’s considered a fermented food. I take a shot glass of this straight almost every morning but it can be diluted with water as well…it can burn a little.

Chlorella Powder- Broken Cell Wall Algae

Brand: Now Foods – Only brand I’ve tried thus far because of the good experience I’ve had with their other products.

Purpose: Detoxing your body of heavy metals and other undesirable blood contaminants. Chlorella’s natural ability to bind to left over pesticides and toxic materials in your body make it one of the most potent tools for a detox protocol. A warning here that it will make everything green…and I mean everything…your teeth, clothes (if you get it all over), and yes…your poop. So don’t be alarmed about the color of things because that means that it’s doing what its supposed to be doing. After a few days of adding a table spoon of this to your smoothie or however you take it, you might be surprised at how invigorated you feel. In my opinion this is mostly due to your body getting back to normal and adjusting to toxins being eliminated. As a result of this some of your hormone levels might return to baseline if they have been down due to toxins in your system.

I’ll need to update my links section with this information due to these being my go to sites for the most up to date information.

I hope this helps and comments are always welcome.

Thanks,