Hi there,
can someone please help me with some question re vitamins I am wanting to start taking Calcium and Magnesium powder does someone know a good one I can get from I herb
Also Can anybody give me some advice on Bromelain and tumeric i have heard that tumeric is hard to absorb.
Lastly Collagen I have heard the fish marine collagen is better does anyone know which is better to take for joint and skin.
Thankyou to anyone that can help me

Peter Gillhams by Natural Vitality's Natural calm plus calcium.

Its a powder, and its great stuff. I use to take it all the time then I developed acid reflux and for some reason I can not take it anymore. But I loved it and took it for a long time before acid reflux came into my life. I got it at the health food store.

If you want a powder, I have used Ionic Fizz. It comes with a
calcium + magnesium version, and a mostly mag one only.

If you do Bromelain...which is what I am doing now because of my new problem (excessive bradykinin levels)...
There are 2 things to consider.

The regular bromelain types are not enteric coated to protect
the enzyme from stomach acids. Therefore not much is absorbed systemically.

LEF is the only company I could find, who coats their bromelain so it will be absorbed to act in the rest of the body as an anti-inflammatory. So if you want systemic effects you'll have to get LEF brand. I get mine now on Amazon at a pretty good price. Also it seems to be working. I have much less pain.

Curcumin also has poor absorption. There is Curcugel out there, and LongVida brand, which both have been used in studies with
good absorption.

Thanks Mrs D....Do you know anything about collagen

I know there are various collagen products out there.

If you make your own chicken soup from whole chicken parts (not just breasts white meat), the collagen will mix into the broth. When you put it in the frig, it will gel like jello does.
In the old days, people got most of their collagen building blocks from soups made from bones and gristle. Nothing was wasted. Today stores remove all those parts and give you
"dissected meat" with no other tissues present. Tendons removed, bones etc. So those nutrients are gone! One thing
in whole chicken soups also is the silica that is in the tendons...
our soft tissue has silica for strength, and that is also important for the joints. If you Google "foods high in silica" you'll get an idea of what veggies to add to your soup!

Just eating homemade soup like this that you control the ingredients and additives, can provide alot of collagen for tissue repair.

There is bovine, collagen in powders out there, as well as chicken. I really don't know much about them. Some people swear that collagen helps their arthritis. If you do decide to
use a supplement buy only from well known reputable companies. I think quality of the products may be the major factor for you in making this decision.

Hi Mrs D
Thankyou so much for your information I never new that about the chicken so thankyou.
I have found the life extension Bromelain which is entric coated it is $14.95 500 mg . which is cheap there was another for $40.00 is there any
difference also can you tell me how many mg do you take a day.E
The other thing is I m wanting to take SAM E can you plese tell me which brand is the best.
Again Many thanks
Warm regards Heather

I take tumeric. It helps my stomach, and I had no side effects at all. Trying to make acid reflux go away naturally. I wish you all the best. ginnie

You might also want to try Cardiovascular Research Ltd., Ecological Formulas, Tri-Salts. It was recommended by my doctor to balance the ph. You can get it on iHerb. USP Grade Tri-Salts is a nutritional supplement especially designed to neutralize increased acidity. This unique buffering agent contains nutritionally significant amounts of the essential macrominerals calcium, magnesium and potassium as carbonates and bicarbonates without sodium or other salts.