Vitamins / Supplements advice

A multivitamin and fish oil (or flax oil, or flax seed) should get you a great start. Anything else would be dependent on any specific problems you're trying to address.

A multivitamin and fish oil (or flax oil, or flax seed) should get you a great start. Anything else would be dependent on any specific problems you're trying to address.

Agreeing with this. The only other things I'd add are Vitamin D and a probiotic.

Inasmuch as packaged foods are loaded with all kinds of things, taking a multivitamin ensures you're not missing any. Even fresh, organic foods suffer some level of nutrient deficiency due to soil depletion. And our bodies can take in whatever, but really, there are factors such as stress, disrupted/not enough sleep and environmental toxins that deplete us of what we take in quicker than it should.

And for fish oil and Vitamin D, try to get liquid. The research on pill form is that it's not absorbing well. Most people in this country have impaired digestion--and that could be a factor. Nordic Naturals fish oil is pharma grade filtered and derived from small fish (so less chance of mercury in the first place). If you are eating primarily whole, fresh foods (foods without a label) and pasture-raised meat, you could take an Omega 3-6-9 combo; but there is SO MUCH Omega-6 in most people's diet in this country that you would likely be better off with a straight Omega-3. Carlson makes a Vitamin D drop that is tasteless (completely) and is 2,000 IUs/drop (so a tiny bottle lasts quite a while depending on your dosing).

As for probiotics, make sure you buy one that's refrigerated. They're live organisms. You can find them in any supplement or natural foods store's fridge section.