Supplement Shoppers Guide
There are so many different supplements on the market. How can you know which ones to buy for you and your family?
Some are good and some are really very poor – and you can’t tell which are which from the price or from the pictures on the label. You can only know from a detailed study of the ingredients compared to the price. I have studied over 200 products on the market in Australia and hand-picked the best quality and best value ones for your family.
This short guide is to help you choose from this hand-picked group exactly what you need.
The Essentials
First you need a good multivitamin. This is the single most important supplement you can take. We have two you can choose from for adults and two you can choose from for children. Really, the needs of women and men differ very little so there’s no need to make any distinction. That’s just marketing hype. In fact, the needs of kids are only that they need less quantity because they are smaller than adults and they need something that is chewable because they often can’t (or won’t) swallow a tablet.
All the options are excellent products, the more expensive choice is just a little better. I recommend taking one with breakfast and one with dinner.
Adults
Premium multivitamin: Pure Nutriceuticals Stress B Forte
Value multivitamin: Blackmores Sustained Release Multi
In addition to that I also recommend Co-Enzyme Q-10 for adults. Take one per day or two per day if you have heart or blood pressure problems or chronic fatigue:
Co-Enzyme Q-10 150 mg 30 capsules, or
Co-Enzyme Q-10 150 mg 60 capsules
Kids
Premium multivitamin: Usana Usanimals for Kids
Value multivitamin: Hi Vita Child Vita
Fish Oil
Everyone needs fish oil. It’s good for adults for heart health, brain function and inflammation control. It is good for kids for these reasons and because it helps them to learn and concentrate.
Your best value for fish oil is always in the liquid form. A good quality liquid fish oil has very little fishy taste and most kids love it straight off the spoon. Maybe you or your child are fussy though and won’t take it that way, so I have sourced the best value pure fish oil capsules for you too.
I recommend one teaspoon before breakfast for adults and half a teaspoon before breakfast for kids. Take the same again in the evening if you feel you need it. You can’t take too much fish oil.
Adults
Liquid Fish Oil: Melrose Norwegian Pure Fish Oil
Capsules: Restore Clinical Natural Fish Oil
Kids
Liquid Fish Oil: Melrose Kids Fish Oil – same oil as adults but with natural flavour added for kids. Adults may use this too.
Capsules: Currently none I can recommend. While it’s hard to believe, manufacturers are adding artificial sweetener and artificial colouring. It’s not marked on the box though so you have to call the manufacturer to know! I’ll update this page as soon as I have a product I can truly recommend.
