I used to take handfuls of supplements. I had taken an intracellar nutrient level test from Spectracell (quite informative, I thought). Showed I was low in Calcium, Zinc, and glutathione the first time. Started popping Cal/Mag supplements along with NAC and Zinc in addition to several others. Took another test. The Calcium did normalize, the Zn and glutathione had dropped even lower. Some of the minerals (in particular Zn) can take a long time to replenish. Plus, if we are still Hg toxic, they are still getting depleted still, so I agree we definitely need supplements. My problem is finding out which ones I need to be taking and in what amounts. I want to take enough to be effective, but I don't wanna OD either. I'm confused about how to supplement safely, so right now I'm taking nothing. I was taking a B-complex (the coenzymated kind because I wanted to preserve those precious minerals it takes for the body to do that job), but was afraid of too much niacin while BFing. Zn can be toxic in larger doses -- do we need to take larger doses if we are deficient or is it toxic in that we can only process certain amounts at a time? All this is really confusing to me, and I want to be careful about it. I do wish I knew what to take though. I especially need it because I am nursing my daughter still and I'm sure I'm low on most things.

I am soooooooooooooooooo grateful for the internet. Without it, I wouldn't be getting the answers I'm getting and may have stayed chronically ill for the rest of my life. Agreed, you have to be really careful about who you trust though, but that's no different than real life. Deciding what to believe can be a real challenge, especially when many times there have been few if any studies that have covered what we need to know.