The Best Time to Take Your Supplements — Episode 395

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Endorses High-polyphenol olive oil food ▶ 2:30

Buy high-polyphenol olive oil in smaller containers because it goes bad once exposed to air; treat it as a supplement.

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high polyphenol olive oil as a supplement

Dosage
Buy in smaller containers to use rapidly before oxidation
Caveats
Goes bad once exposed to air
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explicit
recommendation

SupplementsOlive OilPolyphenols
Endorses Taking supplements during a fast practice ▶ 3:10

Organic (prompted)

Supplements, including fish oil, do not break a fast, so they can be taken while fasting.

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supplements do not break a fast. Even fish oil

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explicit
recommendation

FastingSupplements
Avoids Taking supplements with fruit juice practice ▶ 3:50

Organic (prompted)

Avoid taking supplements with a glass of juice; nearly any other beverage is fine.

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except of course a glass of juice

Certainty
explicit
mild caution

SupplementsBeveragesSugar
Avoids Buying supplements on Amazon/internet practice ▶ 5:00

Be wary of buying supplements on Amazon or other internet sources; up to two-thirds tested don't contain labeled active ingredients.

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particularly on the internet, buyer beware

Caveats
Cheap deals often contain inactive filler
Certainty
explicit
strong warning

Supplement QualityFraud
Endorses NOW Foods brand ▶ 5:20

Dr. Gundry references NOW Foods as a manufacturer that has published studies showing up to two-thirds of internet-bought supplements lack labeled active ingredients.

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done by a supplement manufacturer now, NOW

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explicit
offhand mention

Supplement QualityBrands
Endorses Coenzyme Q10 supplement ▶ 5:40

Some patients require high-dose CoQ10 (around 600 mg/day) to reach adequate blood levels; verify with blood testing.

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600 milligrams of CoQ10 every day to get adequate levels

Dosage
Up to 600 mg/day, dose adjusted to blood levels
Caveats
Patient-specific; need blood monitoring; beware cheap internet CoQ10 that may be fraudulent
Certainty
personal only
personal use

CoQ10SupplementsDeficiency
Avoids Unfermented dairy food ▶ 9:15

Organic (prompted)

Avoid unfermented dairy from cow, goat, sheep, or buffalo because it contains inflammatory Neu5Gc.

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Dairy that isn't fermented... has NU5GC

Certainty
explicit
mild caution

DairyInflammationNeu5Gc
Endorses Fermented dairy (cheese, yogurt, kefir) food ▶ 9:20

Organic (prompted) Alternative

Fermentation eliminates Neu5Gc from dairy, making fermented cheeses, yogurt, and kefir preferable to unfermented dairy.

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if you ferment it... that is gone

Caveats
Some patients still react to dairy even when fermented
Certainty
explicit
recommendation

DairyInflammationNeu5GcFermentation
Avoids Gluten-free packaged products food ▶ 10:20

Don't assume gluten-free labeled products are healthy; many are ultra-processed junk hiding behind a health halo.

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gluten-free label has become a health halo

Certainty
explicit
mild caution

Gluten-FreeUltra-Processed FoodsMarketing