Supplements Question

[myboy2019]

Hi Atomic,

I had a failed boy sway in 2019, I was blessed with a baby girl.

I’m going to attempt again in the next 2 months. I’ve got one nursing session left to wean baby girl off breastfeeding.

Overall I’ve started to eat healthier this time around. We eat all organic now and include lots of fruits and vegetables. We are vegetarian.

Can you please review the below supplements:

Myself:

- Probiotics, SilverFern Brand

- Lysi life Cod Liver Oil: Ingredients
Cod liver oil, lemon flavour, antioxidant, (mixed tocopherols), vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate), vitamin A (retinyl palmitate), vitamin D (cholecalciferol).
Nutrition
Per 10 ml:
Cod liver oil 9200 mg
Total Omega-3 fatty acids 2160 mg
EPA 690 mg
DHA 920 mg
Vitamin A 60 µg
Vitamin D 20 µg
Vitamin E 4,6 mg

- Truvani Vitamin D - 2000 IU
Chloeclaciforel from Lichen
Other ingredients: organic tapioca, organic rice hulls, organic Acacia Fiber

- Prenatal: Mary Ruth Organics Prenatal & Postnatal Liquid Multivitamin

Vitamin A (as Beta Carotene): 750 mcg RAE | 60% DV*
Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid): 60 mg | 50% DV*
Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol from Lichen): 7.5 mcg | 50% DV*
Vitamin E (as dl-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate): 19 mg | 100% DV*
Thiamine (as Thiamine HCI): 1.4 mg | 100% DV*
Riboflavin 1.6 mg | 100% DV*
Niacin (as Niacinamide) 18 mg | 100% DV*
Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride): 2 mg | 100% DV*
Folate (as 353 mcg as Folinic Acid from Calcium Folinate): 600 mcg DFE | 100% DV*
Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin): 2.8 mcg | 100% DV*
Biotin (as D-Biotin): 35 mcg | 100% DV
Pantothenic Acid (as D-Panthenol): 7 mg | 100% DV*
Choline (as Choline Bitartrate): 100 mg | 20% DV*
Calcium (as Calcium AAC): 75 mg | 6% DV*
Iodine (as Potassium Iodide): 150 mcg | 50% DV*
Magnesium (as Magnesium AAC): 25 mg | 6% DV*
Zinc (as Zinc Citrate): 13 mg | 100% DV*
Selenium (as Selenium Chelate): 70 mcg | 100% DV*
Manganese (as Manganese Citrate): 2.6 mg | 100% DV*
Chromium (as Chromium Picolinate): 50 mcg | 110% DV*
Concentrace® Trace Minerals: 40 mg | ‡
Organic Ginger Root Extract: 50 mg | ‡
Hesperidin (Citrus Bioflavonoids): 50 mg | ‡
Organic Antioxidant Whole Fruit Blend: 100 mg | ‡
Organic Apple Fruit Powder
Organic Cranberry Fruit Powder
Organic Blueberry Fruit Powder
Organic Elderberry Fruit Powder
Other Ingredients: Purified Water, Vegetable Glycerin (from Mustard Seed), Non-GMO Vegan Natural Flavor, Non-GMO Xanthan Gum.


Husbands Supplements:
- Mary Ruth Liquid Morning Multivitamin
- Probiotics, SilverFern Brand
- Shilajit supplement

Please let me know what you think. Should I take any other supplements?

[atomic sagebrush]

That is way too high a dose of cod liver oil. Please wean off that right away. You may cause yourself serious harm taking that much.

The Vitamin D is fine.

Your multivitamin is ok, but I would prefer one without the gingerroot and cranberry. It's not terrible, if you want to continue them (there are WAYYY worse supps than this one!) but it's just not my preference.

I would not have your husband taking Shilajit.

I am getting too many hits for the Mary Ruth vitamins, is it specifically "Liquid Morning"?

[myboy2019]

Hi Atomic,

So can you please take a look at these and let me know

Ritual:
https://ritual.com/products/essentia...MaAq_sEALw_wcB

Thorne:
https://www.thorne.com/products/dp/basic-prenatal


And any reason to stay off the shilajit? I just thought it increases testosterone. I was also taking Shilajit but once you said not to I stopped.

And did the probiotics seem ok to you? Both husband and I take them.

[atomic sagebrush]

The Ritual vitamin is lacking many nutrients in it.

The Thorne vitamins have too high doses of many nutrients in them.

Yes, the reason to stay off the shilajit is because it is not tested, I have not seen anyone taking it to tell if they had any issues or if they had girls or boys, and because testosterone is just a theory, a theory that really has very little in the way of support backing it up. Testosterone swaying blue is something that sounds good on paper to us because we all think "hmm, testosterone = men so it must sway blue" but the truth is, it's never been studied at all really. The theories that center around it are based not on actual science but on personality tests and those were done in WOMEN not men. Observationally, we have seen GOBS of men who were on steroids and other weightlifting supplements that raised their testosterone through the roof, that had girl after girl. Testosterone when it's too high can actually lower sperm count. So on the whole, unless I have seen a lot of people using a supplement to good effect, I do not and will not recommend it because not only are there tons of potential effects any given herb can have, testosterone itself is no guarantee of a boy.

Probiotics are great, I highly recommend them.