Supplement Help

[Milwmary]

I am planning to start my first Whole30 on Wednesday. I am on several supplements and I need to know what to look for in the ingredients to see if they are compliant. I am taking iron, calcium, flaxseed oil, multi-vitamin, maca root, 5 HTP, and ground flax seeds. Some of these list so many things I have no idea how to tell. Is there a list some where I can use to check on them? Is there a good place to find compliant versions? Any advice and help is appreciated. I am trying to get my ducks in a row to be ready for Wednesday.

[Tom Denham]

You need to avoid any supplement that includes any of the foods or additives that the Whole30 guidelines say you cannot eat: http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/5-the-official-whole30%C2%AE-program/ That means no soy, dairy, dextrose, carageenan, MSG, sulfites, etc.

Here are a list of blog posts on supplements, probiotics, digestive enzymes, etc.

http://whole9life.com/2010/08/whole9-supplement-evaluation-checklist/

http://whole9life.com/2010/09/supplements-part-ii/

http://whole9life.com/2012/04/probiotics-101/

http://whole9life.com/2012/09/digestive-enzymes-101/

[Milwmary]

Thanks, I must bought the kindle version of the book too, that might help. I will do my best to figure out what is in the stuff I am taking. I don't want to quit them without talking to doctor though since he put me on all this stuff.