I’ve gotten a lot of questions about my daily supplement use, and here it is! I figured I’d also breakdown when I take everything because just seeing a list of supplements can be a little overwhelming. I get it; I’ve been there. I share this with the caveat that these are supplements and should be treated as such. No supplement can take the place of eating real, nourishing food, getting adequate sleep (this is coming from a mama to a newborn, so I get that sleep isn’t always easy. Take the sleep you can get!), spending time outside, and taking care of your mental and emotional health. Now, on to the supplements I take on a daily basis to support my health and wellness. These are all considered safe for pregnancy and nursing and have served me well through the past year.

That doesn’t mean I haven’t fought things off. In fact, I wouldn’t want to never get sick; that’s how we strengthen our immune systems. But they’ve kept my immune system strong, my body thriving, both for myself and the life I grew this year, and my mind and heart well.

All that said, please note that this post is not meant to be medical advice. Be sure to talk to your provider about supplement use!

Below is a breakdown of the supplements I take throughout the day, broken into time of day and whether they’re taken with or without food. Happy supplementing, friends!

MORNING:

First thing:

• Paleovalley Supergreens + LMNT + FreshCap Focus Lions Mane Elixir: I love this combination to kick off my morning with deep nourishment and electrolytes. The Organic Supergreens contain 23 powerful organic superfoods with prebiotic fiber and no added sugars, artificial sweeteners, or sugar alcohols. Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS. The Supergreens pair perfectly with citrus LMNT for deep hydration with 1,000mg Sodium, 200mg Potassium, 60mg Magnesium and zero sugar. Try LMNT for free here. And I round it out with a major brain boost thanks to FreshCap’s Lions Mane Elixir, a revitalizing blend of Lion’s Mane, Rose Hips, and Neumentix® Spearmint Extract to support focus and concentration all day long. Save 10% with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Paleovalley Vitamin C: This is the best Vitamin C I’ve found. It’s potent and made entirely from whole foods. Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Paleovalley Organ Complex: There’s no doubt that grass fed organ meats are a true superfood, and I LOVE this properly sourced, high quality complex by Paleovalley. I take 2 a day usually, but in the postpartum period, I always take at least 4 a day. And my body can absolutely tell the difference!
• Fe Earth to Body (Hearth): I love Hearth in the mornings for focus and clarity. This bland elevates you from overwhelm to centered focus and stability. This grounding blend has been formulated to conquer an overactive scattered thought pattern that over-stimulates your mind and body causing damaging stress to your adrenals. Access your vitality and full creative potential with this carefully synchronized blend of adaptogens. Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Vitamin D + K: If you start just taking one nutrient in supplement form, Vitamin D has to be it. Best absorbed with Vitamin K (and topically), this vitamin is essential for our health. It’s one of the simplest to take and can make such an impact on overall health, immune function, mood, and more. When we’re fighting something off, we increase dosage significantly.
• Needed Choline: Love this as it helps maintain healthy immune function through arginine production, supporting the body’s natural immune defenses. Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Wishgarden Immune Boost for Pregnancy: This is an expertly formulated herbal tincture provides active support of the immune system while pregnant or nursing. Assists in healthy lymphatic movement and tonification while cleansing the system. we love Wishgarden over here. Save 20% with code: RADICALROOTS
• Wishgarden Stress Relief for Pregnancy: This is so deeply nourishing and stress relieving. I can’t recommend it enough. 
• (First 3 months postpartum): Wishgarden Happy Ducts: I am not messing around with mastitis and clogged ducts this go around. Loving this tincture as it nurtures healthy breasts and invigorates lymphatic function in nursing mothers. Save 20% with code: RADICALROOTS.

In my coffee:

• Four Sigmatic or FreshCap mushrooms: I love adding four Sigmatic Lions Mane and Chaga or FreshCap’s Ultimate Mushroom Elixir to my morning coffee. See everything that’s in it here. Save 15% of Four Sigmatic and 15% of FreshCap with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Paleovalley Bone Broth Protein: (now also in chocolate flavor!) This goes in my oatmeal and/or my coffee every morning. Bonus protein and collagen from grass fed beef. Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS.
• Amy Myers Paleo Protein: OR Paleovalley’s new Whey Protein + colostrum: I’ve been feeling the need for more protein in my diet to support breastfeeding, fitness, and life, and these both add a nourishing and delicious boost every morning (I love Amy Myers double chocolate and Paleovalley’s chocolate whey)! Save 10% on Amy Myers with THIS link.

MIDDAY:

With lunch:

• Digestive enzyme: I am LOVING Needed’s new digestive enzyme. It’s the best I’ve found and makes such a difference. (Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS).
• Zinc Supreme: Zinc is essential for growth, physical development, immune system function, and reproductive health.
• Needed Multi (now that I am 6 months postpartum – I took the Prenatal below up until a few weeks ago): Needed offers the most comprehensive bioavailable nutrients I’ve found in pill and powder forms. They have many supplements to choose from, and they have options for dads too! (Save 15% with code: RADICALROOTS).
• Needed prenatal (pre-conception, through pregnancy, and 6 months postpartum): This is the best prenatal I’ve found. Because I’m taking other specific nutrient supplements, I take the Prenatal Multi Essentials, which is a paired down version. It includes 24 key nutrients, including: Methylfolate (B9) and 150mg of Choline for baby’s brain and neurodevelopment, the two active forms of B12 for mama’s stress management and energy, active B6 for nausea and other daily pregnancy discomforts, and 2,000IU of Vitamin D3 to support baby’s cell division and mama + baby’s immune function. Save with code: RADICALROOTS.

EVENING:

With dinner:

• Digestive enzyme
• Wishgarden Immune Boost for Pregnancy
• Wishgarden Happy Ducts

Before bed:

• Fe Earth to Body (Theia): This blend nourishes your physical body so you can return to your energetic self, open to new possibilities and fullness. This restorative blend has been formulated to overcome feelings of exhaustion, fragmentation, and depletion by reinvigorating your strength through any transition so you can navigate your way back to your natural, whole essence. It’s been so healing postpartum. Don’t forget you can save 25% with code: RADICALROOTS.

For Evie & Indie:

With breakfast:

• Hiya multivitamin (just Evie for now): a thoughtfully sourced kids multivitamin made from a blend of 12 farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and turbo charged with15 essential vitamins and minerals known to help support a healthy immune system, energy levels, brain function, mood, teeth, bones, and more – minus all the sugar you might find in typical kids vitamins! (save 50% off your first order with code: MODERNMAMAS)
• Wishgarden immune boost for kids

Before Bed:

• Wishgarden sleepy time for kids

As needed:

• Wishgarden Colic Ease (since birth for gassy tummy)
• Earthly Teeth Tamer: the only thing I’ve found to take the edge of teething discomfort.
• Wishgarden growing pains (for Evie)

For acute injury, recovery, and/or sickness:

• Quercatine: This has been shown to be one of the most bioactive flavonoids,  providing support for cellular, immune and cardiometabolic health. It also promotes cardiovascular health by protecting lipids from oxidation and supporting the health of capillaries by enhancing their strength and integrity
• Glutathione: Glutathione is critical for healthy immune system function and is necessary for proper detoxification processes. It also plays a critical role in maintaining cellular health by directly neutralizing free radicals, as well as by maintaining the activity of vitamins C and E.
• NAC:  NAC has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating characteristics that provide a whole host of beneficial qualities for virus fighting and beyond!
• Xlear: We keep this nasal rinse on hand and use after flight travel, after bring around big crowds, and if we know we’ve been exposed to something.
• Wishgarden single herb tinctures: We’re loving Chlorophyll & Friends as Rusty recovers from surgery for its anti-oxidant properties to help repair the skin and support immune health, strong alkalizing and blood oxygenation properties, inflammatory rand stress response support. There are SO many awesome individualized tinctures to choose from. (Save 20% with code: RADICALROOTS)
• Aloe juice: Gut healing, soothing, antinflammatory, antioxidant rich. This is a simple and affordable win!

Thank you for reading! 

I hope you find this helpful. Cheers to health, caring for our bodies, and trusting our innate ability to be and stay well. Sending love from our little family to you and yours!

♡ Laura