{"id":10913,"date":"2026-08-25T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/?p=10913"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:28:16","slug":"dr-vliets-guide-to-supplement-smarts-timing-is-everything-small-details-bigger-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/es\/2026\/08\/dr-vliets-guide-to-supplement-smarts-timing-is-everything-small-details-bigger-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Vliet\u2019s GUIDE to Supplement Smarts: Timing Is Everything! Small Details, Bigger Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are like many of my patients and our readers, you have done your research, read my health tips, have chosen the highest quality products and have been taking your supplements regularly for weeks, months or even years. Especially since COVID, I and most of my patients have been even more vigilant about getting the right supplements and taking them properly.<\/p>\n

But, as diligent as you may be, are you sure you are taking the right supplements at the right time of day and in the right combination for maximal effectiveness and benefit?<\/strong> Have you ever thought to yourself \u201cAm I taking my supplements at the right time of day?\u201d \u201cShould this be taken with or without food?\u201d \u201cWhat supplements should be taken together? \u201cDo I need to avoid certain medicines with my supplements? <\/em><\/p>\n

If so, you are not alone. If you have ever wondered if you are taking your supplements correctly, this health tip is for you! Kathy and I are reviewing some of the instructions she and I go over with every new patient and review on a regular basis with my all my patients. I take this time in patient appointments because I know how important these timing details are when we are looking for maximal benefits on health and resilience and recovery from illness and injury. If you are going to spend the money to buy premium products, let\u2019s make sure you are getting the most out of them.<\/p>\n

Obviously I cannot go through each one of your supplement regimens directly with you, but in this health tip I wanted to share with you some of the principles and guidance I give my patients about how best to take some of our most popular supplements, starting with my core Resilience Formula \u2013 the supplement regimen I recommend and tweak for my patients and from which we build upon to address individual needs. Since the beginning of my career in medicine, I have recommended this combination of vitamins and supplements I considered essential to optimizing health and improving resilience against disease and recovery from injury or surgery.<\/p>\n

If you have not already done so, I strongly recommend before starting on supplements, get the lab tests to check your levels needed to correct deficiencies. Then work with your physician or health care professional to develop an individual plan for your needs, just as I do with my own patients.<\/p>\n

A good example of the importance of checking labs is the question \u201cShould I take a multivitamin with iron or one without iron?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Checking ferritin levels to measure iron stores, plus an \u201canemia panel\u201d for iron status will tell you if you need to supplementing with iron or not. And whether you take iron or not makes a huge difference in how best to take all your other supplements!<\/p>\n

Please remember this article is for general education and not a substitute for your personal health professional\u2019s dosing guidelines, indication, lab-monitoring plan, or medication interactions.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

How To Take the Basics in our Resilience Formula \u2013 Your Supplement <\/strong>Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the beginning of my career in medicine, I have recommended a combination of vitamins and supplements I considered essential to optimizing health \u2013my core \u201cHealth and Resilience\u201d formula. I recommend you start with our Resilience formula which is based upon my many years of medical practice and the basic supplements, plus a few new ones added to address the six classes of damage from Covid illness and adverse side effects from Covid injections as well as many common medical conditions. I believe this combination is an essential part in building a foundation for overall health and resilience to stand up to new environmental assaults \u2013 from our food supply, pollution, EMF radiation and novel viruses we face daily. From this foundation, you would then add any additional supplements to benefit your specific health goals.\u00a0 You can see the ones in my Resilience formula in this chart below:\"\"<\/p>\n

Over the years I have researched various supplement manufacturers to make specific suggestions for high quality balanced with cost and availability.\u00a0 I had a few companies I felt met the standards I wanted to recommend for my patients. But the general public, most doctors, and most alternative practitioners selling products don\u2019t know that over the last 5+ years, many of the smaller companies making top-quality supplements that I used to recommend have been\u00a0bought out by big Pharma, giant food conglomerates, and even investment companies\u2014<\/em>these huge global corporations seek to capture the huge profits in the burgeoning supplement market.\u00a0 To maximize profits, these mega-companies are not necessarily focused on maintaining high quality as they look to increase profit margins with cheaper ingredients.\u00a0 I am no longer recommending the products I used to for my family and patients because of my concerns for changes in quality and source of the ingredients and lack of transparency.<\/p>\n

This is what led me to develop our Truth for Health Foundation private label. After much time and research, I have been able to curate products with the quality I trust for my family, my patients and myself and put my name on to recommend for others. All Truth for Health products are made in the USA and meet or exceed certified Good Manufacturing Practices, indicated by the\u00a0cGMP<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on each label. If this cGMP<\/em><\/strong> designation is not on the label of products YOU take, then they don\u2019t meet this higher quality standard, and you may want to reconsider what you take.<\/p>\n

Our cGMP products are made in the US with ingredients that are properly sourced and tracked as required under cGMP standards.\u00a0 Each product also has a detailed product data sheet, similar to the \u201cpackage insert\u201d in your prescription medicines.\u00a0 The same regulatory approval process applies to the Product Data Sheet, which must include full disclosure of all ingredients, description of how they work, any applicable patents to improve bioavailability and\/or absorption\/utilization, research studies to support all the clinical applications, and any other unique information for that product.\u00a0 You have full disclosure and transparency on every product we sell under the Truth for Health Foundation labeling.\u00a0 You can also read my more detailed Health Tips on each product here in our archive: https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/category\/health-tips\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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