136: Supplement Discernment with Leslie Bumpas, FNTP
What are the most important supplements to take?
What should you be looking for in a supplement?
What should you be careful of when buying supplements?
I invited my friend and Certified Supplement Specialist, Leslie Bumpas, on to talk about supplement discernment in this week’s podcast. ✋🏼 Stop wasting your time and money on things you don’t need and things that don’t work.
Listen in as we talk about fish oil, calcium, magnesium, multivitamins and much more!
EPISODE 136: Supplement Discernment with Leslie Bumpas, FNTP
Show Notes
(0:00) Intro
Hello my friend! Welcome back to the club, how are you today?
I’m so happy to have my good friend and colleague Leslie Bumpas back on the podcast today.
Since then Leslie has become a certified Supplement Specialist and has her Level 1 Muscle Testing certification.
I wanted to pick her brain about everything she learned to help better guide us toward supplement discernment
Welcome Leslie to the CHC podcast!
(3:10) Supplement graveyard
Leslie tells the story of her client’s Vitamin D supplement
Sabotaging positive intentions
Kate Mahoney, NTP, BCHN
(7:10) What do people need to be on the lookout for when they buy supplements?
Bad ingredients/fillers
Buying from places like Amazon
Counterfeit products
Expired products
Use Fullscript and Emerson to order supplements
Watch out for the smoke screen of sexy marketing
(11:50) What are some common fillers/synthetic ingredients?
Gummy vitmains
Carnauba wax / Beeswax
HFCS
Soy, Corn, Glycerin
(15:40) Talk a little more about synergy:
Certain vitamins and minerals have synergy and work better together.
Working with a practitioner is crucial
MTHFR
Pre-methylated B-Complex
(17:35) NTP / FNTP Distinction & Testing
LNT - Lingual Neural Testing
Salivary connection to neurons in the brain
Muscle Testing
Kinesiology
NAQ
Bloodwork
Lowenburg’s Test
(24:40) What was the most surprising thing you learned/discovered in your supplement education?
Explaining the differences in Magnesium
Calcium and magnesium are two sides of the teeter-totter
(27:18) Are you Team fish oil or no?
Consider sourcing
Yes Team Fish oil. But again, get a practitioner to vet the product.
If it tastes fishy or you burp it up, its already old or rancid.
Recommend Wiley’s Finest Fish Oil and OmegAvail™ Ultra
Yes, to cycling. Maybe 5 days on, 2 days off. Or a week on, week off. Gives the body time to utilize the nutrients.
Eat sardines!
(33:15) Does everybody need a multivitamin?
Leslie shares a story and why she it not fan.
Vitex - Chaste Tree for balancing female hormones
Minerals and digestive enzymes with food
Probiotics at night
Unless they are Spore-Based probiotics, and then take them with food
(38:25) Proprietary Blends:
It should still list the ingredients, just not the specific recipe.
If not, it’s a red flag
(39:55) Have you added anything special to your supplement regimen with all the crazy going on in the world?
For viral protection:
Vit D
Vit C
NAC
Fish Oil
Zinc
Selenium
Quercetin (an ionophore – shuttles zinc into the cell)
Selenium – eat 2 organic Brazil nuts
(47:05) What are the Top 4 supplements you end up recommending the most?
Food first!
Thoughtful blends
B-comlex
Mineral complex
Fish oil on and off
Probiotic at night
(53:48) Anchor Questions:
Anchor Meal:
Beef Bowl Stuff Acorn Squash. Or any squash Secret seasoning: Rasel Hannout
Anchor Verse
Isaiah 26:3
Places to find Leslie:
http://www.redeemingwellness.com/
https://feast2fast.co/leslie
IG: redeeming.wellness
(58:40) Outro & Disclaimer
Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!