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136: Supplement Discernment with Leslie Bumpas, FNTP

Chelsea Blackbird

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

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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. 

  • 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

  • FB: Redeeming Wellness

(58:40) Outro & Disclaimer

Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!




XOXO,

Chelsea