over the last year i've been doing self study in Chinese medicine, and Ayurvedic medine. it has been a very interesting learning opportunity and i've changed alot of things that i was doing for the better (now i feel great!)
my daily supplements include dandelion tincture, st john wort tincture, lots of lemon juice in hot water, raw ginger, peppermint leaves (prepared like tea), green tea, jasmine tea, roasted dandelion root in tea, local honey (raw honey and also Fall honey).
on a regular basis i eat lots of onions/garlic, dark green leafy vegetables, avocado, organic produce, and cooling foods (like cucumber, salmon, etc).
what i've learned from the studies in Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine (in my interpretations), is that if you are doing the right excersise and eating the right foods you should not need calcuim vitamins (or arguably any other vitamins, as you would get your vitamins and nutrients from whole foods, herbs, etc, not potent dosages of vitamins).
if you are interested in learning more about Ayurvedic principles, you could identify your dosha with this questionnaire (if you don't know it already). http://www.holisticonline.com/...urveda-dvikruti1.htm
this will tell you alot about yourself and what foods are good for your dosha. Personally, it has given me a whole new world of understand and self-care to learn these things (i am Pitta, hear me roar. lol). Also i had my husband take this questionnaire (as well as a few friends, couldn't resist).
for your quest, you could find the understanding you're looking for within these Ayurvedic principles. but vitamins are potent things, i would not take them blindly without understanding what it is you really need and what the vitamins are going to do for you. and i would try to address those things with whole foods first (ie, calcium can be easily addressed with foods).
my daily supplements include dandelion tincture, st john wort tincture, lots of lemon juice in hot water, raw ginger, peppermint leaves (prepared like tea), green tea, jasmine tea, roasted dandelion root in tea, local honey (raw honey and also Fall honey).
on a regular basis i eat lots of onions/garlic, dark green leafy vegetables, avocado, organic produce, and cooling foods (like cucumber, salmon, etc).
what i've learned from the studies in Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine (in my interpretations), is that if you are doing the right excersise and eating the right foods you should not need calcuim vitamins (or arguably any other vitamins, as you would get your vitamins and nutrients from whole foods, herbs, etc, not potent dosages of vitamins).
if you are interested in learning more about Ayurvedic principles, you could identify your dosha with this questionnaire (if you don't know it already). http://www.holisticonline.com/...urveda-dvikruti1.htm
this will tell you alot about yourself and what foods are good for your dosha. Personally, it has given me a whole new world of understand and self-care to learn these things (i am Pitta, hear me roar. lol). Also i had my husband take this questionnaire (as well as a few friends, couldn't resist).
for your quest, you could find the understanding you're looking for within these Ayurvedic principles. but vitamins are potent things, i would not take them blindly without understanding what it is you really need and what the vitamins are going to do for you. and i would try to address those things with whole foods first (ie, calcium can be easily addressed with foods).