if you're over the age of 50 here are
the main supplements that I would not
recommend taking at least not in an
isolated way or in an over amount way
it's not that you can't get any of these
nutrients in ever but these are the ones
to definitely avoid and the research
shows why you should avoid them
especially for those over 50. so let's
go let's dive into this first one out of
the gates is calcium and I don't really
recommend much calcium supplementation
in general throughout life because it
gets easy
absorbed and obtained through food and
so just eating a good diet balance and
vegetables is going to give you all the
calcium you need it's also going to be
able to properly be reduced and or
removed if it's eaten in a food form but
a study in the Journal of the American
Heart Association found that people who
took calcium as a supplement if they
took it longer than a 10-year period of
time we're more likely to accumulate the
artery plaque that causes heart attacks
what this does is it deposits inside of
the body especially if you are lacking
the proper fat soluble vitamins to
remove it and or place it where it needs
to go and what that means is vitamin D3
removes calcium from the blood and puts
it in the tissue vitamin K2 removes it
from the tissue like the arteries and
puts it in the places it's supposed to
be like the bones well we are
traditionally as a society lacking in D3
and K2 and we're overdoing calcium
whether be through dairy products
are milk doing a body good or taking the
chalky supplements of 600 milligrams to
1200 milligrams a day that is a process
we're trying to do to prevent
osteoporosis but it's a very bad idea
for your arteries and for your heart so
I highly advise based on the studies to
not take calcium in heavy doses in a
supplement form isolated supplement form
if you are going to take it it's there's
a little bit in a multivitamin there's a
little bit that's with another
supplement that's not that big of a deal
or an electrolyte powder but if you're
isolating just taking a chalky white
calcium supplement
especially if you're over the age of 50
American Heart Association says not a
good idea if you have been taking that
and I scared you with that I did not
mean to the way to balance calcium in
your body
is to take a quality vitamin D3 and K2
supplement together and I actually made
one of those there's a link to it below
if that will help you to balance that
out I've seen a lot of people be able to
improve their artery scores and the
hardening of their arteries by doing
that let alone decreasing the amount of
stiffness inside of their body let's go
to supplement number two to avoid the
second one is iron now iron obviously in
especially for women in the menstrual
cycle time of life you are losing blood
each month replacing that iron a lot of
women struggling with anemia and low
blood cell counts there's a lot in
middle age that struggle with too little
of this but very quickly can switch
especially post menopausal when you
aren't losing blood anymore and we've
gotten to this habit routine and
lifestyle of increasing iron it can
build up rather quickly male clinic
reports that excessive iron intake may
actually lead to a buildup of iron in
your organs
which may contribute to diabetes
heart health issues and liver
dysfunction in Americans or most of us
around the world do not need any more of
those issues all because of this
weighted down iron now women's iron
needs decline after menopause due to the
lack of the blood loss of menstruation
as we mentioned the recommended daily
allowance of women less or under 50
years of age is 18 milligrams per day
but as soon as you're over the age of 50
it drops all the way to eight milligrams
so you have to take two and a half times
less iron now the simple way to know are
you at risk of this is there any harm
going on is taking a simple blood test
called ferritin levels ferritin is going
to measure that heaviness that
weightiness of blood now if this number
is high it's been tied to increased
stroke risks
also tied to those chronic diseases if
that number is high here's The Simple
Solution give some blood help someone
else out donate blood you're gonna be
able to start lowering that level down
keep in mind if you do have an infection
an infection could actually raise that
ferritin level for just a short amount
of time as the body is processing and
fighting off the microbe but assuming
you are outside of any kind of infection
you get that number tested and it is
high donate blood ideally get that
number down below
150 even better that's the range you'd
want to stay in but I would avoid taking
iron over the age of 50 you could still
get some through proper meats and proper
nuts but I do not believe you need to be
supplementing too heavily with it if
it's a little bit in a multivitamin
that's perfectly fine but no need to
specifically be supplementing with it
over the age of 50. the third supplement
I do not recommend over the age of 50 or
really for anyone at any stage are soy
based supplements soy uh it turns out is
the number one or number two most
genetic modified organism on the planet
which means it is highly processed DNA
of it has been genetically altered but
it is very high in estrogen mimicking
compounds so a study published in the
American journal of clinical nutrition
that followed over 76 000 women for
11-year period of time this study
reported that the risk of less prevalent
but real dangerous forms of breast
cancer specifically estrogen receptor
negative breast cancers they're actually
increased during normal consumption of
soy based products foods and supplements
so especially impacted cancer survivors
and women that had a family history of
breast cancers so those if you're in
that group you especially want to avoid
soy based supplements anything with soy
contained in it or even soy based foods
for that matter because of their higher
levels of estrogen reducing compounds
that may alter or increase your risk of
the sensitivity to The receptors of
estrogen-based cancers so soy based
supplements I would avoid them at all
ages but especially over age 50. and
number four is copper big theme here
these metals that are in minerals and
supplements they can tend to congest in
the body and settle in the cells and in
the arteries and that's something we
really want to watch out for especially
as we age it starts to bioaccumulate
there's now scientific evidence linking
high levels of copper and iron for that
matter to Alzheimer's disease to heart
disease and other age-related disorders
so the ACs chemical research and
toxicology recommended steps for
consumers to take to avoid unhealthy
amounts of copper and all these Metals
building up in the body we do need a
little bit of copper in our system it's
a very finite amount if you're taking
very high levels of a vitamin D or a
zinc or something like that you might
want a little bit of copper to go with
it however this can build up in the body
if we take too much of it so the article
that was put out by the chemical
research intoxicology pointed out that
copper and iron they are essential
nutrients to life so we do need them
high levels actually benefit
reproductive Health especially in
younger people but after our
reproductive days and over the age of 50
high levels of these metals can actually
damage the cells in the ways that
contribute to a range of age-related
diseases so we want to keep it under
control so to keep a good balance you're
getting a little bit of copper in maybe
from your food you're getting a little
copper in for maybe from a multivitamin
take some zinc with it zinc will level
out copper levels now if you're Mass
loading on zinc 30 grams 40 grams 50
grams real regularly you probably want
to get a little copper into the system
but to properly level it out just make
sure you're taking these minerals in
conjunction a proper multivitamin will
have that or you can check out my
vitamin D3 and K2 supplement it comes
with zinc I put that in the link
description below just to keep your
levels proper amount of Maintenance dose
of zinc keeps copper in the right stage
and keeps these minerals and vitamins
balanced in your body it's all about
balance there isn't a secret for
everybody those are some tips that you
can identify if there is this build up
and some of the signs and one of the
main warning signs that you do have a
problem with these minerals or these
supplements building up in your body in
the wrong way is stiffness and just kind
of feeling more old and very stiff it
makes Our arteries and tissues stiff I
made a video on how to start undoing
that and you can check it out right here