With food allergies and autoimmune diseases, keeping the body safe and happy is the ultimate goal. Finding safe pure supplements can provide some healthy insurance for keeping your inner-workings at their optimal best!
Living with autoimmune diseases can be tough and you never know how you’ll feel day-to-day. But you can take some steps to make sure you’re keeping yourself on the right track as best you can. Diet should always be number. Learn what works for your body, and stick to it. Make sure you eat as well-rounded and balanced as you can, even with your restrictions. Get as much physical activity as possible as well. Fuel + movements + sleep too! You need to get those snooze hours so your body can heal and repair and be batter at functioning with its autoimmunity. With all that said, you may consider taking a few supplements and vitamins to give you a little extra boost and insurance. I’m not big on taking tons of supplements, but I do have a few favorites I always take or have taken in the past, while trying to heal some of my autoimmune conditions.
MY LATEST VIDEOSWith that said, finding supplements you can trust and are pure and safe can be difficult sometimes. With such a sensitive microbiome, the supplements and vitamins I take must be free from allergens, hypoallergenic, non-gmo, nothing artificial, no fillers, nothing scary. A brand I personally trust is Pure Encapsulations. They put a check by all my requirements and I feel safe taking them as a supplement to my diet. What makes Pure Encapsulations even more trusted is that they are only available through your participating healthcare practitioner. With your personal doctors okay, you’ll know you are receiving the best and only what you need.
For me, I focus on supplements for good gut health. Some of my favorites and standbys have become part of my daily regimen and I’ve been taking for years.
1. Probiotics – It’s essential to get as much good bacteria in my gut as I can. I never go a day without my probiotic supplement. The good bacteria my gut needs for healthy, happy functioning!
2. L-Glutamine – I started taking this because it helps with tissue repair, gastrointestinal tract support, and for natural defense system function. Healing my gut is still a work in progress and any little “extra” that may benefit, I’ll gladly try!
3. Magnesium– This helps the gut use enzymes to break down foods and digest. Easier digestion is another great thing for my body. It keeps things going and moving along through the digestive track!
4. Vitamin D – Along with the calcium supplement I take that has Vitamin D in it, I also take a pure vitamin D-3 supplement as well. It’s essential for absorption and muscle function!
5. Slippery Elm – I’m not currently taking this, but it’s actually one of my favorite supplements (I ran out and haven’t gotten anymore). Slippery Elm is for soothing the digestive track and reduces inflammation. It’s really great for those with autoimmune disease like Celiac, IBD, or even IBS.
6. B Vitamins – Personally I only take a small amount of extra B-12. However, B vitamins are said to be good for helping the body form red blood cells and extracting the energy from the food we eat more easily.
I’m always willing to try something that is pure and safe to help my digestion in any way. We all have different conditions, lifestyles, needs, etc., so finding a company like Pure Encapsulations who makes just about every supplement and vitamin you could ever need is a wonderful thing! If I’m going to take a supplement to help heal my digestion, I want one that won’t cause it more problems because of how it’s manufactured and produced!
So tell me:
+ Do you have any favorite supplements you take for digestion?
+ What do you look for in your supplement brands?
**This post is sponsored through my partnership with Pure Encapsulations. All opinions and thoughts are my honest own. This is not medial advice and always seek approval from your doctor before changing any part of your daily regimen.**
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I always hear about getting your probiotics for a happy tummy, but it’s always in yogurt commercials. I never thought of taking a supplement to getting them. I think I’ll have to look into trying this. I know for some people getting extra fiber upsets the tummy, but I found that taking fiber supplements (in addition to my natural fiber intake) seems to help my tummy function better. Thanks for sharing this list. I’m going to do some more research on some of these.
I really recommend probiotics for everyone, not just those with health issues!
It’s always a comfort to find a brand you can trust, isn’t it? And gosh, what don’t I take for digestion… 😉
Hahaha, exactly 😉
I’m always sceptical about supplements. You read that they are a must and then you read they are a waste of time. I like the idea of a pure supplement. Thanks for your post which was very informative about what each of the supplements provide.
Thanks.
I’ve just started taking a bunch of supplements. I never was really concerned but now I’m getting older and finding them to be a necessary part of life. I’m still learning about probiotics.
Thanks great!
I am delighted that you shared safe supplements for a happy tummy with us !
Thanks.
Great information! It’s so important to support the gut when it comes to healing 🙂 I also supplement with probiotics, magnesium, grass-fed gelatin and collagen + Betaine HCL.
Probiotics are a must!
Luckily I have no tummy problems in general. But when I get sick or just feel a bit down or ate too much trash, probiotics are my best friends! They do serious good to my body 🙂
Lucky girl 😉 You can never go wrong with loading up on probiotics!
I took probiotics after I had my appendix removed – it was the best thing I did!
They really are important!
I too rely mostly on diet for my healthcare, but I recently got sick and while I asked for no antibiotics my throat was so swollen I was afraid. It certainly didn’t help my already sensitive gluten-sensitive belly, although I only got one shot. I have been intending on getting back into magnesium supplementation anyway but I need to look into slippery elm and probiotics as well. I also totally agree with the woman who mentioned getting a blood test. I love the idea of this brand of supplements sounds perfect! Found you on SITS!
Probiotics are something I think everyone should take! Good bacteria is a must for a healthy gut and so safe!
Hi Rebeca,
Good article.
If you have quite a few food allergies or any autoimmune disease it can be crucial that you take certain supplements .
I totally agree with you about supplements – there are so many of them that have toxic fillers and additives in them. I use some of the Pure Encapsulations & I also Thorne brand. You can purchase both of these brands from Pure Formulas which you can find on line.
Awesome!
Wow. Great list! Thanks for sharing!! I SHOULD take more (better) supplements but I often forget. Vitamin D is a MUST for me in the winter.
Vitamin D is a must for most Americans ALL year!
I only take one supplement (magnesium) after having a HORRIBLE experience with them in the past. A few years ago I lost all feeling in my arms and legs and doctors thought the worst, searching for a brain tumour, only to find that I actually had a B6 toxicity that was causing sensory neuropathy! Apparently my body doesn’t just flush out b vitamins like everyone else!
Now I always recommend my family and friends get blood work to find out what they actually need first (and don’t listen to shonky doctors who say otherwise, ha!)
Yea, that’s why things like VITAMINS, specifically B vitamins, should never be taken in excess and always by your dr. People can really screw up that way.
I take l-glutamine and a probiotic everyday and they work wonders! Now I’m tempted to add magnesium to my stack 🙂 Thanks girlie!
Magnesium is great! I’ve been loving it!
Great info. Supplements can be hard on your tummy even if you don’t have food allergies and autoimmune diseases.
These are not.
Thanks for sharing – I think I need something like this, my tummy is not acting happy recently 🙁
Talk to your doctor and try some out!
I don’t take any digestive supplements, but I do drink kombucha every day (more for the taste, but still love the benefits!)
Haha! I’m all about fermented foods!
I need to be better about taking supplements! But it always amazes me all the other stuff and fillers that are in supplements! I definitely will check these out.
These are so great! Nothing weird, just as it should be!
I’m DEFINITELY checking these supplements out. I am not well-versed in good supplements so this post helped me a ton girl. Thanks so much!
Glad to hear that!
I’ve never heard of slippery elm. Interesting. I take vitamin D and B-12 everyday and a turmeric supplement every other day.
I love slippery elm! (The name is the best) 😛
I was taking probiotics for a while, but haven’t in quite some time. Also think I need to try magnesium for my migraines.
Magnesium is pretty great. I took it for awhile, stopped, but am now taking it again!
I’ve been slacking on the probiotics lately and need to add L-glutamine back into my regimen!
I love my probiotics!!! I’ve been trying to get my mom to start…I don’t know why she’s so resistant!
I take magnesium and L-theanine. Both are excellent for calming down my typically-unhappy digestive system. Sure, it’s still not perfect (stress especially kills me), but those help make it better.
Haha, mine’s nowhere new perfect, but yea, giving it any extra love in a natural way is always good!
Right now I’m taking prenatal vitamins together with Prenatal DHA. Other than that, sometimes I take probiotics. I just mostly look for organic ingredients.
Probiotics are essential!
Hi Rebecca! We have always aloe drink at home, it helps a lot our digestive system.
Hugs
I’ve never tried aloe!
It’s like a miracle!! But aloe without aloin 😉
What’s aloin?
It’s a “toxic” substance aloe has. That’s why aloe must be processed, you just can’t squeeze one and drink it
I actually do take numbers 1 through 4 but I’ve never heard of slippery elm! I’m going to look into this for my IBS!
I adore slippery elm! I took 2 400mg capsules (800mg) in the morning when I woke up!
This has so much great information for tummy health! Thank you for sharing Rebecca 🙂 I always make sure I take my vitamin B in the morning!
Woohoo! Thanks dear!
This looks great! I don’t take a lot of supplements but I’m all for anything to help with gut health!
I think we all are!
As much as i wish I could say i don’t take anything, I do. Probiotics, B-12, and then I’m always experiencing with different things to help the tummy 🙂
One thing I’ll never take…a multivitamin! Such a waste and so ineffective! Just eat food 😛
This looks great – I’m a fan of anything to support gut health 🙂
I know you are 😉