Personal Supplement Plan
Do you feel tired all the time? Do you wonder if nutritional supplements would help?
Information on supplements can be confusing and contradictory. Would you like to find out the facts in a supportive environment?
Check out this online course.
Online Course - Create Your Own Personal Supplement Plan
This online course will empower you to build your own personalised supplements programme based on your individual needs.
You will receive:
- Email support whenever you need it for 12 weeks
- 4, 8, 12-week reviews
- Access to a Facebook group in which you can ask questions, share tips and information with other students, and support one another
Join me, Steve Walsh, for an interactive online course that will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about supplements but were afraid to ask.
I am a Certified Dietary Supplements Advisor and I have a B.A. (Hons) in Health and Nutrition.
Together, we will look at your nutritional needs and deficiencies and build a personalised supplements programme tailored to your individual requirements.
Steve Walsh
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The course takes place online via Zoom and consists of three levels
Fundamentals of Good Nutrition
Nutritional deficiencies & toxic load
Building a personal supplement plan
Choosing the Best Supplements for You
Safety & toxicity of Vitamins & Minerals
Interactions with drugs
The Power of Antioxidants
The Top Phytochemicals with Health Benefits
Which Tyoe of Fibre is Optimal?
When is Probiotic Supplementation Advisable?
Here's a sample of what we'll be covering in each level
Level 1 Session 1
We will cover the following topics:
Fundamentals of Good Nutrition
Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxic load
Building a Personal Supplement Plan
Fundamentals of Good Nutrition
Nutritional Deficiencies and Toxic Load
- Individual Deficiencies Assessment
Two-thirds of the average calorie intake in modern countries consists of fat, sugar and refined flour. The calories in sugar are called ‘empty calories’ because they provide no nutrients and therefore, there is little room left to get the levels you need of all the essential nutrients.
- Individual Toxic Load Assessment
Chemicals have found their way into manufactured food, along with pesticides and antibiotics. Many of these chemicals are called anti-nutrients because they stop nutrients from being absorbed. The overload of anti-nutrients in your diet can exceed the body’s capacity to detoxify itself. Living on these foods can gradually create a toxic overload and rob your body of vital nutrients.
Building a Personal Supplement Plan
- Symptom Analysis Questionnaire
The symptom analysis questionnaire is divided into three categories: Vitamin, Mineral and Essential Fatty Acid Profiles, looking at their deficiency symptoms.
- Wellness Analysis Questionnaire
The wellness analysis questionnaire consists of 8 fundamental evaluations, including Energy, Stress and Exercise.
- Supplement Plan Sheet
Here are your results. You will see a list of 21 vitamins and minerals, and the amounts you need to take as supplements in addition to your balanced diet.
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Level 1 Session 2
We will cover the following topics:
Understanding the Supplement Labels
Fine-Tuning Your Personal Plan
Possible Side Effects and Improvements
Understanding the Supplement Labels
What do the terms ‘Does not contain animal products’, ‘Chelated’, ‘Free of’, and ‘May contain traces’ really mean? Is it multivitamin and multi-mineral? Is it a well-known brand?
By the end of this session, you will be able to better understand supplement labels, recognise misleading labels and you will take away your very own:
- Handout of chemical names of nutrients
- Supplement types worksheet
Together, we will spend 10 minutes looking at this and understanding a few supplements, e.g. Vitamin C with bioflavonoids/immune boosters, antioxidant complex, complete vitamin B complex.
Fine-Tuning Your Personal Plan
When is the best time to take supplements? When is there a need to double the multivitamin dose? When is there a need to take a separate vitamin E supplement or a B-complex or B vitamin alone?
- 11 Strategies for supplement taking
Effective strategies for supplement taking (dos and don’ts handout).
- Daily supplements checklist
Use the checklist to get in the habit of taking your supplements daily, tick the box and enter the time.
Possible Side Effects and Improvements
Understand whether there are side effects. The positive “side effects” of a balanced diet, physical activity and a good supplement programme are increased energy, better memory, and greater resistance to disease. Detoxification may happen; this is not bad and usually subsides within a month.
- Supplement Programme reassessment worksheet
We will schedule a 12-week reassessment session to see the improvements with each nutrient over this period. Score 0-10 for improvement, with 0 being no improvement.
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Level 2 Session 1
We will cover the following topics:
Identifying the best Supplements for You
Absorption and Incompatible Combinations
Interactions with Drugs
Identifying the Best Supplements for You
Four tests to assess the quality of manufacture
- Natural or synthetic supplements
Vitamins derived from natural sources may contain an unknown element that increases potency. Vitamin C is found in nature together with bioflavonoids.
Natural vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopherol) is 36% more potent than synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopherol); look closely for the dI (which indicates the synthetic version).
Absorption and Incompatible Combinations
The pros and cons of timed-release or sustained-release formulas, and when these can be beneficial. Read the label and look for the clock image. Probably more expensive.
- Water-soluble vitamins absorption
B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, Vit C, Folic Acid, Biotin
Best form to take, best time for absorption, what helps absorption, what hinders absorption.
- Fat-soluble vitamins absorption
Vit A, Vit E, Vit D
Best form to take, best time for absorption, what helps absorption, what hinders absorption.
- Mineral absorption
Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Selenium, Chromium
Best form to take, best time for absorption, what helps absorption, what hinders absorption.
Interactions with Drugs
- Dos and Don’ts of supplement taking
Aspirin increases the need for vitamin C. Antibiotics increase the demand for vitamin B and beneficial bacteria. Paracetamol increases the need for antioxidants.
Warfarin (a blood-thinning drug), aspirin, vitamin E, and high-EPA/DHA fish oils all thin the blood. It’s better to reduce the drugs and increase the nutrients but consult your G.P. first.
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Level 2 Session 2
We will cover the following topics:
Safe vs Toxic Levels of Vitamins and Minerals
Safety and Toxicity of Vitamins
Safety and Toxicity of Minerals
Safe vs Toxic Levels of Vitamins and Minerals
The ideal nutrient intake varies considerably for each individual depending on their age, sex, health and several other factors.
Research papers in scientific journals indicate that for most vitamins, except A and D, levels one hundred times greater than the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) are likely to be safe.
Safety and Toxicity of Vitamins
We spend time explaining toxicity levels, and safe and daily consumption.
An individual detailed look at vitamins A, D, E, C, and the B vitamins. Each vitamin is looked at individually and comments on their safety and toxicity are made, such as with vitamin C. The only drawback to taking large amounts of vitamin C is that it can have a laxative effect. Generally, supplements containing up to 5,000mg of vitamin C per day can be considered safe.
Safety and Toxicity of Minerals
A review of the toxic and safety margins of minerals.
The most frequent deficient mineral is iron, which is stored in the body and therefore toxicity can result from chronic intake.
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Level 3 Session 1
We will cover the following topics:
Supplements and Healing
The Power of Antioxidants
Recommended Antioxidant Supplementation
Supplements and Healing
Six tips for your supplement programme design.
The Power of Antioxidants
Top 15 antioxidant foods according to their Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) ranking.
Some antioxidants are essential nutrients, like vitamin A and betacarotene, vitamin C and vitamin E. The balance between antioxidants and exposure to free radicals is crucial.
- Antioxidant Assessment
The antioxidant assessment consists of three separate health checks:
Symptom Check, Toxicity Check, Diet Check.
- Antioxidant Assessment Action Steps
Specific action steps you can take this week to increase your antioxidant protection.
- Antioxidant Assessment Action Steps Review and New Actions
List the action steps and describe your progress. Which steps do you need to continue working on?
- Antioxidant capacity
Recommended Antioxidant Supplementation
Total daily supplement intake as part of a multivitamin or extra vitamin C.
Top 5 strategies to boost antioxidant protection.
Antioxidant formulas (supplements) usually contain vitamins A, C, and E, zinc, and selenium combinations.
Co-enzyme Q10 is a vital antioxidant helping protect cells from carcinogens. It is also found in meat, fish, nuts and seeds.
For more information and to answer any questions you may have ...
Level 3 Session 2
We will cover the following topics:
Phytochemicals
Enzymes
Probiotics
Fibre
Phytochemicals
What are the top phytochemicals with proven health benefits?
Top 30 phytochemicals with detailed health benefits, chemical names, effects on health and known supplements (handout).
Phytochemicals are found in food. They are not essential nutrients but do play an essential role in our body’s biochemistry. Think of them as semi-essential nutrients.
Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of phytochemicals. For example, bioflavonoids in the form of citrus extracts are widely found in vitamin C supplements. Acai berry, black cherry and cranberry supplements (as extract or tablet) also contain bioflavonoids.
Capsaicin supplements are a helpful weight management aid by means of a decrease in appetite.
Allium is widely available in the form of supplements, particularly garlic extracts.
Enzymes
- Why are digestive enzymes fundamental for good health?
As an aid to digestion, many supplements contain these enzymes.
If your body becomes nutrient deficient, then enzyme deficiency soon follows. Thus, your body doesn’t make use of nutrients it takes in.
What enzymes do is break down food into smaller units.
Types of enzymes: Amylases which digest carbohydrate, Proteases which digest protein and Lipases which digest fat.
Probiotics
- When should probiotics supplements be suggested?
The 9 proven benefits of probiotics (handout)
Nature’s antibiotics. They not only keep less desirable residents, such as E. coli, at bay but also make it very hard for bugs, such as Staphylococcus, Salmonella and Campylobacter, to survive. These cause most cases of food poisoning.
Fibre
- Which type of fibre is optimal for you and how much fibre should you consume?
Common forms of fibre supplements. Possible side effects of fibre supplements.
The best soluble and insoluble fibre sources.
The cost for each level is only £175.00
Level 1 must be completed first and you can take levels 2 and 3 as options.
There's also a price reduction for committing to all 3 levels at the outset.
Scroll down and check the options by selecting from the 'Choose an option' dropdown menu in the product box, below.
Next Steps
If you have any questions or would like to find out how to build your own Personalised Supplement Plan, let’s talk.
Schedule a free, 30 minute Supplement Plan Discovery Call, which will take place over Zoom (or by phone, if you prefer).
Simply use the button, below, to check my calendar and schedule a convenient day/time and I'll look forward to meeting with you, very soon.
Alternatively, if you're ready to enroll now, you can do so by choosing an option, below.
Personal Supplement Plan Programme
Price range: £175.00 through £455.00
Your Personal Supplement Plan Programme comprises three levels that can be purchased individually or as a complete package.
Working on a one-to-one basis, level 1 will help you create your own basic Personal Supplement Plan, whilst Levels 2 & 3 provide you with progressively greater levels of knowledge and understanding, enabling you to refine, develop and enhance your Personal Supplement Plan to make sure it provides you with the maximum health benefits that you need.