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I have been taking vitamin D3 and zinc just after breakfast. Lately, I've added vitamin C, K2 and sea kelp. Is it better to take some with lunch and some with dinner, or all at once?

Since adding sea kelp, vitamin C and K2, my libido has rocketed - which one will be responsible for this? I'm not complaining - it's like going back 30 years! Does this indicate that my overall health will have improved and also gone back 30 years?

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Couldn't it be the zinc? It's the only one that makes me horny. Or it may be the kelp, I won't try it as long as I'm not 100% sure I don't have hashimoto's. – Korion Jan 26 2012 at 8:58
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 I believe it may be the Zinc-a-rink-a-dink-dink. – AlohaSpeck Jan 26 2012 at 9:30
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 I do D3 and K2 together with a fatty meal, zinc on an empty stomach so it doesn't interfere with copper absorption (although this may make you queasy), and vitamin C away from meals because glucose interferes with vit C absorption and vit C increases iron absorption (chances are you don't want increased iron absorption). – Phoenix Jan 26 2012 at 14:11

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As long as you aren't taking minerals that are competing with each other I doubt that there would be any harm in taking them all at once, I know I'm a lot more likely to remember to take my breakfast supplements than my afternoon or bedtime ones. A while back someone posted a nice chart that showed which minerals can block each other (Mulder's Chart) :http://paleohacks.com/questions/58984/what-vitamins-minerals-need-to-be-balanced#axzz1kYLGb013

From personal experience (that I will not go into detail about here) with adjusting my hubby's supplements when we were trying to conceive, I'd place my bet on the zinc making you horny.

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 FYI there are a few studies about zinc affecting sperm motility, so while it might increase libido, it won't necessarily affect the chances of pregnancy. (molehr.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/4/338.full) – Joshua Jan 26 2012 at 15:30
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Well, gee, you should really read the most recent Free The Animal blog posting by Richard Nikoley - may shed some light. Based on his report, the answer would be: K2. And I suspect alot of people are going to start buying K2 supplements :)

http://freetheanimal.com/2012/01/vitamin-k2-menatetrenone-weston-a-price-activator-xor-whateverits-amazing.html

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