Daily Base
One fish oil, one vitamin D, one magnesium. The foundation the Calm, Stress and Mood protocols build on.
Who it's for
For an adult who wants a simple daily routine with nothing doubled. The child version is a practitioner-directed multivitamin with iron plus the same omega-3.
Your day at a glance adult core items
About this protocol and the studies behind it
From the studies
In an eight-week randomized trial, stressed adults with low magnesium who took 300 mg of magnesium a day scored about 42 percent lower on a stress scale than at the start (Pouteau 2018, PMID 30562392).
Adult
In the protocol
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$28.00
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Vitamin D3 Micellized
Vitamin D, K-free
One drop, not one dropper. Chosen without K2 so it adds nothing for anyone on a blood thinner.
$28.00 -
Magnesium Night
Magnesium and evening wind-down
The protocol's only magnesium. Contains 0 mg vitamin B6.
$72.00
Optional add-ons
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Spectrum Formula Advance
Iron-free adult multivitamin powder
Adds 10 mg of B6, 1,000 IU of vitamin D and 100 mg of magnesium to the totals, so it becomes the protocol's B6 source; skip the K-free drop if you take it, or keep the vitamin D total under 4,000 IU.
$45.00
Alternatives: instead of, not with
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$48.40
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Vitamin D3 + K2 Liquid
Vitamin D3 with K2
Only if you want K2 and take no blood thinner. Use instead of the K-free drop, not with it.
$36.60 -
ADEK Mini
A, D, E and K in one small softgel
1,000 IU of vitamin D with vitamins A, E and K. Adults; not with a blood thinner. Use instead of the K-free drop, not with it.
$33.00
Child, practitioner-directed
Practitioner-directed. The multivitamin's default is the Supplement Facts serving, not the top of the label range, so zinc stays inside the age limit.
In the protocol
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Spectrum Formula + Iron Chewable
Multivitamin with iron
The single source of iron, iodine, vitamin A, vitamin D, zinc and B6 in the protocol. Iron overdose is dangerous for children: keep it locked away.
$39.98 -
$28.00
Optional add-ons
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Vitamin D3 Micellized
Vitamin D, deficiency only
Only to correct a measured deficiency. The multivitamin already supplies 500 IU.
$28.00
Untick anything you already have or don't want. Everything here is also sold on its own in the shop.
How to start
- Start all three together: fish oil and vitamin D in the morning with food, magnesium before bed.
- Give it two weeks for tolerance and sleep before adding a Calm, Stress or Mood layer.
- If you also own the Brain & Body protocol, keep one magnesium: Magnesium Night or Magnesium L-Threonate, not both.
Read before you buy
- One fish oil, one vitamin D and one magnesium per person. Check any multivitamin you already take.
- Fish allergen (Omega-3 Mini, Spectrum DHA).
- No added magnesium in kidney disease.
- On a blood thinner: keep the K-free vitamin D and tell your prescriber about the fish oil.
- Children: the multivitamin is the single iron source; store it locked away.
- Designed so no calming, mineral or vitamin ingredient is doubled across products.
Supplements are adjuncts. Talk to your child's healthcare provider before use.
Most of this evidence comes from adult trials of single ingredients. No protocol has been tested as a whole.
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