Synergy: supplements that are stronger when combined

[Ava]

Are you aware of any combinations like this?

More information about these later:

1) Ginseng and probiotics
For digestive health

2) Turmeric and green tea
Anti-cancer + other benefits

3) Flax oil and cottage cheese
Anti-cancer + other benefits

4) Iron and fresh grapefruit
For iron deficiency, mild

5) Soy isoflavones and cayenne pepper
Hair thickening and regrowth




^ Random garden pic, just in the mood.  

[Ava]

1) Ginseng and probiotics

I first learned of this in John Heinerman's book Nature's Super 7 Medicines: The Seven Essential Ingredients for Optimal Health. I cannot locate that book in my house and suppose I may have put it in a donation box when we moved out of our country house. So all I have is my word: in that book he discusses various foods and supplements that boost the efficacy of probiotics, increasing the population of good gut flora, and ginseng is one of the most accessible and beneficial of those.

In lieu of that, just some random facts, compliments of a Google search:

Ginseng is more potent when fermented, and fermentation is credited with balancing the GI tract:
www.realnatural.org/ginsengs-metabolic-anti-aging-and-anticancer-benefits-boosted-by-fermentation/

Along with aiding digestion, this combination appears to have an antidiabetic effect:
www.greenmedinfo.com/article/red-ginseng-powder-fermented-probiotics-exerts-antidiabetic-effects

Ginseng is combined with probiotics in commercial formulas, such as:
www.suppleceutical.com/product/7-am-ginseng-with-probiotics/

One more article, touching on the logic of combining these two:
www.scitechnol.com/fortification-of-probiotic-yogurt-with-ginseng-panax-quinquefolius-extract-pPad.php?article_id=730

I'm sore that I couldn't get the quote out of the Heinerman book, as it was so optimistic and promising. Maybe the book will turn up someday and I'll share the excerpt then.