Dear longevity enthusiasts,
I have been helping out my father by supplying him with a cardiovascular supplement regimen for 8 years now. The four generations of men in his family before him have died of cardiovascular disease prior to reaching age 50. My father's dad died when he was 49, my father was 15 at the time. I love my parents very much, and whilst my mom is a total health and exercise enthusiast and still very young, we cannot say the same about my father. My father is now 60 years old, so that alone is a reason to celebrate.
The problem is and has been that he hates taking pills/powders and so has always limited me in the amount I could supply. When he lived in The Netherlands it was 15, now that he has moved to the island called Curacao it is 9 (he started at 5 so it has been a long fight to 9 hehe)... A horrible combo since getting a heart attack in Amsterdam gives you a higher chance of survival than in the terrible hospitals in Curacao.... (speaking from personal experience here also).
So with that psychological struggle I've been having a hard time finding a finalized 9 pill regimen that seems the best 9 pills he could get. I post it here in the hope that those with extensive experience can give useful comments:
2 omegaVia (90% concentrated omega 3, 1105mg per softgel)
1 life extension bio-curcumin 400mg
1 relentless improvement vitamin k2 mk-4 15mg
1 geronova na-rala 300mg
1 healthy origins coq10 ubiquinol 300mg
1 life extension pomegranate 500mg 40% punicalagins
1 swanson grapeseed extract 90% 500mg
1 biotivia trans resveratrol 98% 500mg
sublingual (managed to sneak one in since it's a sublingual and tastes good hehe):
1 DHEA 25mg sublingual
Debate:
I've been wanting to include Omega & Magnesium but since it requires many capsules it would mean less ingredients. I've been trying to get him to eat many almonds for some magnesium. With Omega I don't trust he eats sufficient fish and when I found the potency of OmegaVia I thought those 2 would be useful enough. Given that he lives in Curacao now I figured vitamin D wouldn't be necessary, also even though it's a super tiny softgel it would 'count' as a pill and replace something else. That said, here are some possible options:
2 doctor's best magnesium glycinate 100mg
1 life extension gamma E + tocotrienols
1 life extension mega green tea decaf
1 jarrow PQQ 20mg
1 jarrow astaxanthin 12mg
1 doctor's best benfotiamine 300mg
1 life extension P5P 100mg
1 source naturals methylcobalamin 5mg sublingual
Any input is appreciated. Keep in mind with the 9 pill limit that if you post any alternatives they be the most potent version of the respective supplement available on the planet.