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Do any of you remember when the Trump Administration asked you to sign an online petition and then would send you a $100?
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What A Shocker: New Study Confirms That Huge Number Of 'COVID Deaths' Weren't Even COVID Related
Many of the extreme, overbearing policies and mandates enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic were based on the underlying assumption that COVID was a uniquely dangerous threat.
COVID would lead to the deaths of young, healthy people, necessitating the complete shutdown of society, endless mask mandates, school closures, and closing down small businesses while allowing Wal-Mart to remain open. Oh, and forcing businesses to close early on the theory that COVID was smart and devious enough to know how to spread more quickly and efficiently late at night.
As the "expert" and medical communities, led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, reorganized themselves around ignoring all other illnesses, risk factors and side effects, their efforts to make COVID the all-consuming focus resulted in labeling anyone who died with a positive test a "COVID death."
Car crashes, shootings, cancer, heart attacks…all these causes were labeled as "COVID deaths" by the medical community, which then called anyone who noticed and pointed out the absurdity of this practice a "conspiracy theorist" and "COVID denier."
Well, now we have more research confirming, yet again, that the actual reality denial came from the experts who created that absurdist policy. And their media partners and defenders who played along.
Reportage: President Joe Biden greets his former Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife Dr. Christine Grady on January 24, 2023, in the Oval Office.. (Photo by: HUM Images/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
COVID Death Definitions Created Ridiculous, Inaccurate Statistics
It's easy to forget now, in the post-pandemic period, but for quite literally years on end, CNN and other news networks would have a running tally of "COVID deaths" on their newscasts.
Every discussion, every policy debate, every mandate was couched in terms of preventing such COVID deaths from occurring. A worthy goal, to be sure, but one that could never be accomplished with useless theatrical performances like mask wearing.
But the number of COVID deaths was repeatedly used as a cudgel to pound out dissent from the lockdowns, mandates and passports that dominated society from 2020-2022 in many parts of the country and world. We couldn't end the useless policies, the argument went, because it would lead to more COVID deaths.
All this is to say that if the data underpinning that argument were faulty, the entire apparatus of COVID restrictions would collapse in on itself. Turns out, it was.
A new study from Greece went into detail examining the data on actual COVID mortality, meaning how deaths in Greek hospitals that were labeled "COVID," were actually caused by COVID. Essentially, what the entire expert and medical community should have been doing instead of their absurdist fearmongering. And spoiler alert: the study is yet another discrediting embarrassment for the scientific community.
They start by explaining that Greece followed the global herd by defining anyone who died with a positive test as a "COVID death."
"In Greece, a more concise and simple definition was used, defining as COVID-19-associated death, any death occurring in a person with positive testing for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of death," the researchers write.
Though, of course, this proved unsatisfactory at determining, especially in later pandemic periods, what percentage of deaths the virus was actually responsible for.
"Nevertheless, throughout the pandemic, none of the above definitions has been able to determine accurately who has died ‘from’ or ‘with’ COVID-19," the study says.
To find the answer to this question regarding the Omicron variant period, they went much further than simply using death certificate data. They actually did the field work, interviewing doctors and looking at patient charts.
"The aim of this study was to assess whether in-hospital deaths, registered as COVID-19-associated deaths, in seven tertiary-care hospitals in the greater area of Athens, Greece, during the Omicron surge, were attributed to COVID-19 or to other causes. Additionally, we aimed to analyze the factors associated with the classification of these deaths. To avoid the shortcomings of death certificates, we also examined the chart file of each patient and interviewed the caring physicians."
And they were comprehensive too; the study covered all patients in Greece over most of 2022, from January to the end of August.
"All patients, who died in the participating hospitals between 1st January 2022 and 31st August 2022, with COVID-19 being mentioned on their death certificate, and consequently registered as COVID-19 death, were included in the study."
Again, doing the work that the "expert" community should have been doing, the researchers separated out every single death in a participating hospital into two groups. Those where COVID "caused" the death, and those where it was unrelated.
"We categorized all study deaths into two groups: (a) deaths "due to" COVID-19, where the infection was either the direct or sole cause of death, or it triggered a sequence of events that ultimately led to death, and (b) deaths "with" COVID-19, where the death was unrelated to the infection."
The research was impressively in-depth, using data from death certificates, chart files, physician interviews with a "structured questionnaire." They used clinical and treatment data, covered comorbidities, vaccination status, patient admissions, viral transmission in hospitals, COVID symptoms, lab and imaging results, supplemental oxygen, treatments and outcomes.
They used outside, impartial, independent reviewers with extensive experience treating COVID patients to review data submitted by senior, treating physicians. This rigorous criteria was then applied to COVID deaths by limiting them to those who had "signs, symptoms and laboratory findings of COVID-19 at the time of death, including pneumonia, confirmed by imaging findings, need for supplemental oxygen, receiving COVID-19 specific treatment, and had no other clear cause of death."
Instead of labeling anyone with a positive test as a COVID death, they excluded patients who were, as they describe in an example, admitted for surgery who tested positive without symptoms, did not receive COVID treatment, and died as a result of confirmed surgical complication. Exceedingly reasonable, and refreshingly accurate.
This study covered 530 deaths that took place in Greek hospitals and were registered as COVID deaths from January-August 2022. And before delving into the results, one of the most important and impactful findings is that just 12 of the 530 showed evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Natural immunity remains one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful protections against severe COVID outcomes. And it was either completely ignored by the expert and media community, downplayed, or labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory. Welcome to The Science™.
Of the 530 deaths they reviewed, a whopping 95.6% of them had at least one comorbidity. 95.6%. For this, we shut down the world, destroyed the international economy, set back a generation of students, and enacted discriminatory policies that unnecessarily ostracized people from society. Many of whom had natural immunity, which was more protective than any other intervention anyway.
Per their conclusion, 240 of 530 deaths, or 45.3%, were not related to COVID in any way, shape or form. In 133 of the 530, just 25.1% of the studied deaths, COVID was determined to be the actual, primary cause of death. 25% were directly caused by COVID, 45.3% were not. Yet another embarrassment for Fauci and the media partners who relentlessly sold his message.
The remaining cases, 29.6% or 157 total deaths, COVID contributed to the "chain of events leading to death," per the examination.
Importantly, the study also confirmed another unnoticed distinction with vast implications: that death certificate data alone is unreliable when measuring the true impact of COVID on mortality.
Of the 530 death certificates they measured, COVID was listed as the direct cause in 204 of the 530. In reality, they found just 133 were the actual direct cause. It was listed as a contributing factor in 324 death certificates, when it was a contributing factor in just 157. So doctors signing death certifications listed COVID as the primary or contributing cause in 528 of 530 cases. The actual number, when subjected to rigorous research and interviews? 290.
Just 54.9% of the deaths labeled as primary or contributing COVID, per death certificates, actually met that criteria. Imagine how unreliable the death certificate data in the US, UK, and other EU countries likely is. Not to mention the general counts that included car crashes and completely unrelated causes, and so on.
As they say, regardless of actual reality, "In both cases, deaths were registered officially as COVID-19 deaths."
Inexcusable.
It's even more frustrating. As the authors write, "among the 324 deaths where COVID-19 was listed on the death certificate as contributing factor, after our evaluation, one death was attributed to COVID-19, in 85 (26.2%) cases COVID-19 was not the direct cause but a contributing factor and in 239 (73.5) cases we considered COVID-19 as not related to death."
So doctors listed COVID as a "contributing factor" to 324 deaths, but on further examination just 85 of those 324 actually met that criteria. Extrapolate that to the rest of the world and imagine the scale of deception the international scientific community engaged in during the pandemic.
Oh, and buried deep in a table of data collected as part of the study is this stunning revelation.
Vaccination status
Due (290)
With (240)
Unvaccinated/partially vaccinated
133 (46.2)
87 (36.7)
Fully vaccinated
53 (18.4)
54 (22.8)
Boosted (> 2 doses)
102 (35.4)
96 (40.5)
Of the 290 deaths either partially or entirely "due" to COVID, 53.8% were among those who were fully vaccinated or fully vaccinated and boosted. Remember the "95% of deaths are among the unvaccinated!!!1!!" hysteria? Even among those "with" COVID, it was 63.3%. That still implies that vaccinated people were less likely to die, considering the rate of vaccination, but far, far less than the media reports led people to believe. So much so that there was no statistical significance to vaccination when it came to predicting outcomes.
And 42.5% of all COVID deaths studied also contracted it in the hospital, despite masking and "PPE" requirements. Because masking does not stop COVID transmission.
This study quite frankly obliterates almost every single facet of "expert" and scientific consensus. Masking doesn't work. A significant portion of COVID deaths were not directly caused by the virus, 95% of deaths were not among the unvaccinated during the Omicron period and death certificate data is not reliable.
It's a thorough, comprehensive demolition of Anthony Fauci, the media and many of his peers. And it's long, long overdue.
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‘The Mouse’ was a racing legend in his own right before he fueled the passion of another
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He worked six days a week and raced on most of the nights in an era when the stripped-down, souped-up Milwaukee modifieds and colorful nicknames ruled the short-track scene.
Miles “The Mouse” Melius won his share of championships.
He lost a few teeth.
And he nurtured the passion of a tiny teenage fan who would become a NASCAR Hall of Famer.
A legend of the 1950s and ’60s, Melius continued to help rivals after his driving days and attended races until last year, when declining vision made it difficult for him to see the cars.
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Melius died Tuesday at age 95.
“I was so impressed with the racing activity in Wisconsin and especially the performance of this Miles ‘The Mouse’ Melius,” said three-time Daytona 500 winner Bobby Allison, who moved to Wisconsin for a job in 1954.
“I was 17 years old, and 5-foot-4 and 110 pounds. I looked little, and I sounded little, but I was just full of anxiety and interest in this tremendous sport of racing. And I would go to the pits and Miles Melius would say hello to me. Here’s the guy that’d just won the feature the night before or even tonight.
“He had people around him, and he’d say hello to me. I thought that was so special of him to speak directly to me. I paid attention to how he did things and how he treated people and listened to what he had to say.”
Melius died of complications of old age, said Dick Melius, the fourth of his seven children. He was preceded in death by his wife, June, in 2003.
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At Melius’ request, there will be no funeral. A memorial will be held in the fall at the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame, Dick Melius said. Miles Melius was an inductee in the hall’s inaugural class of 2007.
Melius won 11 area titles and more individual track championships on the dusty bullrings in Hales Corners, Cedarburg, Beaver Dam and elsewhere. From 1959-61 alone, he won 86 features, according to the Midwest Racing News.
Included in that stretch was a 16-race season sweep at Beaver Dam Raceway in 1961.
“His stamina was just incredible,” Dick Melius said. “He was a heavy equipment operator almost all his life. Worked six days a week, 10 hours a day and more, and yet he raced five, six nights a week.
“He was just so tremendously good at it. He designed and engineered all his own cars – back in those days that’s what they did – and he was so good at it, it just gave him a huge advantage competitively.”
A Slinger native, Melius helped build Slinger Speedway in time for the 1948 season, won the midget title there in 1949, a stock-car championship in ’55 and then five modified crowns from 1958 to ’67, racing against the likes of Billy “The Cat” Johnson, Fuzzy “The Hound” Fassbender and Ken “Tweety Bird” Tlougan.
The infield track at State Fair Park, though, was where he thought he might meet his maker.
“I was qualifying and (when the throttle stuck) ended up going over the fence and over a grader then landed on the nose of the car,” Melius recalled in an interview for Slinger Speedway’s website.
“The frame was bent, and I broke a bunch of fingers. The headers came through the windshield and hit me in the face. That broke my cheekbone and knocked out some teeth.”
After a trip to the hospital, though, Melius reportedly returned to the track that night and signed autographs.
His driving career ended in 1967, when the strain of work and hours in the shop and at the track took their toll.
“For a couple of years, he was back at the same tracks and sharing his talents … setting up cars and getting them to perform better,” Dick Melius said. “Even to some of his greatest competitors.”
Perhaps his most famous pupil, though, was Allison, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011, the hall’s second class. Allison was proud to call “The Mouse” his friend for more than 60 years.
“A legend of Wisconsin scene,” Allison said. “Miles Melius was just a genuine, friendly, outgoing person.”
And a racer of the first order.
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2 hours ago, Doug said: Remember Al Schill he also ran asphalt on Sunday at Slinger.
Couple guys that I can think of were Mike Melius, Whitney Harris. the Scheffler's and Ted Dolhun. Remember one night Ted got in a bad wreck and it actual split the car in half.
Al's family owned the Junk Yard I went to often on HWY 45, a friend worked there too.
It was Miles Melius, he died about a year or 2 ago, his relative is here now Forest Melius, out fishing.. we call him Woodsie.
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28 minutes ago, toslow said: Eucken idiot can't afford bourbon, he is just a senile POS
MC's been wrong about everything.
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20 minutes ago, BOHICA said: Big changes as of yesterday. The $800 dollar duty free exemption is gone from Trump tariff policy. No longer direct ship from China as of yesterday. I guess the site will start dwindling away as us supplier burn through potential stock of the cheap Chinese stuff they may have loaded up prior to tariffs. With the $800 duty free rule they use to be able to ship direct from china but that has come to a halt.
CNN
Temu says it’s only shipping within the US. That doesn’t...
They've already gotten around all that, states it right on their site for almost all items they sell.
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Now, let’s address the elephant in the room, Snap-on’s manufacturing in China. We have seen that they do produce in the United States, but they also make some of their products in China. Some of the products made in China include welding helmets, cordless screwdriver kits, cordless power drill kits, polishers, air compressors, and safety gloves.
The big issue with Snap-on comes from how they make their products in China and charge the same price as American-made products. We will leave it up to you to decide if that’s a fair business practice. While Snap-on does produce in the USA, they have more factories outside of the US than inside. They have a factory in Kunshan County in Shanghai and a factory in Xiaoshan District.
People have rightfully expressed a growing concern that Snap-on will outsource more and more of the work to China. We see this as a fair concern, especially since they often charge the same price for their Chinese-made products. That, however, will only happen if people continue to support Chinese-made products. While we don’t like that they outsource to China, Snap-on still has a reputation to uphold. They must maintain the quality even if they outsource it to another country.
We have seen Snap-on shift its production overseas for several years and can only hope that it won’t impact the quality.
Is Snap-on Made in Taiwan?
Snap-on has a production facility in Wu-Ku Industry Park, Taipei, Taiwan. While the products from Taiwan show signs of better quality control than China, people still prefer American-made products first. We can also tell that Snap-on makes its products in Taiwan because we have seen several products on their page that they made in Taiwan.
Some of the Snap-on products made in Taiwan include:
Automatic wire stripper
Two Pin Brake Piston Tool
Micro Air Saw
Blade Changing Wrench
Angle Grinder
We would say Taiwan has specific categories that you find them in, and China has specific categories that you find their products in. Exercise caution, especially with their power tools, since this appears to be a category that foreign manufacturing favors the most.
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The thing that we didn’t like but was a forgivable offense was how they abbreviated the origin. For example, Taiwan was abbreviated as “TWN,” and China was abbreviated as “CHN.” I noticed an immediate and subtle psychological effect from them doing this rather than listing the country outright. It was like it wasn’t as bad as if they had outright listed it as China or Taiwan. I would still, however, applaud them for actually listing it.
The other issue with abbreviation comes from it making no sense. For example, what did Snap-on mean when they abbreviated the country as “BLR” for one of their hole saws?
If we were to recommend caution on a category of tools, we would advise checking ahead of time with the power tools category. While we found that Snap-on did produce in the USA, many of its power tools originated in China and Taiwan. Safety gloves and air compressors give you another example of products made in China.
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1 minute ago, EvilBird said: Overpriced for sure . But much better than Craftsman IMO .
Main thing is Sears isnt around here anymore to get replacement tools fast. Snap-On truck comes once a week and will replace with no issues . And I just prefer their tools over other brands so no brainer for me.
I still have some old Craftmans wrenches in my box , but 90% of the time I grab a Snap-On instead
Craftsmen tools are sold at Ace Hardware.
I owned 3 repair businesses for over 51 years (retired now) and broke just as many Snap-On tools as Craftsmen and several other name brand tool that I still have..I have almost $200,000 in tools here.
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3 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: Mine has bought a few . its all cheap chink garbage
9 minutes ago, EvilBird said: I'll stick to Snap-On
I used to get a deal on Snap On tools as a in-law relative worked there, long retired now..I always thought they were WAY over-priced and not much if any better than Craftsman tools.
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China underestimates Trump and his trade war — America is ready for battle
Liz Peek, opinion contributor
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, are engaged in a monumental struggle over tariffs and trade — will Barbie determine the outcome?
Xi is betting that Americans are too spoiled to abandon the cheap imported goods — like the iconic Barbie doll — that have filled the shelves of Walmart and Costco for decades. Trump is betting that China’s economy will swoon under the burden of tariffs and that U.S. companies will prove more agile than expected in shifting output to other countries.
Trump acknowledged the risk of his tariff war at a recent town hall. “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
Though almost 80 percent of the toys sold in the U.S. are made in China, some makers, like Barbie producer Mattel, have been quietly moving production out of China. Mattel said earlier this year that only 40 percent of its products will be made in China this year, down from 50 percent last year. And Mattel is not alone.
Nonetheless, if tariffs on Chinese goods remain at 145 percent, many toy prices will almost certainly head higher.
Trump also said — accurately — that China “is having tremendous difficulty because their factories are not doing business.” The Wall Street Journal recently ran a lengthy article about Chinese firms scouring the earth for new customers as demand from the U.S. dries up in the face of Trump’s tariffs. As the Journal reported, replacing U.S. demand won’t be easy, as we are “by far the largest single-country buyer of China’s exported goods, accounting for roughly half a trillion dollars of products, or about 15 percent of China’s goods exports.”
China’s factory activity fell in April to its lowest level since late 2023. Declining exports hits China hard, as those sales account for nearly 20 percent of the country’s economy. Despite repeated efforts to boost household spending, consumers contribute less than 40 percent of total economic activity, compared to the 60 percent to 70 percent in most developed economies.
A giant real estate bust, erratic economic policies and declining prices have Chinese consumers in retreat, despite frantic government efforts to stimulate demand. Job losses won’t help; not only are orders and shipments falling, employment has turned down as well. In addition, business confidence has dropped to a seven-month low.
More job losses are likely. Goldman Sachs estimates that some 10 million to 20 million workers in China are engaged in the U.S. export trade. That compares with government estimates of a total city working population of 473 million. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently said the tariff-related fall-off in exports for China is “unsustainable.”
Meanwhile, how is the U.S. doing? Certainly, the tariff battle has hit consumer and business confidence and also caused some softness in the stock market. But despite all the fear-mongering by Trump’s critics, the U.S. economy is holding up.
First-quarter results were just released, showing that the economy retreated marginally because companies, anticipating Trump’s tariffs, loaded up on imported goods, and also because government spending declined by 0.3 percent. As Heritage economist E.J. Antoni noted on X, consumer spending outpaced government purchases by the largest amount since the second quarter of 2022. He rightly called it “fantastic news.”
The most important read on the U.S. economy was this summary from the Bureau of Economic Analysis: “Real final sales to private domestic purchasers, the sum of consumer spending and gross private fixed investment, increased 3.0 percent in the first quarter, compared with an increase of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter.” In addition, the Commerce Department reported that consumer spending jumped 0.7 percent last month, on top of an upwardly revised 0.5 percent increase in February, surpassing expectations.
In other words, despite the negative press, the economy not only continued to advance at a reasonable clip in the first quarter but saw a slight acceleration in consumer spending and investment. The huge surge in imports (goods up 51 percent!) delivered a 4.8 percent headwind to stated growth, accounting for the entire dip in GDP and then some.
On inflation, the news was also positive, with the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index coming in unchanged in March after advancing 0.4 percent in February. For the last 12 months, personal consumption increased only 2.3 percent compared to 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending February. The core PCE in March also showed no rise, after a 0.5 percent jump the month prior.
If the showdown between Xi and Trump comes down to whose economy is performing better, the U.S. unquestionably has the stronger hand. Even Nouriel Roubini, called “Dr. Doom” for his persistent negativity — and certainly no fan of Trump’s tariffs — says he expects the tech and AI boom to continue to power the U.S. forward. In a recent op-ed, Roubini stated that “the U.S. economy’s potential growth will approach 4 percent by 2030, far above the International Monetary Fund’s recent estimate of 1.8 percent.” His reason for thinking this was that the U.S. leads the world in ten of the 12 industries he says will define the future. China leads only in one of the 12 — “electric vehicles and other green tech.”
Meanwhile, China’s Xi refuses to stand down, certain that U.S. consumers will balk at tariff-induced higher prices or scarcities. GOP pollster Frank Luntz recently interviewed a number of Trump voters, expecting them to rail about the tariffs, only to find they stood with the president, ready to pay a little more for U.S.-made goods and to give him time to see his agenda bear fruit.
At the same time, manufacturers are moving out of China, at an accelerating pace.
Xi might find, to his surprise, that Americans can do without Barbie for a time, and that U.S. companies are more capable of leaving China than he expects.
Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim and Company.
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1 hour ago, Pete said: China shit garbage.. you get what you pay for. Yeah keep buying china shit. This is why it’s a problem. They own you guys.
Ya know I have over $6,000 in DeWalt tools and $2,000 in DeWalt batteries, almost all of them are made in China but have been great tools with no issues at all.
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Dietitians Warn You Should Never Take These Vitamins Together
Hannah Chenoweth, Laura Iu, R.D., C.D.N.
Sat, May 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM CDT
5 Dangerous Vitamin Combinations to Avoid Tanja Ivanova - Getty Images
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Taking all your vitamins and minerals together seems like an easy way to add some wellness to your regimen, right? While “all-at-once” is a convenient approach, it isn’t necessarily optimal, according to doctors and nutritionists.
Some vitamins and minerals can counteract each other, reducing their effectiveness and potentially causing side effects like nausea, diarrhea and constipation. To get the full benefits from your supplements (and let’s be honest, your money), it’s important to understand which combinations to avoid.
“Many people don’t realize how much timing matters when it comes to supplements,” says Amy Margulies, R.D.N., a registered dietician nutritionist and owner of The Rebellius RD. “Some are better absorbed with food, while others are best absorbed on an empty stomach. Other combinations can actually interfere with each other or with medications.”
In other words, mixing certain supplements can actually have the opposite effect of improving your health. In more extreme cases, long-term nutritional deficiencies and vitamin toxicity can occur, says Brynna Connor, M.D., a board-certified family medicine physician and the Healthcare Ambassador for Northwestpharmacy.com,
That doesn’t mean you should be scared to take your supplements! Just do what you can to avoid the vitamin and mineral combinations below. That way, you can protect your health and get the benefits you're looking for from supplements.
Don't mix: Iron and calcium
Calcium interferes with iron’s absorption in the gut, making this combo a no-go. If you’re low in both levels, you can still take both calcium and iron, as long as you space them out safely.
What to do: Take iron at least two hours before or after calcium-rich foods (like dairy products, leafy greens or canned fish with bones) or supplements. Calcium is best absorbed when taken in smaller doses (500 milligrams or less) spread out during the day, says Lamees Hamdan, M.D., an integrative medical doctor. While calcium citrate can be taken with or without food, it’s best to take calcium carbonate with food, since it relies on stomach acid for optimal absorption.
Don't mix: Iron and zinc
Similar to iron and calcium, iron and zinc don’t get along so well. Research shows they actually compete for the same absorption pathways in our gut. “If you’re taking a high-dose iron supplement and zinc at the same time, especially on an empty stomach, there’s a good chance your body won’t absorb the zinc as well,” says Margulies.
What to do: “For optimal absorption, it’s generally best to take iron with food (just not with calcium) and to separate it from zinc,” says Margulies. Because certain foods can interfere with zinc’s absorption, most doctors advise taking it on an empty stomach. However, if zinc upsets your stomach, it's perfectly fine to take it with a small snack. Just stay away from taking it with foods rich in calcium, iron or fiber, says Margulies.
Don't mix: Copper and zinc
If you’re taking a zinc supplement, it’s important to know that high doses of zinc can reduce copper absorption. This can lead to a potential copper deficiency over time. Eating copper-rich foods (such as shellfish, seeds and nuts and organ meats) may balance out this effect, but it’s a good idea to stay on top of it and get your levels checked regularly.
What to do: If you do need to take both copper and zinc, separate them by at least two hours. Both are safe to take on an empty stomach. “You can take zinc in the morning before breakfast and copper before lunch or dinner, provided you have not consumed a meal or snack within at least a few hours,” says Margulies.
Don't mix: Calcium and magnesium
Calcium and magnesium compete for absorption in the gastrointestinal system, which means taking them together in high doses can cause stomach discomfort or issues such as bloating and/or diarrhea, says Dr. Connor.
What to do: Take calcium and magnesium separately, with — you guessed it — at least two hours in between. Calcium is better suited for breakfast (since calcium carbonate should be taken with food), whereas magnesium’s relaxation-promoting benefits make it a perfect fit for your nighttime routine.
Don't mix: Vitamin B12 and Vitamin C
Because vitamin C creates an acidic environment, research shows large doses can potentially degrade vitamin B12 before it gets the chance to work its magic.
What to do: Dr. Connor recommends taking them in alphabetical order: Take vitamin B12 first and hold off on vitamin C for at least two hours. You can pair vitamin B12 with a light breakfast — it’s also fine to take it on an empty stomach.
Ideal vitamin pairs
There are also plenty of complementary vitamins and minerals that boost each other’s effects. While experts agree that you should prioritize meeting your nutritional needs through your diet first and foremost, here are some dynamic duos that you can also take in supplement form:
Vitamin C and iron: Vitamin C enhances the absorption of iron, especially the kind found in plant-based sources like beans and lentils. “This combo is a great one-two punch for preventing iron deficiency and keeping energy levels up,” says Margulies.
Vitamin D and vitamin K12: These vitamins work synergistically to optimize calcium delivery and support bone health, says Dr. Hamdan.
Vitamin A and iron: Research shows this pairing is even more powerful together, especially for people dealing with anemia.
What about multivitamins?
If certain vitamins and minerals inhibit each other’s absorption, you might wonder about the safety of multivitamin supplements. “Multivitamins are specifically formulated with smaller, balanced doses that aren’t competing with each other,” explains Margulies.
Organics Multivitamin for Women
Multivitamin Tablets
Essential for Women Multivitamin
The bottom line
Before starting any new supplement — even an all-natural one — always consult with your healthcare provider. It’s the safest way to avoid potential contraindications with your current medications, especially blood pressure meds, thyroid meds, and anticoagulants, says Dr. Connor. “It’s always best to stick to a routine when it comes to taking your vitamins and minerals,” she says. “Once you know how to space them out safely, taking them at the same time each day can improve absorption and consistency.”
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36 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said: How is that even.possible?....damn II paid more than that for a single 13 mm socket
That was my point, unreal how cheap some of their stuff is.
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The deals are about to begin 👍
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Fact Sheet: U.S.-UK Reach Historic Trade Deal
The White House
May 8, 2025
ESTABLISHING A NEW PARADIGM FOR OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Today, on the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for World War II, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a historic trade deal, providing American companies unprecedented access to the UK markets while bolstering U.S. national security. This is a great deal for America.
President Trump: “The deal includes billions of dollars of increased market access for American exports, especially in agriculture, dramatically increasing access for American beef, ethanol, and virtually all of the products produced by our great farmers.”
“The UK will reduce or eliminate numerous non-tariff barriers that unfairly discriminated against American products.”
“This is now turning out to be, really, a great deal for both countries.”
Prime Minister Starmer: “This is going to boost trade between and across our countries. It’s going to not only protect jobs, but create jobs, opening market access.”
This trade deal will significantly expand U.S. market access in the UK, creating a $5 billion opportunity for new exports for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and producers.
This includes more than $700 million in ethanol exports and $250 million in other agricultural products, like beef.
It commits the countries to work together to enhance industrial and agricultural market access.
It closes loopholes and increases U.S. firms’ competitiveness in the UK’s procurement market.
It ensures streamlined customs procedures for U.S. exports.
It establishes high standard commitments in the areas of intellectual property, labor, and environment.
It maximizes the competitiveness and secures the supply chain of U.S. aerospace manufacturers through preferential access to high-quality UK aerospace components.
It creates a secure supply chain for pharmaceutical products.
The reciprocal tariff rate of 10%, as originally announced on Liberation Day, is in effect.
The United States will agree to an alternative arrangement for the Section 232 tariffs on UK autos.
Under the deal, the first 100,000 vehicles imported into the U.S. by UK car manufacturers each year are subject to the reciprocal rate of 10% and any additional vehicles each year are subject to 25% rates.
The United States also recognizes the economic security measures taken by the UK to combat global steel excess capacity and will negotiate an alternative arrangement to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum.
This deal creates a new trading union for steel and aluminum.
This U.S.-UK trade deal will usher in a golden age of new opportunity for U.S. exporters and level the playing fields for American producers.
Today’s action also sets the tone for other trading partners to promote reciprocal trade with the United States.
A FRAMEWORK TO BOLSTER ECONOMIC SECURITY: President Trump continues to advance the interests of the American people, enhancing market access for American exporters and lowering tariff and non-tariff barriers to protect our economic and national security.
On April 18, President Trump had a call with Prime Minister Starmer to discuss our bilateral trade relationship.
U.S. total goods trade with the UK was an estimated $148 billion in 2024.
The UK average applied agricultural tariff is 9.2% while the U.S. average applied agricultural tariff (prior to April 2) was 5%.
The UK maintains certain tariff and non-tariff barriers that restrict market access and create an unfair playing field for American workers and businesses.
For example, the UK imposes tariffs that can exceed 125% on meat, poultry, and dairy products on top of maintaining non-science-based standards that adversely affect U.S. exports.
On April 2, 2025, Liberation Day, President Trump imposed a 10% tariff on all countries to address unfair trade practices that have contributed to America’s trade deficit and imbalances in order to better protect American workers and our national security.
A MILESTONE IN ADVANCING AN AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY: Since Day One, President Trump challenged the assumption that American workers and businesses must tolerate unfair trade practices that have disadvantaged our workers and businesses for decades and contributed to our historic trade deficit.
Reversing these conditions and addressing the lack of reciprocity in America’s trade relationships will bring about a new Golden Age and Make America Great Again.
President Trump continues to advance the interests of the American people, enhancing market access for American exporters and lowering tariff and non-tariff barriers.
The Economic Prosperity Deal with the United Kingdom is a critical step forward in a special relationship to promote reciprocal trade with a key ally and partner.