RCP Resources
What is involved in the Root Cause Protocol (RCP)?
We talk more about the nuts and bolts of the Root Cause Protocol here. The protocol involves a series of stages split into ‘Stops’ and ‘Starts’. It’s designed to be largely self-guided/led and a way to support your body back to balance itself.
This page contains the outline of specific products we use or suggest for our clients to implement the Root Cause Protocol.
This list of products will assist you to implement the protocol; they have been split into their specific stages in the protocol.
There are some additional suggestions within these resources that are outside of the RCP Manual, these have come from Kristan and Teresa’s personal experience and sometimes clients have also been able to see benefits from these products (these products are indicated by ‘**’).
Mineral Drops
Amenas Daily Boost
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Aussie Trace Minerals
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ConcenTrace mineral drops
Ancient Lakes Magnesium
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Anderson’s Sea M.D.
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Concentrace Trace Mineral Drops
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Adrenal Cocktail
DIY Option *
- You can find recipes to make your own Adrenal Cocktail (including alternative ingredients) here.
Jigsaw Adrenal Cocktail
Purchase options:
Jar – via Supporting Balance * Capsules – via Supporting Balance * - Jar – DetoxPeople
- Capsules – DetoxPeople
- Jar – Amazon
- Capsules – Amazon
- Jar – iherb
- Capsules – iherb
- Jar – Jigsaw Health (USA)
- Capsules – Jigsaw Health (USA)
C+Salts Kakadu Plum Mineral Support (Adrenal Tonic)
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Potassium Bicarbonate
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Optional – Gaia Herbs Adrenal Health daily support (Withania and other support – phytocaps)
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Wholefood Vitamin C
Please note, both Innate Response and ‘Mega Foods Ultra C’ do list ascorbic acid, but Morley has liaised directly with people involved with the manufacture and we have confirmation from the company that there’s a very small amount present.
Kristan and her family use. the innate response product and have done for many years.
Innate Response Formulas
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Mega Foods ‘Ultra C’ (same product as innate response, rebranded)
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Ancient Lakes – Kakadu Plum Powder
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Pure Synergy
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AmaFruits Acerola
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- AmaFruits {frozen produce}
Navitas Organics – Organic Camu Powder
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Magnesium
It is recommended that you read through this page on Magnesium and getting guidance before starting.
Topical/Transdermal
Magnesium Water (Magnesium Bicarbonate)
- Typically you make Magnesium Water using either magnesium hydroxide (which can be purchased here – via Supporting Balance) or milk of magnesia if you are able to source it. For the recipe, click here and the recipe is located under the Liquid tab
Blants Magnesium Oil
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Ancient Minerals
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Jigsaw MagRelief
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Magnesium Chloride Flakes/Salt
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- Food Grade Magnesium Flakes – Supporting Balance
- Blants Food Grade Magnesium Chloride Flakes
- Ancient Lakes Magnesium Salt – Treat Me Nice
Epsom Salts
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- Blants Bath Salts
- Also available at most local pharmacies/drugstores
Mag Hydroxide
(used to make milk of magnesia for applying to the skin, using as a toothpaste or mouthwash as well as to make mag water)
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Franks Lotion (magnesium with aloe vera)
DIY Option – Click here and scroll down to see Franks Lotion recipe
Magnesium Co Factors
(Boron and Bicarb for baths/foot soaks)
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Tablets
Jigsaw Health MagPure Malate 120 capsules
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Jigsaw Health MagSRT (B-Free 240 tablets)
Slow release tablets (do not break these or they will not be slow release)
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Formula IQ – MagIQ – malate
Magnesium malate (main magnesium of the product) – 140mg per capsule.
Purchase options:
- 90 capsules – via Supporting Balance
- Formula IQ (FIQ) – link coming soon
Jigsaw Health MagPure Glycinate (120 capsules)
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Jigsaw Health MagSoothe
‘Tart raspberry’ flavoured. 200mg magnesium per scoop or packet.
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Individual Packets – via Supporting Balance Tub – via Supporting Balance - Individual packets via Jigsaw Health (USA)
- Tub via Jigsaw Health (USA)
- Individual packets – iHerb
Formula IQ – MagIQ glycinate
Magnesium glycinate (main magnesium of the product) – 200mg per capsule.
Purchase options:
- 60 capsules – via Supporting Balance
- Formula IQ (FIQ) – link coming soon
Source Naturals magnesium malate
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Doctors Best Mag (magnesium glycinate)
100mg per tablet.
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Jigsaw Brain Boost (magnesium l-threonate)**
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Cod Liver Oil
Jigsaw Alaskan Cod Liver Oil
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Softgels – via Supporting Balance Bottle 240mL – via Supporting Balance - Softgels – via Jigsaw Health (USA)
- Bottle 240mL – via Jigsaw Health (USA)
- Amazon
- Softgels – iHerb
Formula IQ (FIQ) Cod Liver IQ
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- Softgels – via Supporting Balance
- Softgels – via FormulaIQ
Wholefood Vitamin E Complex
Standard Process Wheat Germ Oil
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Formula IQ (FIQ) Wheat Germ Oil
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Softgels – via Supporting Balance - Softgels – via FormulaIQ (FIQ)
Nutiva Organic Red Palm Oil
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Life Extension – Gamma E Mixed Tocopherols & Tocotrienols
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Now Vitamin E Cream
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Organic Foods
Try to source fresh and healthy organic foods where you can. Do some research on farms in your area that produce spray-free produce.
B Vitamins from Nature
Bee Pollen
Aim for bee pollen as local to you as possible. If you are in Australian, aim for Aussie sources only – this avoids irradiation and maximises nutrients. Read the packet and confirm with the supplier that it is 100% Australian/local sourced.
Purchase options:
- Living Valley
- F & M bee keepers* (Brisbane, Kristan uses these when possible as they are local to her)
- Stakich
Now Foods Stabilised Rice Bran
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Grassfed Beef Liver
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NXGEN Organic Beef Liver Capsules – via Supporting Balance * Perfect Liver Capsules – Perfect Supplements Australia - Pete Evans Liver Capsules – Gelpro Australia
Perfect Liver Powder – Amazon
Diatomaceous Earth
Food Grade
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Diatomaceous Earth Online - Health Food Stores
KVL Lab
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Lumino
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Boron
Trace Minerals Research Ionic Boron
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‘Now’ Boron 3mg capsules
Boron via borax in your bath is another way to get more boron in your body without taking a supplement.
There are trace amounts of boron in mineral drops as well.
Taurine
Now Foods
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Iodine
Oregon’s Wild Harvest Kelp
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Seagreen’s Iodine+ Organic Dried Seaweed
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Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, Organic, Sea Seasonings, Kelp Granules, 1.5 oz (43 g)
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These are the non-nutritional factors that are just as important as the nutritional factors. They can be started at any time.
1. Donate Blood
2. Increase Sunlight
3. Doing “Joyful Movement”
4. Clearing Food & Environmental Sensitivities
5. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
6. Limit Blue Light Radiation Exposure
Potassium
Potassium Bicarbonate
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Potassium Chloride
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Potassium Gluconate
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Digestive Support
Digest Basic
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Trienza
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Please note, the chewable option may have citric acid, a ‘stop’ within the RCP. We believe this is a small amount and a balance between the benefit of properly digested food, and the ‘less than ideal’ inclusion of the citric acid is a decision that will need to be personally made.
Kristan still chose to use these with her youngest daughter when she wasn’t able to use capsules or powder as it ended up a choice between nothing or something not 100% ideal. She was careful with choosing to use it only when she felt needed – sometimes it was often and other times it was rare.
If she had her time again, she would now opt for capsules and to mix them in with food if possible first, only using the chewable as a back-up option.
When her daughter had learned to take capsules at 7 years old, she swapped to that version, but in that time they have swapped to rarely needing them.
Betaine HCL
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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- Available from local health food stores – ideally something organic and ‘with the mother’ eg Braggs
Fermented Foods
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- Water and milk kefir, kombucha and sauerkraut are available from health food stores and even IGAs/independent supermarkets around Australia
- Local communities often have people who will share the starter cultures (eg scobies for kombucha or grains for water kefir) so you can start up your own fermenting brews. Connecting with others in similar interests is rewarding on a deeper level too if you can!
Probiotics
Kristan and Teresa have found different probiotics can be beneficial, but it really varies person to person as to results.
The following are listed in no particular order.
Some products they have used include:
Jigsaw Health probiotics – via Supporting Balance * - Jarrow Formulas, Saccharomyces Boulardii Plus MOS – via iherb
- Nutrition Now, PB 8 With Lactobacillus & Bifidobacterium – via iherb
- Symbiotics, candida balance with colostrum plus- via iHerb
Please note that the product listed with ‘candida balance’ in the title is not recommended for the purpose of ‘fighting candida’ as such. The focus of the RCP is to strengthen the host, NOT to attack the guest. This product has beneficial probiotics and inclusion of colostrum and apolactoferrin.
Kristan has personally found this helped her even though she had no particular signs of candida overgrowth nor testing to suggest it existed.
Miscellaneous
Nature’s Sunshine Histablock
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Kali Phos
Homeopathic product to help potassium go into cells.
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Mag Phos
Homeopathic product to help magnesium go into cells.
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Bioray ‘Happy’
Natural worming/parasite treatment for kids.
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* Kristan’s Preferred Option
** This option is not an ‘official’ RCP product however may still be suitable. See Disclaimer above.