Thanks, ff! Yes, I am just starting on mineral supplements too and also doing the think with the baking soda to alkalize the mouth. Very interesting about taking them with something acid. Maybe I should take them with lemonade! (I've been having lemonade lately with stevia for sweetener.) Citrus is really hard on the teeth so I know I need to do the alkaline thing right after drinking that -- but then I wonder if that would affect the mineral absorption to have other things going in that are alkaline?!