Nutritional Supplements

Healthy Food Nutrition
#8

I try to get most of what I can through my food… I eat mainly raw vegetables and fruit, nuts and seeds, fish and poultry, and plenty of water, and occasionally a nice steak.

I supplement with;

ZMA to maintain good men’s health (apparently I’m a little deficient in Zinc)

EFA, so things like Flaxseed oil, Avocados, Oily fish, and good cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil.

Protein, I use Whey Protein Isolate for after an intense anaerobic/resistance training workout, and sometimes Cottage Cheese before bed, for the Casein, slow-release protein to help recovery during sleep.

Creatine, sometimes I use creatine for strength training. I would use it for a few months and once I get satisfactory results, then I’d stop using it.

Chinese Food, lol if I’m feeling a little over-trained, and my nervous system is packing it in, I might go for a nice drive to Sydney, and have a gelato at Sydney harbor, and then get some pork belly and fried rice from BBQ King… all fixed!! :slight_smile:

#9

If you can, take vitamins that are in a gel capsule…when portable toilets at outdoor concerts are collected and the refuse is reduced using high powered sprays. The left overs are then taken to dump.The left overs are tablets of all descriptions that have slipped through the digestive system, sugar coated especially as they are very slippy. I mean millions!..So bearing that it mind I only take what I’m sure will dissolve.

#10

Have you heard about Wild Oil of Oregano?..

#11

I don’t know that I believe that. Do you have any links to reputable sources to back up this claim?

#12

No I don’t David. …A guy that supplies portable toilets to the main festivals in England (Glastonbury e.g.) and Royal events too etc one of their tasks is to minimalise the waste for easier disposal. He said its a big bin full of tablets they are left with. He said that you can even read what might be on the tablet a lot of the time.

He commented that Centrium is one that appears a lot which he used to take. Sugar coated shell.

Its no different I suppose to tomato seeds. They slip through as well due to their slippery coating. Sewerage plants here have loads of tomato plants growing actually around the coke filtering system.

I only buy gel coated tablets where possible and If I have to take medicines in tablet form, I crush them, armed with a big glass of water.

He’s a reliable character, big business man etc, don’t see why he would raise it if its not true. He was amazed himself and stopped taking Centrium and switched to something else.

#13

I take:

-Now Foods Super Two, a green multi
-Cal-Mag-Zinc
-D3
-E
-Fish Oil
-Triphala

The green multi is basically to make me feel better on the days I eat on the run and don’t get my veggies. I much prefer to get fresh veggies, but some days it just doesn’t happen. D is for the sunlight, I don’t go out in it much. E is to help my periods be lighter and less painful. Fish oil is…ha! I can’t remember why I take it now. Something to do with hair loss I was experiencing, I think. And the triphala keeps my digestive tract clean and healthy.

#14

Heheh BlueLotus, if you can’t remember why you’re taking fish oil you might need to up the dose! :stuck_out_tongue:

I just quit eating meat as of 1/1, but I’m a (n unrepentant) lacto-ova vegetarian. I started taking NOW Foods Spirulina and Chlorella - loose powder in a morning smoothie. Boy that stuff tastes… awful. But I can say it makes me feel good!

#15

I’ve had a jar of Solgar Ashwagandha root for some time now. I think it might be good for men’s sexual function & root chakra amongst other stufff… I’ve just taken one so we’ll see.

I generally think you should be able to get all essential nutrients & nutrition from fresh fruit & veg. depending on your own climate and whether it is locally available or produced or grown…So i am generally a bit wary of poppping anything.Even co-codamol ( which has some codeine in it) i have to be pretty whacked out to take that.

I have’nt given up animal prodcts or meat just yet , always been a fan of olive oil and leafy green vegetables though even that you get bored of but maybe the vegetarianism will come in time.

Not sure if it is fixed or not…hey, what does that mean???lol

#16

whey protein for recovery after weightlifting.

I was taking a multi vitamin but I eat truckloads of veggies everyday and it was messing with my stomach. Since stoping the multi the stomach issues have gone away.

#17

[quote=BlueLotus;49281]
-Triphala

And the triphala keeps my digestive tract clean and healthy.[/quote]
I’ve never heard of Triphala before. Does it act as a laxative? How does it benefit the digestive tract? Thanks :slight_smile:

#18

I just introduced a B 12 sublingual vitamin this past week. I guess I wasn’t eating enough quinoa and eggs because I was really beginning to become energy deficient and my concentration was greatly waning.

After taking the supplement, I felt an effect within 20 minutes (keep in mind it’s a sublingual).

#19

I’m not on a specific regimen but end up taking about 2 handfuls (one in the morning, one at night) of supplements a day. Since starting this I have felt much more vital and rarely get sick for more than a day.

my “stack”:
multi
highish doses of A,B,C,D,E I have them all individually.
Omega-3
Calcium/Magnesium
spoonful of cinnamon

on occasion:
oregano
pro-biotic
ginko biloba
ginseng
probably some more that I’m forgeting

collecting supplements is a hobby of mine :smiley:

#20

Vitamin D, algae oil, methyl-b12, zink/magnesium.

I also take flax seeds/ hemp seeds, Sunwarrior brown rice protein and maca. (I mix this with frozen blueberries)

I also have a bag of cacao nibs, but I am never going to buy this again. Just a waste of money.

#21

i take Maxalife MX Fish Oil, and MX vitamin C. i take fish oil daily for safeguarding the heart, and for its anti-inflammatory characteristics. i take vit C to boost up my immune system.

#22

None…just lots of fresh foods…meat and fish are mostly organic and NO intensive farming…lots of fresh veg and fruits…again NO intensive farming and mostly organic and local…lots of water and fresh coconut water after exercise…
http://www.explorevitamins.co.uk/myths-about-vitamins.html

#23

[QUOTE=David;47815]Can you please share links to these legit studies please? Thanks :)[/QUOTE]

Beta carotene as a component of food prevents cancer, but when given as a supplement to help prevent lung cancer in smokers the rates of lung cancer actually [I]increased[/I]. Not just one study but a meta-analysis of four.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20738040

A healthy diet full of fresh fruit and vegetables appears to prevent cancer but this study found an increased risk of melanoma - the scary fatal skin cancer - with vitamin supplementation.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17709449

From a 2008 Cochrane Review of all the available literature: “We found no evidence to support antioxidant supplements for primary or secondary prevention. Vitamin A, beta-carotene, and vitamin E may increase mortality.” That means people taking these latter three supplements were actually more likely to die than those who were not.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18425980

I don’t take any pills from little plastic bottles that I don’t absolutely have to take - medicines, vitamins, nutrients, etc. I give my body good nutrition, adequate exercise, and a little sunlight every day. I support it’s ability to detox and thereby prevent cancer and chronic disease by making sure it has all that it needs in a natural way.

I don’t consider any whole food a “supplement.” I eats tons of fresh fruits and veggies, lots of fiber, an occasional egg to get B12, and I expose myself to sunshine to get vitamin D. I stay away from meat and milk and only rarely eat a little cheese. There’s almost always 2 tablespoons of flaxseed in the first meal of the day. I eat chia seed pudding or add the seeds to vegan baked goods or other meals.

When I get an upper respiratory virus, particularly a sore throat - which is rare - I may suck on some zinc lozenges for the first 24 hours to effect speedier recovery. Taking zinc every day all the time interferes with copper absorption which can lead to a neurological clinical syndrome of lower extremity weakness, balance problems, etc.

When I have bowel problems that aren’t resolving - IBS-like symptoms - I either eat live cultured yogurt for a few days or, if particularly severe, I take a probiotic.

The supplement industry is a 24 billion dollar a year machine that wants your money. Taking something every day that you don’t need and that hasn’t been adequately proven to help - and might even harm - makes little sense for anyone except the people who stand to benefit financially. I don’t like to be a sucker and to waste my cash - and that means avoiding “manufactured” nutrients - except for on the rare occasion when I am ill and feel a little boost has substantial benefit. Better that than a pharmaceutical.

Food is medicine. Just eat right.

For anyone who [I]absolutely[/I] can not eat a healthy diet because of financial or geographic constraints, a good multivitamin may be warranted.

#24

I currently take a multivitamin and flaxseed oil. I also drink Kombucha a few times a week.

#25

I take a wide variety of supplements. Always have. I’ve noticed since I started Yoga in the past few months a lot of mild health issues that have been plauging me for years (I’m 28) have been greatly reduced or gone away. I should know soon how much as I have some tests / blood work scheduled.

Iron (Periodically I have low-iron issues)
Calcium Magnesium
Vitamin B (B6 and complex)
Probiotic (currently on a strong one - have had gut/digestion/colon issues)
Vitamin C
Folic Acid (periodically)

I also drink Kombucha and enjoy it but I’ve been trying to cut back a bit.

#26

Spirulina, bee pollen, barley grass, raw veggies, nut milk, wild plants, honey, apple cider vinegar, hemp seed sprouts and other sprouts, hemp seed oil, everything masticated that is pretty much my whole diet.

#27

I just take iron for my anemia and vitamin c. But I have been advised to take a multivitamin capsule. Still deciding on that tho.