Beta-carotene for eyes,
zinc for immune, glucosamine for joints, fish oil for heart, melatonin for sleep, calcium w/ fiber for bone, flax
oil for cholesterol and
multi vitamin.
OOOPS, I didn't see the part about guys.
Right now im taking a multi vitamin(health, helps supress the dark circles under my eyes), glucosamine
(for my bad knees), protein powder(muscle gain after lifting), and thinking about starting creatine before my
workout for the same reason.
What you guys take and for what reasons.
Beta-carotene for eyes,
zinc for immune, glucosamine for joints, fish oil for heart, melatonin for sleep, calcium w/ fiber for bone, flax
oil for cholesterol and
multi vitamin.
OOOPS, I didn't see the part about guys.
Ah, you're one of the guys
here.
Inositol for the liver, DMAE for general health and the brain, L-Arginine for the heart and circulatory,
Tribex for testosterone, Multi-vitamin for general health, protein drink with fruit and oatmeal for cholesterol and
'cause becuase it tastes good.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
this has got to be the most innovative nutritional test I've ever heard of.... they test your living
white blood cells to determine what your nutrient requirements
are:
http://www.spectracell.com/OurServices-LabServices.htm
Ready for a long
list?
- Multi-vitamin for obvious reasons
- Calcium for our bones
- Omega-3 for his heart and my skin
-
Vit C - anti-oxidant and Mom told me to take it
- Vit B-complex - depleted by alcohol and for extra energy
-
DHEA - to increase testosterone
- Glucosamine for joint health, sorely needed because we work out alot
- Saw
Palmeto him/ for his prostate
- Co-enzyme Q10 him/ to counter-act the statin medication
- Selenium - Heart,
anti-oxidant
And oatmeal with blueberries for breakfast - high protein for lunch and evenings are for relaxing
and splurging!
Ambrotose by a company called
Mannatech. This company has atrocious bs pyrmaiding practices, btw. However, a friend of mine hasn't been sick in
about 6 years taking this stuff. I was getting a cold about every 3-6 weeks from my young daughter (18 months)
until I started taking this stuff about 4 months ago. The cold I had at the time ended and I've not been sick
since. I don't know if it's placebo effect or real, but don't much care. I'll continue to take the stuff if I
continue to not get sick.
Other than that I take a multivitamin.
- zinc
- sometimes a
multivit
- protein shake (just started)
- 2g of vit C a day if I feel a cold coming on
Honestly, a better
approach to this kind of healthy living is to sort your diet out.
- limit junk and ready-made foods: obvious
reasons. You should really try to cut these completely from your diet, but it is hard
- good balance of fruit/veg
and meat: to provide a good balance of protein (AA's), fats etc.
- fish and nuts: omega-3's and other EFA's.
Brazil nuts are a good source of magnesium as well
- lots of varied fruit and veg.: to many benifits to list, vits
and fibre to name two.
- milk: calcium
- oats: fibre
There are exceptions (a lot have been listed here
already), but you can do a lot for your health this way.
And it's cheaper.
And it tastes better.
Breakfast of my
champ:
- Oatmeal (Heart health, energy)
- Made with skim milk instead of water (calcium, protein)
- Wheat
bran (some more fiber)
- 1 TBsp ground flaxseed (heart)
- Blueberries (allegedly one of the healthiest foods on
earth - anti-oxidants)
- If no blueberries then maybe a couple of walnuts sprinkled on top
- Maybe a TBsp of
wheat germ (Vit A if I remember right)
It sticks to your ribs, tastes good and is very healthy.
Another
favorite here is:
Vegetable stir-fry (frozen mix of your choice)
With cubes of chicken or turkey
and tofu
(firmest kind)
Boiled cauliflower, blended with some cream added makes for a great imitation of mashed potatoes
(South Beach Diet recipe)
Here's my personal rule:
If it has alot of calories - It better taste darn good (like chocolate)
If it does not taste darn good - It
better be very healthy for me and/or have few calories in it
By applying this I have completely and forever
eliminated some foods - like fried stuff. This rule is customizable to any taste.
I'm in the process of trying to
lose weight so I currently take a multi-vitamin (specifically a One-A-Day Weight Smart along with the usual
vitamins, it also has green tea extract), 1 Vertia Herbal pill twice a day (for reproductive health), 3 tablespoons
of milled flax seed (a great source of Omega 3). I also take a phase 2 starch blocker to assist with weight loss.
For good measure, I've thrown in 30 minutes of exercize, three times a week. I'm thinking about switching my
multi-vitamin to the GNC Women's Ultra Mega.
multivatamin/mineral
DHEA
Ginko
Garlic
Saw Palmeto with English Hawthorn
Rice Protein
Wheat Grass
Flax Oil
and lots of antioxidatants: Turmeric, Ginger, Green Tea, Pomogranate Juice, Acai
Juice, Parsley etc.
Despite all this — plus daily yoga and about 10hrs moderate cardio/week — I’m still
getting older.
Anybody know of a cure?
Give truth a chance.
Vampirism.
If a guy's a cocksucker in his life, when he dies, he don't become a saint. - Morris Levy, Hitmen
Holmes' Theme Song
Aim to increase the amount if exercise you doOriginally Posted by Aries1
over time. Make sure it stays hard; if it's hard, your body is still having to adapt to accomodate the change and
(depending on your routine) this should make you leaner, increase your metabolism, increase bone density, etc.
Some people think buying expensive cars, ditching their wives/gfs for young women, dyingOriginally Posted by a.k.a.
their hair, quitting their jobs, and disowning their previous direction in life helps.
NG, your breaky looks great. I
could use one of those right now.
Folks, you would literally not believe all the supplements I take day in
and day out. I want to get my entire ritual down in print one of these days soon, but to give you a general idea of
the severity:
- I eat only vegetarian food and (almost) only organically grown stuff, mostly raw food
- I fast
every Monday until evening when I have a large organic vege juice, green super food yada yada shake that would make
most folks barf just to look at it
- I drink only spring water and boatloads of it every day
B
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
- Buddha
Yoga in Eugene
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Originally Posted by CptKipling
Thanks for the advice... I started exercising back in January
when the weight loss from dieting alone started to slow. Now that I have a routine I enjoy, I actually look forward
to exercising.
Any one use Shaklee?
HK45Mark23
I hope you continue to enjoyOriginally Posted by Aries1
exercising, keep up the good work!
I'd love to hear a good shake recipe! I've dabbledOriginally Posted by Bruce
a little with it. But so far only nonfat yogurt and fruit based + compatible ingredients (soy protein etc). Once you
start with shakes, it literally makes Slimfast look like junk food!
Right now I take a good quality
multivitamin, protein powder, a probiotic, B Complex, fish oil, and vitamin D during cold and flu season. I think
taking a good quality supplement is just as important as choosing which supplements to take. For my multi, I use the
Rainbow Light brand. All of their vitamins are food based, which are more easily digested and absorbed into the body
than synthetic vitamins. They make a good <link deleted> and <link deleted> vitamin, which is nice because you only
need to take one pill.
Last edited by belgareth; 06-23-2010 at 06:46 AM.
Oh... 2005. Talk about a "zombie"
thread...
Although our most recent poster sounds like someone pushing a product, I will chime in by saying that
as an old guy, I still pretty much limit my suppliment intake to just a couple of basic multivitamins and a half
tablet of a super B complex (watching my B12 especially) a week. I realized I am already getting a passle of
"natural" viatmins in the foods I eat (besides the added ones they put in during processing some foods).
There
seems to be plenty of solid evidence from trusted sources that are now saying that a daily multi is really a waste
(just get "expensive urine"), and that even the synthetic vitamins, although perhaps not as well absorbed, still
provide sufficient levels. (I don't think many of us are complaining about our synthetic pheromones now are we?).
It would be nice if there were ways of cheap efficient and effective vitamin level testing to see where our
bodies stand so to speak. But like most anything in medicine, most things are based on opinion. Those "Minimum Daily
Requirements" are primarily conjecture ("SWAG" - Scientific Wild-Ass Guess) anyway, and seem to be subject to
frequent change (although not "officially").
Even here with vitamins and suppliments I would tread carefully.
There is danger in getting far too much, perhaps more than in getting too little. Listening to your own body, and
taking things one small step at a time is far better than just blindly following someone else's "opinion."
And those are some of MY opinions...
The opposite of love isn't hate.
It's apathy.
These days - fish oil, folic acid and vitamin C. I also take Chinese ginseng/royal jelly mix
and shou wu chih, a subtle yet remarkable herbal drink which the Chinese say is a longevity
tonic.
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