What health supplements do you take?
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One generic daily multi vitamin for men and 1- 81mg baby aspirin a day.
Everything else plenty of fruits and vegetables every day.
I was always strict about taking the daily multi vitamin for decades, now I still do take one but maybe a little less strict only because I eat so much fruit and vegetables. I always took the asprin a day for decades and still do because family history, now still take it with doctors approval and cardiologist approval. I think this and diet has me largely avoiding the family history of heart problems, fingers still crossed.
Everything else plenty of fruits and vegetables every day.
I was always strict about taking the daily multi vitamin for decades, now I still do take one but maybe a little less strict only because I eat so much fruit and vegetables. I always took the asprin a day for decades and still do because family history, now still take it with doctors approval and cardiologist approval. I think this and diet has me largely avoiding the family history of heart problems, fingers still crossed.
thank you henni, i hope that your helpful post doesn’t shut down this thread and i am not being sarcastic.
i take a vitamin/mineral supplement that contains 100% rda.
my brother is a board-certified eye surgeon and years ago developed a supplement that addresses early onset of pre-surgery cataracts, which he has since morphed into supplements in general. he explains it in true bitog-fashion: imagine that your body is a car engine and your daily intake of vitamins/minerals is your engine oil. your car runs progressively less well if your dipstick is low. for optimum performance simply keep your oil level at the dipstick full mark as it was designed, do same with vitamins/minerals. with the recent virus he does recommend upping c, d and zinc intake, but at the very least maintain a 100% rda supplement intake. it’s important to read the back label of the supplement bottle and pay a little extra to get a full 100% rda appropriate to your age and gender.
also lutein for eyes, a joint supplement (i painlessly jog with 2x6lb handweights 4mi daily), krill oil, low dose aspirin.
and try to avoid going down the big pharma, silly-named, pill path.
a few years ago i needed a cardiac evaluation. the cardiologist, after extensive testing found nothing life-threatening, but wanted to start me out on some daily silly-named pill and come back for a followup evaluation. my brother told me to throw out the written prescription, start exercising more regularly, eat/drink a little more sensibly and don’t return. it all worked, ymmv. my brother, a solo practitioner with 40 years of medicine and 25,000+ surgeries under his belt, is not a huge fan of corporate/government american medicine as it practiced today, needless to say.
i take a vitamin/mineral supplement that contains 100% rda.
my brother is a board-certified eye surgeon and years ago developed a supplement that addresses early onset of pre-surgery cataracts, which he has since morphed into supplements in general. he explains it in true bitog-fashion: imagine that your body is a car engine and your daily intake of vitamins/minerals is your engine oil. your car runs progressively less well if your dipstick is low. for optimum performance simply keep your oil level at the dipstick full mark as it was designed, do same with vitamins/minerals. with the recent virus he does recommend upping c, d and zinc intake, but at the very least maintain a 100% rda supplement intake. it’s important to read the back label of the supplement bottle and pay a little extra to get a full 100% rda appropriate to your age and gender.
also lutein for eyes, a joint supplement (i painlessly jog with 2x6lb handweights 4mi daily), krill oil, low dose aspirin.
and try to avoid going down the big pharma, silly-named, pill path.
a few years ago i needed a cardiac evaluation. the cardiologist, after extensive testing found nothing life-threatening, but wanted to start me out on some daily silly-named pill and come back for a followup evaluation. my brother told me to throw out the written prescription, start exercising more regularly, eat/drink a little more sensibly and don’t return. it all worked, ymmv. my brother, a solo practitioner with 40 years of medicine and 25,000+ surgeries under his belt, is not a huge fan of corporate/government american medicine as it practiced today, needless to say.
Only Liquid Vitamin D. No way, over 63, this far north can I get/make enough Vitamin D without eating seals. Fine in the summer with shorts and t-shirts, but no way in the winter. Greens and other sources are fine, but orange flavored D drops are just too easy. Every other day is fine.
EDIT: Everyone should get their D levels checked, especially if over 50-60 or so. It's really is the only vitamin I have ever taken that I can feel. Mood, energy, general well being. If you have taken pills and nothing changes, try the liquid drops. For many, the pills just are excreted or not absorbed, but for whatever reason don't work, and won't raise D levels. A couple drops (depending on concentration/dosage) of some food (a bit oily food is best) in the AM is best (at night it can and will disturb sleep)
EDIT: Everyone should get their D levels checked, especially if over 50-60 or so. It's really is the only vitamin I have ever taken that I can feel. Mood, energy, general well being. If you have taken pills and nothing changes, try the liquid drops. For many, the pills just are excreted or not absorbed, but for whatever reason don't work, and won't raise D levels. A couple drops (depending on concentration/dosage) of some food (a bit oily food is best) in the AM is best (at night it can and will disturb sleep)
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since we are discussing health may i add:
dental care. daily flossing, mouthwash (can be a simple/cheap saltwater gargle), brush after meals. after some expensive and extensive dental work i got religion here.
sanitation. wash up after coming into home/work and toileting, before eating and sleeping. leave your shoes at the home door. change your outside for inside clothes.
exercise. develop a lifetime habit of doing something, anything, even if your work is physical now.
cut the cable tv cord. get a library card. discover youtube tv to get your free daily fix of jeopardy, wheel of fortune, and great hollywood classical tv and movies.
eat properly. it’s actually cheaper too.
dental care. daily flossing, mouthwash (can be a simple/cheap saltwater gargle), brush after meals. after some expensive and extensive dental work i got religion here.
sanitation. wash up after coming into home/work and toileting, before eating and sleeping. leave your shoes at the home door. change your outside for inside clothes.
exercise. develop a lifetime habit of doing something, anything, even if your work is physical now.
cut the cable tv cord. get a library card. discover youtube tv to get your free daily fix of jeopardy, wheel of fortune, and great hollywood classical tv and movies.
eat properly. it’s actually cheaper too.
daily vitamin, B12, zinc
None at the moment. I have in the past.
Mom was/is a health nut when I was growing up, wife is also a health nut and I eat a Mediterranean diet.
I do eat a small handful of Brazil nuts everyday for the selenium. I need to think about vitamin D however.
Mom was/is a health nut when I was growing up, wife is also a health nut and I eat a Mediterranean diet.
I do eat a small handful of Brazil nuts everyday for the selenium. I need to think about vitamin D however.
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1 BCAAs and 1 Creatine Monohydrate pills. In the morning
MultiVit & D3
I do this for an hour or two when it is sunny and not too chilly.
-Vitamin D3
-Zinc
-Vitamin C
-Quercetin
-Melatonin at night
Also exercise daily, and try to eat healthy. I've started limiting my caffeine intake, and I've noticed it has reduced my migraines a bit.
-Zinc
-Vitamin C
-Quercetin
-Melatonin at night
Also exercise daily, and try to eat healthy. I've started limiting my caffeine intake, and I've noticed it has reduced my migraines a bit.
I do C, D3, Zinc.
try to eat healthy. But Vitamin D deficiency is real in the winter where it's dark more than it's light.
try to eat healthy. But Vitamin D deficiency is real in the winter where it's dark more than it's light.
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