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pirate-blues


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Vitamins and supplements 3
#26793811 - 06/30/20 06:17 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Srsly though, if you have a regimen, what is it? I know that bio-availability is ever the issue, so what's the consensus with what's effective, and what's not? Here's what I take everyday :
- fish oil pills - vitamin d - zinc(rona) - b6, b12(not a lot of meat) - magnesium(had a doctor recommend it for helping adhd, in particular - apparently people with adhd also tend to have lower levels of zinc,..I know a lot of you on this site are fellow space cadets) - lions mane mushroom extract - so i like this, but I'm not sure if the extract I use even can like...cross the blood brain barrier lol. Maybe a placebo, ordered some spores to grow my own.
https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/adhd-supplements-fish-oil-zinc-iron/
Obviously getting the nutrition from food and sources other than pills are ideal, but alas, we do the best we can. Healthy diet and exercise are the pillars.
What do you take? Has anything had a significant kind of effect on your general wellbeing over time?
Edited by pirate-blues (06/30/20 11:41 AM)
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The western diet often imbalances our nutrient supply and effectively deplete Magnesium. The problem with having low Magnesium is that once it's low in the body, your body will actually reject it through digestion. If you suspect you're lacking Magnesium, take a bath in some magnesium supplement like Epsom salts so that you can absorb it through the skin. After that resume oral supplementation.
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pirate-blues


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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: Magenta] 1
#26793830 - 06/30/20 06:41 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Interesting! I've heard about trans dermal absorption, but had no idea magnesium in particular was that difficult to get back up. I've got some epsom salts so I'll give it a try sometime in the immediate future
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I should be taking more but atm I just take fish oil capsules, vitamin d, vitamin b and ginko biloba (only 2 or 3 times a week) Been recently thinking about starting to add turmeric as well as lions mane into the mix.
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: Magenta] 2
#26793848 - 06/30/20 06:50 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont take anything really but I take electrolytes on fasting days, sodium, potassium, magnesium, I heard to stick with magnesium that ends in -ate cause its bio-available unlike stuff like oxide, but its more likely to give you the runs if you over do stuff like sulphate, citrate or glycinate, I drink a homemade electrolyte drink called snake juice and for 2L of water it calls for 1/2 teaspoon of food grade magnesium sulphate, that seems to not cause the runs in most people, you drink the 2L over the day slowly, never chug it, I think that amount has about 250mg IIRC
I also sometimes maybe 3-4 times a week drink eastern white pine tea(pinus strobus), which is loaded with vitamins C & A, I have about 5 trees just a 5 minute walk from my back door
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: gopher]
#26793878 - 06/30/20 07:08 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, I've heard that about it. I have to recheck what form I'm taking because I know some are more effective than others. TMI aside, so far so good lol. Maybe I'll just start doing epsom soaks like once a week. I don't really fast these days because I cycle about 100 hilly miles a week(not counting last week ), but I'd like to try a lighter variation of intermittent fasting..I already usually end up skipping breakfast out of laziness lol. Just gotta stop putting chocolate almond milk in my coffee and tea.
Out of curiousity have you ever had any general panel blood tests done to see if you have any deficiencies? I never fasted all that heavily, I know that there's a right and wrong way to do it - just curious about what kind of effect(potentially positive, even?) it could have on vitamin levels.
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never had bloodwork done, but I did do a 42 day fast, consuming nothing but black coffee and electrolytes and according to wikipedia I should have been in the early stages of scurvy, but I felt fine
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: gopher]
#26793894 - 06/30/20 07:23 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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That's amazing! That's pretty unfathomable. Mad props. For a while I would do two non consecutive days a week where I'd fast, and that seemed to help balance out that desk job lyfe a bit(and i swear, autophagy does fabulous things to my skin). I'd like to get the health benefits of autophagy without hurting myself with the exercise, so I've got to proceed with caution.
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yeah long fasts start to get to me mentally but physically I felt fine, like I was hungry the first week or 2, then I felt fine for a couple weeks then I started to get frustrated at not eating the last 2 weeks
for the last month Ive been doing alternate day fasting during the week and eating on a 16:8 intermittent fasting schedule on the weekend, so basically just eating on tue, thur, sat, and sun, mainly just doing it for weight loss, Ive dropped about 10 pounds since I started the ADF schedule
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: gopher] 1
#26794283 - 06/30/20 10:56 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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drop teh coffee if u really want to fast
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: zZZz]
#26794286 - 06/30/20 10:58 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Haven't you heard, vitamins are shit.
A mask is your best protection besides an untested vaccine.
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: zZZz]
#26794287 - 06/30/20 10:59 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just fast for weightloss mainly, so I dont really care about black coffee it ill cause a minimal insulin respinse if anything, on reddit someone posted a study that sugests black coffee might actually boost autophagy, but rally I think its an unknown
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: gopher]
#26794294 - 06/30/20 11:02 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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the coffee just makes things worse imho or ime I drank that stuff liek everyday all day 4 while liek I didnt stop anyway it really did a number on me fucked up my liver and still kinda recovering yall be careful with that stuff
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Great thread, pirate.
I'm not young anymore so I've been thinking more and more about vitamins (and which ones I need to start looking into taking).
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: zZZz]
#26794363 - 06/30/20 11:39 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
zZZz said: the coffee just makes things worse imho or ime I drank that stuff liek everyday all day 4 while liek I didnt stop anyway it really did a number on me fucked up my liver and still kinda recovering yall be careful with that stuff
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: Niffla]
#26794373 - 06/30/20 11:46 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I take 5000 IU of vitamin D a couple times a week in the winter, and occasionally in the summer if there's a long cloudy stretch. I also take a complex B vitamin after drinking, never noticed a real effect except having neon pee.
Otherwise I don't really bother with much. Even back when I was eating a pretty terrible diet, I had a vitamin panel done and everything was as it should be except I was on the lower end with vit D.
For supplements I take ashwaghanda and valerian occasionally if I'm anxious or stressed, both seem extremely mild even at large doses. Lemon balm as well. I take a blend of mushrooms when I feel like I'm getting sick, I believe it's Reishi, Turkey tail, Lion's mane, Chaga, Cordyceps and Maitake. There's a whole variety of researched health benefits that seem promising (though still not 100% convincing), it gives a nice clear headed feeling.
The research on transdermal magnesium is kinda meh, but an epsom salt bath is super relaxing either way
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: feevers]
#26794400 - 06/30/20 12:03 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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im pretty sure transdermal works, the skin is like a sponge
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Re: Vitamins and supplements [Re: feevers]
#26794401 - 06/30/20 12:04 PM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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I just take cod liver oil, it also naturally has Vitamin A and D in it.
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I just take a spirulina and a yeast pressie each morning, and I have a mix of toasted seeds that I add to at least one meal a day (white sesame, black sesame, flax, poppy and chia)
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Im malnurished yet I over eat.
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