15mg Zinc, that's it. Vitamins via fruits. Too much supplements will eff your body up and it will hurt your health.
I eat a lot of fish and it helps with my mood as I get frustrated very easily. It's the Omega I believe. As far as supplements, if I can't sleep I'll take some melatonin and that helps. I don't feel like **** in the morning like I do when I take anything "PM"
Too much of a particular thing, yes. But not just "supplements" in general. Although our bodies are very resilient and efficient at getting rid of excess that we ingest. This is part of why most of the things I take aren't redundant and don't overlap with each other.
I've cut back on meat in the last year so I'm drinking yogurt & whey protein shakes in the morning with breakfast. Other than that, I just keep a balanced diet with lots of green vegetables and whole grains. I recently bought a huge bag of quinoa at CostCo so I've been eating a lot of that. Keeps me going.
This reminds me of the time I took a Vitamin B pill an hour before a piss test my dad gave me for toking up in high school. I drank around 1 gallon of water the night before till the time I took my test. Without the Vitamin B pill my pee would have came out clear, thus automatic fail. Vitamin B makes your pee yellow even if you've consumed a lot of water. I wouldn't rely on this method, but I got it to work. :grin: Oh, and I don't take anything daily. Sometimes I will take Vitamin C, B, or fish oil. Can't say I notice much of a difference other than my pee when I take Vitamin B.
The L-Arginine sounds interesting. I've been looking for something to help recover. I have kidney trouble and it really screws with my muscles. I take... Omega3 Pre-workout Creatine Beta-Alanine Post-workout Syntha-6 Protein The beta-alanine was recommended to me by a trainer and it really helps with endurance. I probably get an extra 20% more done using it.
Whey protein and zinc - currently use. I'll have a post workout shake and occasionally mix the whey with yogurt or cottage cheese. I also drink green tea several days per week. I've used argenine before but didn't notice anything. Maybe I'll give it another shot and take a higher dosage. After reading this thread I think I'll try Maca, apple cider vinegar, cinnamon, and melatonin. My body generally feels good but I lack energy and focus sometimes when I could really use it to get things done. Getting better sleep and falling asleep faster (usually takes me 45 mins to an hour) is what I need most. Donny (or anybody)- do you have a recommendation for the specific cinnamon bark you use? I looked on Amazon and there are a lot of different forms to choose from. That's a broad generalization. Of course too much will hurt you. But the cost and availability of nutritious food in the US makes it hard to get everything you need through food alone at an affordable price. The USDA and food lobbyists have a stranglehold on the food industry and have industrialized food manufacturing so that most of our food comes from cheap ingredients (derivatives of corn and soybean) that make them the most money. Produce and good meat is expensive unless you live close to a farmer's market.
swanson's website looks like a parked domain page. i refreshed the page like 5 times before i realized it was legit. i'm dead serious.
I usually take GNC VitaPaks (Performance & Vitality or Sport) but got a good price on the Costco brand, Kirkland... It has: - A multivitamin - Vitamin E 200 I.U. - 500MG Calcium - 500MG Vitamin C w/ Rose Hips - Asian Ginseng (Panax) Concentrate, 100MG - B-50 I also take a fish oil occasionally and glucosamine for when my knee sometimes hurts before/after workouts.
Forgot to mention, I have class pretty early and like to workout right after. But, I'm generally sleepy when I get home. During the drive, I sometimes have a Redbull or something but is there anything healthier I should consider that will give me a boost to want to get my workout in?
I think it's this: http://www.swansonvitamins.com Are you talking about a second workout? Or the first one after class? It's a little confusing the way you explained it.
At this point, I only take a (vegetarian/vegan) multivitamin. I used to take several different vitamins (calcium, potassium, Vitamin D, Vitamin C I think, etc.), but never really noticed any differences. Or at least nothing I couldn't attribute to placebo or 1500+ random variables. Of course, the one time I could actually measure a difference (was trying out CoQ10 to see if it would lower blood pressure), I found that it didn't really do anything. And that was with pretty "solid" evidence...a "B" in the evidence section at MayoClinic.com for helping to lower blood pressure. Talked to my doctor about it later, and he wasn't surprised. Probably should have asked him before I threw away that money. I'd probably drop the multivitamin, but since changing to a vegetarian diet, it is probably better to have that (also ran that by my doctor...I was actually pushing to drop it). I also occasionally take in some whey protein from time to time, but not right now. Because of past history and some research, I'm pretty leery of vitamins/supplements these days, at least in general. Too easy to claim some mystical ingredient can "strengthen the immune system" or "provide more antioxidants" (are those even good things?). I think some can help out a lot, although they all get lumped together and it is hard to figure out the good ones from the scams. I'll probably just stick to trying to do the usual "healthy" stuff (eat well, consistent sleep schedule, exercise regularly, etc.), but might be open to trying out some of the more "clinically proven" vitamins/supplements. I'd run it by my doctor first of course, just so I don't throw away money again. For people who have done the research, which vitamins/supplements seem to have the most evidence for it (i.e., what is worth considering for a skeptic like me)? I spot-checked a few listed in the thread and saw varying levels of evidence. It is good to know that cinnamon bark may be possibly effective for preventing premature ejaculation though. I mean...so I could tell my friends who might have this problem anyway. Yeah...that's why I said it is good to know. No other reason.
Sorry about that, hopefully this helps: First (and only) workout of the day. I wake up early, have my vitapak with breakfast. I have class till about 12pm. Would like to start my workout around 12:30 but my energy level is very low.
First, if you're sleepy on the way home, you may just need more sleep. That may allow you to be awake and ready to exercise by 1230, rather than sluggish and dragging. Or you may have too much time between then and 1230, so you may need to fit in a snack in between. If not, then your breakfast may be made up of too many, or only, simple carbs and sugar, which don't provide long lasting energy.
