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2005-01-17 12:22 PM

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Subject: Daily Supplements

Are they necessary, I mean if you eat right arent you already getting the vitamins you need? I read an article over the weekend trying to support this. But todays food, even whole foods are so genetically altered. I take a multi-vitamin, gnc brand, every day and supplement with Creatine for short periods (1 month on 1 or 2 month off).

What's everyone else doing?



2005-01-17 12:31 PM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I'm doing a GNC multivitamin also. I also eat Powerbar Protein Plus bars which are nutrient dense. Vitamins are pretty much the only supplement I use right now. I'm tempted to pick up some antioxidents as that is highly recommended by Brian Shea at PBN. He has an all in one supplement cocktail you may want to look at.
2005-01-17 12:39 PM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I take a multi-vitamin about 4 times a week. I take extra vitamin C because the mult-vitamin is too low, and extra B12 for stress.

You are supposed to get all the vitamins you need from food. But the way we eat and the way food is processed, there is no guarantee.

Vitamins will not improve your performance, but a vitamin deficiency can make you sick and hurt performance.

I read some place that a good multi-vitamin, three times a week, is all that's needed to insure you won't have a vitamin deficiency.

I think this is a pretty balanced view of vitamins and sports...

http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/290/rt45.cfm?pid=38

Benardot: I have not witnessed any toxic reactions to vitamin excess in athletes, but such effects usually take a long time to become apparent. I believe that consumption of one supplement providing 100% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance taken every other day or every third day makes sense in that it would provide sufficient nutrient value to act as a security blanket, yet avoid the potential for over consumption that could lead to toxicity. Importantly, taking a supplement several times each week, as opposed to every day, makes it less likely that the supplement would be confused as a satisfactory alternative to normal eating.
2005-01-17 12:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I think it's especially important for anyone who trains hard to at least use basic supps. I really like Vitamin World brand products...they have 50% off and buy 1 get 1 free sales every month. I take a multi-vit, antioxidant vit, green tea extract, ALA, Joint Soother (glucosamine, condroitin, MSM), and Flax oil. I also started using Endurox R4 after most workouts for recovery.
2005-01-17 3:30 PM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I take a multivitamin (centrium silver because my dad buys it), glucosamine chondrointant (sp?) for my joints, and Vaso XP (also goes by NO2 and various other breand names) which is a vasodialator that speeds recovery and helps promote lean muscle growth every day.  I had also been taking  phoshagen HP creatine on a semi regular basis but I've decided to stop once I finish my current bottle.  I think creatine makes me retain too much water and I'm starting to get out of the strength training phase of my training cycle. 
I highly recommend Vaso XP (I've tried other brands but this seems to work the best) especially if you are strength training or having trouble recovering after hard workouts. 
2005-01-22 7:09 PM
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I also take NO2 (Arginine Alpha-ketoglutarate) and a milti vitamin. the NO2 is awesome stuff, i can really tell a difference since i started taking it. i just finished my first bottle. you have to take alot though, 8 big a$$ pills a day and drink alot of water but i think thye really work. you get this kind of extra push towards the end of a long workout. I also recover faster
I guess it works by stimulating the excretion of nitric acid which dilates your blood vessels


2005-01-22 7:54 PM
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Since taking supplements I have had better training sessions.
I take:
3 x 500mg Glucosomine (twice a day)
1 x 500 mg L-Carnitine (3 times a day)
1 x chromium picolinate
1 x Mega multi
32 grams of protein three times a day (once after morning workout once after night workout)
E!!!
A fiber supplement

Geoff

2005-01-23 12:14 AM
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I take a centrum multivitamin once daily
5g of creatine twice daily
3 pills of optygen once daily
20g of protein supplement once daily

I am just starting back to a workout program and am trying to combine endurance with alot of upper body strength to work on my push-ups and whatnot. I have to say by far the optygen is probably the most noticeable supplement that I take. I used to take it awhile back before I got out of shape and both times I noticed a rapid improvement over my endurance. I eat better than I used to but I still doubt I get all the nutrition I need. I tend to eat the same 10 things over and over again.
2005-01-23 8:07 AM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I take a multi, flaxseed oil, omega 3-6-9, glucosamine, and a wheatgrass/alfalfa capsule...haven't done a controlled test to see the difference b/w on and off, but I am going with the old if it ain't broke, don't fix it theory...

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2005-01-23 6:31 PM
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I take nat.plus whole food vitamins and organic wheat grass.try to eat more organic foods more vitamins and more filling.
2005-03-03 10:49 PM
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2005-03-04 8:31 AM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I take Centrum Select for adults over 50 every day; his may or may not be necessary but it cannot hurt!  I also take glucossamine every day for my arthiritic shoulder.
2005-03-05 8:20 PM
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Subject: RE: Daily Supplements
I just switched from Centrum to centrum Performance and I'm already seeing a difference in my workouts. I can recover much quicker in interval training.
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