i see people taking 5-10 supplements a day.
i always believed that we can get almost all nutrients from a balanced diet. maybe except vitaminD.
so which supplements would you say everyone should pick for life ?
I had labs done recently and it showed im low in both. It explains my chronic fatigue but I feel like I take a lot of different supplements and vitamins, so im a little shocked. Are there ones that people recommend? And can I take more than the daily recommend dose?
Hoping someone can share some perspective on the Fatty 15 supplement. It appears new, or new to me. With all the various "celebrity" endorsements on social media, i cannot discern whether its really helpful or hype. I've seen suggestions that it may be "Nobel prize" caliber. From what I have seen, it is patented which explains all the media spend. I am interested in it for liver help and metabolic health ( insulin resistance) improvement. Is it as advertised? Are there comparable supplements that are natural and not under patent?
Anyone have personal experience? Thanks in advance.
Bought from Walmart. I never eat fish really. However I hear that some brands have mercury in them and other toxins. What’s up with that?
I got this to help with my gut and bloating issues and it made it significantly worse.
If you’re not familiar, it’s a rotating symbiotic where you take a single strain daily for a week, then you move on to another strain for the week and so on. The point is to increase biodiversity in your gut
First two weeks felt great. Actually had some nice changes.
I started week three and the amount of CFU’s doubled. Went from 7 to 15 billion.
Then all of sudden INTENSE bloating, cognition issues from focus, memory, thought formation, emotional blunting etc.
Met with a gastroenterologist and said it could a bacterial or parasitic overgrowth. They recommended ivermectin to start but if it’s bacterial that wouldn’t matter and may cause other issues. I’m asking them for more insight about this tomorrow.
It’s been worrisome because it’s affected me mentally and I feel stupid trying to do my job.
It’s frustrating because I took this to help with my issues and it made them significantly worse.
Also please don’t make me feel dumb or that I should have known better. That’s not going to help.
Morning
Lunch
With my larger meal, whether lunch or dinner
Evening
I put this routine together for overall health, energy, and anti-aging, choosing only supplements with the strongest evidence behind them.
Still, the more I learn, the longer my supplement list seems to get.
Using this routine as a starting point:
… who notices zero effect with creatine/taurine or any of the -ines and still nothing on higher doses?
… who actually sleeps worse taking magnesium glycinate?
… who wrecks my sleep if I take magnesium L-threonate?
… who feels zero relaxation or sleep benefits from L-theanine?
… who notices zero effects from high vitamin D doses taken with magnesium + fatty meals?
… who experiences zero extra energy from caffeine?
… who in general never have seen any real benefit from any supplement out there?
Is this normal or am I actually just in the majority here?
Many of the big brands that have been extremely good staples for purity and a good product have gotten way worse over the last year.
Not sure why, but many supplements I’ve used for years that have been extremely reliable in the past have changed formulas, or kept the same formula but gotten me or others (according to recent reviews), sick, when this wasn’t an issue before
ive had to cut out using Quercetin as well as NAC based on this and any alternative brands I’m now researching seem to have people reviewing them showing their third party testing has showed toxic levels of different things in their products now, or people just straight up getting extremely sick from many of these suppliers
Horrible and disappointing honestly
What would be the best stack for boosting natural dopamine I no so much info on it .But I want real peoples experience any info will help . Back ground was long time opioid user got on suboxone for 11 yrs jumped at 2 mg and used kratom leaf for three years . Then 7oh came and well I couldn’t control it but off that over 90 day + lost track stopped counting days and just living life atm. I stay busy most days and try and do stuff different every other day was on adhd meds when I was younger that helped me so much I did a test and took only 10 mg of dex and man what I difference in my life but don’t think I can find a doc in time to get on meds . Sorry for the grammar and what not I don’t really care about that more about the info and knowledge. I’m not perfect but I want to be a better person and better dad husband brother all of it thank you guys in advance even if it’s kicked out or not responded to
I’m looking for Micronized creatine tablets or capsules that’s are either 1 pill = 5 grams or 2 pills = 5 grams (2.5 grams per pill)
I don’t want to have to take 3-5 pills per dose. This is mainly for traveling. At home I use the power and I do have individual powder packs for travel but they are bulky
Been searching for a while but it doesn’t seem to exist.
Thanks for any recommendations that meet the ask.
I just recently tried yohimbine but I haven’t noticed any effects yet. Wondering if there’s anything else?
I am looking at oral BPC-157 (arginate) and trying to decide between two and both come out to roughly the same total amount of BPC-157 per bottle:
Precision pep co: 60 caps, 1,000 mcg per serving, about $139
Prohealth: 60 caps, 500 mcg each, about $120
A few questions for people who have used either:
Did you notice any difference and how long did you give it?
Has anyone seen a batch specific COA from either brand?
Does it matter that one of them is a publicly listed company? My instinct says its a point in their favor but I know that could be naive.
Struggled with getting quality sleep for awhile, noticeably tired after sleep and poor whoop scores consistently. I started taking a blend of glycine, magnesium glycinate, apigenin and a few others and my energy and scores have improved tremendously. The blend contains quite a few sleep improving ingredients but I think those 3 are what moved the needle for me most. If any of you can relate to the struggle of optimizing sleep for gym/work/school etc, I'd recommend looking into dialing supplementation for it.
Have had this problem for as long as I can remember. Whenever I eat a magnesium supplement my sleep goes to shit. My sleep quality gets significantly worse and I have a hard time getting to sleep. And also eat magnesium rich foods - like almonds.
Doesn’t really seem to matter what sort it is. I have tried probably every one on the market to my knowledge. I have tried the b1 thing and didn’t seem to work neither.
The reason I really want to find a solution to this is the facts that I need to eat mg when taking D-vit bc otherwise I get super anxious, stressed and wierd from the d-vit. And I would like to bump up my d-vit levels. Last time checked they where at 65 and would like them to get up to about 85.
Any thoughts fam?
Ive been taking “Pure Encapsulation” Magnesium Glycinate for a while now to help with sleep. My SO recently complained about having sleeping issues, waking up throughout the night, and also having nightmares. I recommended she take the magnesium Glycinate I keep at her place for when I stay the night and it worked like a charm, but now she reports waking up feeling incredibly groggy after taking it the night before.
My question is, does anyone know a good, small dosage brand for Magnesium Glycinate? Pure Encapsulation is only 120mg a pill and after checking a local vitamin store (which is where I get mine) the smallest dosage i found was 100mg a pill. Any advice appreciated!
Quick disclosure: This is a post about an unreleased upcoming free app that i want to get your feedback on since I’m pretty much only a Redditor and deleted other social media a decade ago. Skip if that disinterests you.
Some context, I’m a professional data engineer and supplement nerd who’s spent the last year losing 100lbs (270->170) on one of the Rx jabs and diving into supplements for fun and patching gaps as I dieted harder than I should have.
In the evenings I’ve been applying my data pipeline experience to build a dataset processed from > 11,000 supplement studies, mostly Meta-analysis and RCTs, overwhelmingly human only studies, deriving how effective supplements actually are. Ask me about GRADE chapter 26 and ROB 2.0
If you’ve been around a while you’ve probably seen my supplement info site linked, and now I am working on a free app.
I want to be able to go from scanning a bottle to the studies behind it in a series of taps, diving in through more detail at each layer.
Pictured in the post is the current flow, from the result you get if you scan a barcode, to the summary of an individual study that was pooled.
I don’t expect this to appeal to everyone, heck I’d be happy if 1 in 10 people wanted to dive in this deep.
But, would this interest you?
Just wondering if molecular hydrogen would be good to add to my stack. Has anybody tried it? Did it do you any good?
Lucky me, I got diagnosed with testicular cancer last year. Thankfully I beat it but now my hair is all patchy because I don't produce as much testosterone as I used to. It's a sick joke dude, I just turned 30, I had plenty of hair last year and now it's like I'm losing it all very quickly.
Obviously minoxidil is what I hear people pointing to, but like - Hims? Keeps? Do those work? Or do I really need to go the standard oil route?
