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Vitamins/supplements (pg. 4)
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| trancechan |
a lot of fish oil & calcium + magnesium + vitamin D.
i'm starting to enjoy coffee more often too, & i drink a lot of tea so i'm pretty set on antioxidants.
if i have some extra cash at the pharmacy too i'll get some 5-htp. always feel better when i take the stuff. |
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| Adam420 |
Every time I take a I feel like a million bucks:D
I don't need to take fish oil because I eat fish quite regularely
Was taking Centrum Forte for a while but honestly never noticed a difference |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancechan
5-htp |
now that made me sick, i took it by accident once thinking it was another vitamin and i thought i was going to vomit the entire day |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Arbiter
I just eat food. |
This..
Don't let anyone tell you you NEED to take vitamins/minerals in pill form.
I just eat a load of fruit.. I probably have:
an apple, a couple of kiwifruit, a couple of oranges, a whole tomato and maybe a banana every day... sometimes those get substituted with something else depending what's in season. Plus always a fresh salad with dinner. I don't like milk so I try to get a bit of buttermilk or cheese or quark in for my calcium intake. Grab a handful of nuts/seeds in as a snack in the middle of the day too. Also drink at least 5 cups of tea. Never had any vitamin deficiency problems in my life.
Remember your body will only take a certain amount of a given vitamin/mineral in and you will piss the rest out. Most vitamin pills contain many times the recommended daily intake of the nutrient so really instead of eating a couple of oranges and having all the vit C you need you're just eating a bunch of binders and crap and loading your urine with vitamin C.
The only thing I occasionally take is fish oil. Because it's reasonably unrefined - just salmon oil usually, and because farmed meat doesn't contain enough Omega 3's and I don't eat nearly enough oily fish. |
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| Direct |
Syntha 6 (BSN)
Nitrotech (Muscletech)
Probolic (MHP)
N.O. Shotgun (VPX)
Lipo 6x (Nutrex Research)
One Daily (Vitamin shoppe) |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
dude did you ever message me the name of that bruise stuff? sorry i dont remember.
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Hahah yeah I did you pothead. Traumeel. But I dunno if it's available everywhere or just in Canada. The main ingredient you're looking for is called arnica. I'm sure if you went to any health foods place or nutrition store and asked the clerk for arnica cream, they'd point you in the right direction.
The girl at the store I went to also suggested to use witch hazel on the area first. So I bought some scented with lavender. Seemed to work really well. And you can use witch hazel as a facial toner too. :) |
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by Direct
Syntha 6 (BSN)
Nitrotech (Muscletech)
Probolic (MHP)
N.O. Shotgun (VPX)
Lipo 6x (Nutrex Research)
One Daily (Vitamin shoppe) |
What is that, like $150-200 a month? What's your goal? |
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| Direct |
| Yeah its about $150 a month. Good thing I work in a gym so I get a free membership. Im only taking syntha 6 because I had some left from my last order. My goals are to drop my body fat% and gain muscle. |
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| bigjimslade002 |
the main ingredient in nos boosters is L-arginine. which increases insulin production which is why i take it with creatine.its also good for wound healing,this includes muscle healing from heavy lifting.and of course it can increase nitric oxide levels stimulating oxygen in the blood allowing a bigger "pump" and allowing you to put up more weight.it also can also increase the levels of growth hormone in the body.a big thing with bobybuilders and bodybuilding in general.
and for some in here it can also help with herpes and erectile dysfuntion and sexual disfunction in both men and women(you all know who you are ;)
is it a end all be all product for body building?not at all.its a side supplement for me and it should be for everyone else also.meaning i can take it or leave it.i dont believe it will enable you to transport more nutrients and protiens better through the body like they say, but i do use for the extra pump,increase insulin levels ,and for promoting growth hormone.
you dont have to buy nos boosters for that you can go to the vitamin shop and get arginine in vitamin form.i buy my nos product because its just as cheap as a bottle of arginine tablets from the vitamin shop.
and like a lot or creatines it will cramp you up.so be prepared for that side effect.it can also be unhealthy if you abuse it.especially if you abuse it like most guys do when they take supplements,especially creatine.
the old "hey if 6 tablets of nos boosters is good then 12 should be great!"and ill take 3 scoops of creatine instead of one!"
WRONGO.
ive seen guys fall out from doing this.stick with the directions.in fact you might have to take LESS then the directions sometimes.listen to your body.it will tell you how much to take.MORE IS NOT BETTER!!
bottom line?.. creatine is a winner.SOME proteins are a winner.NOS boosters? eh take em if you want.its a side supplement.and dont overdue your supplements.you can get the same results someone else is getting using ONE supplement then someone using five.save your money and dont get caught up in the supplement scam.happy bodybuilding! |
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| Ian |
I take a lot cos my body doesn't take nutrients in well, even though I eat plenty of fruit & veg & salad, infact it makes up almost 60% of everything I eat, alongside lean red meat & chicken/turkey plus oat based cereals.
right now I have
Vitamin B Complex, inc magnesium
Vitamin C
Probiotic in spore form which is gets through stomach acids better
for exercising I have a thermogenic capsule based thing which includes amino acids, caffeine and a few things to balance the caffeine out so it doesn't hit you like it would if you drank coffee or cola or something. It also includes chromium which is good for supressing a sweet tooth |
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