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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| CeleryMan wrote: |
| I'd love to hear your stories or insight on how to overcome or trick your body into feeling healthier. |
I don't think this is a good idea. I'm not anti-supplement, but there's really no substitute for a healthy diet and lifestyle. "Tricks" can only work for so long before they catch up to you. |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I think I'm a multi-vitamin/mineral addict. I stuff myself with a bunch of pills at every meal. My apartment looks like a pharmacy.
I don't understand people who say they don't need pills. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| Not a vitamin, but I take glucosamine, MSM, fish oil and stuff. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: |
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orange juice, garlic, onions, green peppers and tomatoes
good enough for my 90+ year old relatives, good enough for me |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
orange juice, garlic, onions, green peppers and tomatoes
good enough for my 90+ year old relatives, good enough for me |
Good stuff. It might be a good idea for men, in particular, to add pomegranate to that list. |
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TEFLPRAHA
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| traxxe wrote: |
Vitamins aren't regulated in the states. So you have no idea which brands truly 'work' and which are *beep*.
My friend works in waste management and he sees undigested vitamins in the wastewater all the time. Some vitamins aren't even digested right because they put little effort into them.
I imagine this is even worse in Asia.
I guess, search for some studies and find a brand with a decent manufacturing process in a pill that can be digested. |
This is definitely true. Nurses call them "bed-pan-bullets", or so I've been told.
I have a book that rates vitamins (over 1500 brands). Here's the range for a few popular brands. Centrum is 0-1/5, Nature Made 0 - 1/5, GNC 0.5 - 3.
A recent study shows that 25% of Calcium supplements have high lead levels. Don't be fooled by "natural, bovine, or coral" on the label.
There are pharmaceutical grade vitamins available in Korea. They arrive at your door within 2 days, from my experience. www.nutriceuticals.usana.com if anyone's interested. These score 5/5. One of only 4 companies to get this rating, out of the products evaluated in the Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements.
Hope that helps! |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:52 am Post subject: |
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B-12.
Vitamin C.
Completely unrelated, veggie green supplements, bluberry flavour.
That is all.
ps VanIslander, it's still 6 hours 20 minutes to enter the NHL picke em pool |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Omega 3 salmon oil.
I want to get the benefit from eating fish without having to eat it.
If I could get a brocolli pill I'd take that too |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| TEFLPRAHA wrote: |
I have a book that rates vitamins (over 1500 brands). Here's the range for a few popular brands. Centrum is 0-1/5, Nature Made 0 - 1/5, GNC 0.5 - 3.
Hope that helps! |
How does Jamieson do?
I should probably take iron. I'm always in the normal but low range when I get my blood tested. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Flax seed oil, fish oil, asprin, a cup of nonfat milk and a cup of orange juice. |
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harryh
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: south of Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:51 am Post subject: |
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I use cardio-Klenz, Cholest-natural and Total Balance from http://kazoo.xtend-life.com/default.aspx?id=768342
After discovering I had high blood pressure and cholesterol of 323 I started exercising, I now eat more 'greens' and use the above mentioned products.
My cholesterol is down to 241, so will continue using the products. |
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