Supplements

mhwitt74

Other than protein powder do any of you guys take additional supplements? If so which and why? Thanks!

mhwitt74

Anyone?

cmtigger

Only a couple dr prescribed, so they wouldn't apply to everyone.

jgnatca

1. Not a guy.
2. A variety of vitamins but each one taken to prevent a specific deficiency.
3. Kefir for the digestion.
4. Black Cohosh for hot flashes.
5. Nearly everyone in the northern hemisphere benefits from vitamin D.

sardelsa

Pre/postnatal vitamins, & DHA (for breastfeeding) and vitamin D (I live in Canada)

Bentforkx

Multivitamins
Fish oil for the Omegas with Vit D
Whey protein
BCAAs
trying MSM for my joints

ContraryMaryMary

Magnesium - for those achy muscles, although I've recently switched from oral to topical oil - apparently magnesium is better absorbed through the skin.
Vitamin C - I have preschool children who constantly bring home germs and I don't have the time or energy to be sick.
Melatonin - to help me fall asleep, otherwise I'll be lying there for up to 2 hours, which is a complete and utter waste of time, and annoying as hell to boot.

TheDevastator

I take all of the well known vitamins and a few minerals like zinc, potassium, manganese, magnesium, and chromium.

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JeromeBarry1

I take fish oil, magnesium, and 81 mg aspirin. I also have kefir or yogurt every day. That's not a supplement. It's wonderful food.

Ming1951

calcium plus D, vision +, and a hair,nails, skin vitamin....heck I'm old .

psuLemon

Whey, and jelly beans for a pre-workout on my lifting days.

readytobeatfat54

I do a multivitamin, I'm supposed to take Vitamin D and a host of Vitamin B's, so I just found a multi that had sufficient amounts of both.

sardelsa

psuLemon wrote: »

Whey, and jelly beans for a pre-workout on my lifting days.

If we are considering that a supplement, I need to add to my list!
-Pixy Stix
-Gobstoppers
-Nerds
-Sweet Tarts

trigden1991

psuLemon wrote: »

Whey, and jelly beans for a pre-workout on my lifting days.

Jelly beans are a supplement I could do with adding to my plan.

jjpptt2

Caffeine and a couple of different multivitamins.

ksenya03

multivitamin and vitamin D (because I live in the north, and the multivitamin doesn't have enough). I use valerian root to help with occasional insomnia.

toxikon

Multi and fish oil every day. Some powdered gelatin/collegen and potassium in broth a few times a week. Magnesium if I'm sore/constipated.

AnvilHead

Daily:
Multivitamin
Fish oil
Creatine


As needed:
Whey/casein protein

BruinsGal_91

Vitamin D (It's grim oop north)
Calcium (helps fight osteoporosis)
Fish oil

All on my doctor's advice.

tabletop_joe

I love hair, nails, and skin supplements. Everything else I try to get in my normal diet, though occasionally I'll take iron.

SafioraLinnea

On my doctor's recommendation:

Daily:
multivitamin
Vitamin D (Canadian)
A nail, hair, skin supplement (this fat loss is destroying my hair and nails)

Weekly:
Iron
B complex

suz829

Multi, vit A, C, D, E, K, fish oil, DHEA, collagen, biotin & turmeric

andrewq6100

Whey, Multi Vit, Fish oil, CLA, BCAAS (then of course a pre workout if needed)

jetsman37

I take a few things. I take vitamin D daily as well as whey protein. I also take a pre-workout powder to give me extra energy to push me through toucgh workouts. I also take 5-10 grams of BCAA's prior to lifting. Finally I take creatine to assist in muscle recovery. I think it all comes down to what your goals are. It is important to remember that supplements are just that- supplements to a healthy well rounded diet. Too many people avoid healthy foods, fill there calories with crap and expect their supplements to do all of the work. That is the wrong approach!

psuLemon

andrewq6100 wrote: »

Whey, Multi Vit, Fish oil, CLA, BCAAS (then of course a pre workout if needed)

If you have Whey, you don't need BCAA's; at least according to some of the more recent scientific reviews of them. Whey contains BCAA's and if you are even remotely eating around the workout, you are getting adequate amino acids.

psuLemon

jetsman37 wrote: »

I take a few things. I take vitamin D daily as well as whey protein. I also take a pre-workout powder to give me extra energy to push me through toucgh workouts. I also take 5-10 grams of BCAA's prior to lifting. Finally I take creatine to assist in muscle recovery. I think it all comes down to what your goals are. It is important to remember that supplements are just that- supplements to a healthy well rounded diet. Too many people avoid healthy foods, fill there calories with crap and expect their supplements to do all of the work. That is the wrong approach!

I definitely agree, with you. There are far many more priorities than the need to even take supplements. Eric Helms prioritizes nutrition as demonstrated by the below image.

psuLemon

psuLemon wrote: »

andrewq6100 wrote: »

Whey, Multi Vit, Fish oil, CLA, BCAAS (then of course a pre workout if needed)

If you have Whey, you don't need BCAA's; at least according to some of the more recent scientific reviews of them. Whey contains BCAA's and if you are even remotely eating around the workout, you are getting adequate amino acids.

Below is one of the latest reviews from Alan Aragon (posted by another member SideSteel):

Alan Aragon:

Hey everyone, a frequently recurring topic is BCAA supplementation. A lot of folks are simply unaware of the actual data, so they needlessly waste their hard-earned cash on BCAA supps. This might not be music to the ears of folks locked in a routine of taking their favorite supp, but my hope is that it gives some of you food for thought, and ultimately helps you zap an unnecessary (and potentially detrimental) item from your supplement shopping list.

The high-quality proteins in our diets are comprised of appx 18-26% BCAA as it is. Supplementing with extra BCAA on top of that can range from adding extra unnecessary calories (and metabolic burden), to actually inhibiting optimal use of ingested amino acids [1].

Let me also add that whey protein has a stronger anabolic/anticatabolic effect than its equivalent in supplemental EAA or BCAA [2]. It's no surprise that supplemental BCAA has an equivocal track record in the research [3,4]. For those concerned about "going catabolic" doing fasted cardio without AA supplementation, my colleagues and I found no difference in body comp effects between fed vs fasted cardio when total protein is sufficient (both groups retained their LBM) [5]. As for the ability of BCAA to inhibit muscle soreness, note that this is always compared to a non-protein placebo.

It's LOL to supp with BCAA to begin with (instead of an intact, high-quality protein such as whey, which provides the rest of the EAAs as well as other co-factors for anabolism -- but it's all moot if you're getting enough total daily protein anyway). Here’s a salient quote from a recent review [6]:

"Thus, as we speculated, consumption of crystalline BCAA resulted in competitive antagonism for uptake from the gut and into the muscle and was actually not as effective as leucine alone in stimulating MPS. Despite the popularity of BCAA supplements we find shockingly little evidence for their efficacy in promoting MPS or lean mass gains and would advise the use of intact proteins as opposed to a purified combination of BCAA that appear to antagonize each other in terms of transport both into circulation and likely in to the muscle.”

The only people who are not wasting time & money on supplemental BCAA are those who must maintain a low-protein diet, or a diet with restricted amounts of high-quality protein. With that all said, if your total daily protein is optimized, and you don't mind consuming the functional equivalent of really expensive flavored water, then be my guest.

1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175106
2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22451437
3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20110810
4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15930475
5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25429252/
6) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26388782/

mhwitt74

Wow, that's a ton of different supplements. I see multivitamin and vitamin D the most though. Which is what I am considering starting on.

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