Vitamins & Herbs
 

Do you take any daily?

If so, what and why?

I know they say that the levels in these kinda things, cant make a difference, but I like to humour myself.

I take...

St John's Wort - keeps me sane (ish)
Lysine - keeps the cold sores at bay (havent had one for years)
Multi V - coz I skip meals
Fish Oil - keeps me sane (ish) and all the other benefits.

My dailies: Multi-v, Fish Oil, B (keeps mosquitoes away as a bonus), C, Calcium, Glucosamine Chondroitin(joints!), iron.

I usually get enough calories in a day, but I'm not really covering all the bases nutritionally. Plus, with all the exercise I sweat out a lot of what goes in...

I eat a big bowl of delicious Wheaties for breakfast each day. Like many cereals in the US, Wheaties is fortified with a bunch of different vitamins. I put a handful of frozen blueberries on top of each bowl, because they have tons of antioxidants and taste real yummy.

Everything everyone knows is wrong. This very long NYT article will explain how you should think about nutrition. I have yet to take its advice however, because I am a moron.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/ma...56e677&ei=5070

Great article.

I think I'll have a salad for lunch today...


Edited to say that I did have a salad, and chicken tortilla soup. And milk, so I could finish my soup since it was hotter than usual today. MMmmmm.

Oh man, I pop frozen blueberries like candy! I can easily eat a whole container in one sitting, which isn't good considering how expensive they are when they're out-of-season.

The expense depends on your perspective. Would you rather eat a big container of blueberries out of season, or a McDonald's value meal? Roughly the same price.

Somehow I ended up with a huge jar of Super-B complex, so I take those. When I remember to buy multi-vitamins, I take those instead.

I take Evening Primrose Oil to control pms along with st johns wort. I don't take any actual dietary suppliments as we have a pretty balanced diet at home and as we all know, natural nutrition is always better than anything you can get out of a bottle.

Muti-vit & a Calcium supplement, Dr's orders.

I forgot to say that normally I do not take any vitamins/supplements (aside from Lexapro ;)). However, I am currently taking a 'script prenatal vitamin, in hopeful preparation for a natal. I ahve upped the fruits and veggies in my diet, for the same reason. "Naked" Blue Machine juice pwns.

Been taking plenty of things in an attempt to communicate in telepathically astral fashion with long dead alien races.

Currently take:
Iron
Caprylic acid / Oregon grape root / Peppermint (changes each week)
Multivitamin
Whey protein powder
planning to add L-Glutamine in with this soon and maybe creatine in the future

Also have in my cupboard (which is absurdly full now):
Licorice root (good for calming the stomach)
Cinnamon
Cayenne
Calcium
Oregano oil
Caprylic acid
Ginger
Olive leaf
Turmeric
Garlic
Pau D'arco
Rosemary

Jeb, what the fugg do most of those things do???

Cinnamon
Cayenne
Calcium
Oregano oil
Caprylic acid
Ginger
Olive leaf
Turmeric
Garlic
Pau D'arco
Rosemary

They make me pretty. Although I was pretty before taking them too... maybe I shouldn't credit the herbs for that :P

Different ones do different things; is there a particular one you're interested in?

Well they'd make a nice mild curry paste....