dietary supplements

[kuulani]

Today I started taking Glucosamine Chondroitin to help my creaky dancer's knees. What kind of supplements, if any, do you people take?

 

[PT]

I take Mega Man vitamins occasionally, but only when I notice I'm not feeling up to par. Seems to aid the healing process some.

 

[greenfreak]

I've always had digestion problems so I drink an Ensure with FOS daily and have oatmeal in the afternoon. Besides that, I don't take any vitamins.

 

[unclehobart]

:

 

[PT]

Jesus Unc, do you even really have to eat?

 

[kuulani]

Holy phreakin' cow, unc! How do you remember to take all that?

 

[unclehobart]

Thats only 2/3 of it... and I really just put it up for shock effect. What youre looking at is all of the materials I take when I'm healthy enough to do so serious weight training. The only thing I really do on a full time daily basis is the multivitamin on the bottom left and the DHEA in the center.

A better question would be: What in the hell did all of that junk cost?

 

[Squiggy]

 

[unclehobart]

53 pills and 5 scoops on a psycho day the last time I was gung ho. ...and I do glucosamine as well... I just surrendered my last bottle to my grandad a litte while back and havent replaced it.

I should have put the Advil in that pile as well since weight trainers consider it to be the indespensible vitamin I.

 

[unclehobart]

Needless to say, I have an iron stomach.

 

[kuulani]

So is this glucosamine that I'm popping really gonna help my knees. Somedays I can't even walk up/down stairs

 

[unclehobart]

Yes it most absolutely is. It repaired my busted out rotator cuff in a matter of 6 months for what was supposed to be permanent damage. My moms best friend is an 80 y/o woman who had crippling arthritis in her shoulders and could barely touch them. It cleaned her up and made her as nimble as she was 30 years ago in a matter of 90 days. The thing with glucosamine is that it takes about 2 months to get any noticable effect from it... but once it starts kicking in... whoa momma!

I'm sure Cato can give it a few kudos as well. He takes the stuff by the fistfull to combat all manner of car wreck and botched surgery ills. If it were not for glucosamine I dare say he would probably be in a wheelchair.

 

[freako104]

Slim Fast for me

 

[Professur]

Steak and orange juice. That's the closest to supplements I'll go. Maybe add a raw egg to that.

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

daily multivitamin, and a calcium supplement.

i just dont take mine as often as i prolly ought.

but check out these bruises!! *displays*

 

[Jeslek]

Nothing. I don't need synthesized stuff.

 

[dutchmaster]

take centrum daily. used to take xenadrine for lifting.. it was decent. took hydroxycut, which is bad. makes you too wired and eventually you'll loose sleep.

 

[tommyj27]

i take a mulitvitamin, sometimes. about the only i take it is when i happen to be going through the cupboard and notcie the bottle sitting there.

 

[HomeLAN]

Glucosamine rocks. It takes a few weeks to set in, and you've got to keep up with it, but God only knows where my right knee would be if I didn't take it.