Daily:
vitamin D3 20'000 UI + vitamin K2 MK7 200 μg
vitamin C 1g
Zinc 15 mg
My main goal is to keep in my blood vitamin D3 (25 OH) level more or less at 100 mg/ml.
Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
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Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#22None. Why waste your money? I eat a variety of fruit, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, along with regular exercise outside.
Because nowadays food is not able to provide you vitamins and minerals in the amount your body needs.
How so? Nowadays humans have more access to food than ever before.
Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals.
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#23Daily: vitamin D3 20'000 UI + vitamin K2 MK7 200 μg vitamin C 1g Zinc 15 mg My main goal is to keep in my blood vitamin D3 (25 OH) level more or less at 100 mg/ml.
20k UI of vit D is far, far too much.
There are some nasty side-effects you can develop from keeping that up too long.
https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-2-shannon-s-st...
https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-1-back-to-basi...
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because nowadays food is not able to provide you vitamins and minerals in the amount your body needs.
How so? Nowadays humans have more access to food than ever before. Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals.
> Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals.
No, it's not enough [1]. Long story short: to provide the needed amount vitamins and minerals you'd have to eat lot more calories than your body needs. So to achieve correct balance between calories and vitamins and minerals, you need to enrich food with supplements.
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#25Daily: vitamin D3 20'000 UI + vitamin K2 MK7 200 μg vitamin C 1g Zinc 15 mg My main goal is to keep in my blood vitamin D3 (25 OH) level more or less at 100 mg/ml.
20k UI of vit D is far, far too much. There are some nasty side-effects you can develop from keeping that up too long. https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-2-shannon-s-st... https://www.devaboone.com/post/vitamin-d-part-1-back-to-basi...
Yes, maybe you're right. I guess the ideal solution would be to check 25 OH D level every 6 weeks and adjust supplementing to maintain the desired level.
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#26Fasting, twice a week, used to be very strict but then dropped back to just having some tea.. fasting is very powerful, gave me my mojo back in mid 30s after burnout from top tier consulting firm and grad school, got testosterone boost, clarity of mind, physical fitness and confidence, amazing tool.. but body has to be of the right disposition.
How many hours are you fasting? Whole day twice a week?
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#27Fasting, twice a week, used to be very strict but then dropped back to just having some tea.. fasting is very powerful, gave me my mojo back in mid 30s after burnout from top tier consulting firm and grad school, got testosterone boost, clarity of mind, physical fitness and confidence, amazing tool.. but body has to be of the right disposition.
What is the 'right disposition'?
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
How so? Nowadays humans have more access to food than ever before. Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals.
> Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals. No, it's not enough [1]. Long story short: to provide the needed amount vitamins and minerals you'd have to eat lot more calories than your body needs. So to achieve correct balance between calories and vitamins and minerals, you need to enrich food with supplements. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25032337
How do you explain people like myself, who don't take any supplements, don't have any vitamin deficiencies, and are in good health?
The study you linked finds varying decline in vitamin and mineral content of common crops over time, not a study showing that people who don't take multivitamins have vitamin deficiencies. And it has methodological problems highlighted by a followup study [1]: "Comparisons of food composition data published decades apart are not reliable. Over time changes in data sources, crop varieties, geographic origin, ripeness, sample size, sampling methods, laboratory analysis and statistical treatment affect reported nutrient levels."
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088915751...
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Instead of taking a multivitamin you can just eat food. Food has vitamins and minerals. No, it's not enough [1]. Long story short: to provide the needed amount vitamins and minerals you'd have to eat lot more calories than your body needs. So to achieve correct balance between calories and vitamins and minerals, you need to enrich food with supplements. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25032337
How do you explain people like myself, who don't take any supplements, don't have any vitamin deficiencies, and are in good health? The study you linked finds varying decline in vitamin and mineral content of common crops over time, not a study showing that people who don't take multivitamins have vitamin deficiencies. And it has methodological problems highlighted by a followup study [1]: "Comparisons of food compos…
I can't explain people like yourself. I can't even explain myself why I lack vitamins and minerals. All I can do is congratulate your excellent health and keep taking supplements to maintain my desired levels.
Re: Ask HN: What vitamins and legal nootropics take every day
#30Fasting, twice a week, used to be very strict but then dropped back to just having some tea.. fasting is very powerful, gave me my mojo back in mid 30s after burnout from top tier consulting firm and grad school, got testosterone boost, clarity of mind, physical fitness and confidence, amazing tool.. but body has to be of the right disposition.
What is the 'right disposition'?
The light airy folks tend not to do well with fasting. The heartier meatier guys that tend to hold weight and can weather a few days of fasting are better suited.