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On stray occasions I take garlic, vitamin-c, fish oil. The garlic and vitamin-c when I feel like a cold is inbound. Seems to help, but it's an entirely unscientific guess, and I don't get sick very often. Occasionally metamucil tablets, because I don't get enough fiber in my diet. I typically consume one five hour energy per day. Whether it's the b12 or b6 overload that produces the focus effect, I like it (could car…
Oh, and lots of protein of course.
A varied diet provides sufficient quantities of everything needed. I wouldn't supplement without a doctor identifying an ailment or deficiency, and then I'd prefer a diet change or even a prescription to a supplement. There's too much research (see: SELECT trials) that supplements feed tumorogensis and cancer mortality, and that the supplements you buy may not actually be what you think you're buying (see: http://www…
I take fish oil and a pretty high dose of vitamins and minerals to help recover from lifting heavy objects (powerlifting, weightlifting). Oh, and lots of protein of course.
A varied diet provides sufficient quantities of everything needed. I wouldn't supplement without a doctor identifying an ailment or deficiency, and then I'd prefer a diet change or even a prescription to a supplement. There's too much research (see: SELECT trials) that supplements feed tumorogensis and cancer mortality, and that the supplements you buy may not actually be what you think you're buying (see: http://www…
I haven't been able to figure out how almost any diet can get the RDA of potassium. I'd be curious what you suggest for that.
There are numerous other high potassium foods that are easy to mix into a regular diet. You can get the RDA for potassium without trying too hard with just 700 to 1,000 calories. Some greens have upwards of 10mg of potassium per calorie.
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I haven't been able to figure out how almost any diet can get the RDA of potassium. I'd be curious what you suggest for that.
one medium potato, 900mg; one banana, 450mg; one 3oz serving tuna, salmon or halibut, 500mg; various beans and lentils, 400mg to 600mg; yogurt, 500mg; one cup of boiled spinach, 850mg; cup of prunes, 650mg; half a cup of soybeans, 500mg. You can get 500mg from one cup of most tomato-based sauces. One apple or orange will give you 175 to 200mg. One cup of apricots will give you 400mg; half a cup of dates will deliver…
4+ potatoes would be a lot for one day. 8 bananas would also be pretty extreme. As would 3+ cups of boiled spinach.
Mixing and matching those items would work but you'd have to really still work hard at it. And I just don't see enough of those items being in a normal daily diet to come close to 4000mg.
I take fish oil and a pretty high dose of vitamins and minerals to help recover from lifting heavy objects (powerlifting, weightlifting). Oh, and lots of protein of course.
Does the timing of the protein matter?
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Does the timing of the protein matter?
Yup. These two are good articles on protein amount/timing http://eprints.qut.edu.au/64117/ http://eprints.qut.edu.au/64127/
So best to work out early in the day?
I guess 20g right before a workout too?