Nutrition and supplements.

I’m curious what supplements you guys and gals use to keep yourselves top notch if any?

I’m currently taking a 3,6,9 complete efa from trader joes thats pretty good but I’m interested in taking dhea and taurine and maybe getting some trib for my mate.

I’m fond of f-cup cookies too go figure helps with moodswings alot makes my skin look better and calms me down.

I’m taking Flax seed oil, Milk Thistle, Saw Palmetto, Nettle Root, Zinc and selenium, and a multivitamin. 2 a day. Depending on how tired i am i take some B-Complex and B6 to get an energy boost for the day.

I’ve had a few B cup cookies and some C cup peaches but I’ve never had an F cup cookie. Just what exactly is that?

Josef has been taking tribulus terrestrius for a good many years now. Last I heard he’s buying it straight off the plantation. Tribulus Terrestris

I’ve been using a tribulus blend called Steel Libido that is pretty kickin’ stuff. Irwin Naturals Steel Libido

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Vitamins B, C, E, Zinc, Wild Salmon Oil, Cod Liver Oil, Calcium, Magnesium, Super Berry Blend Anti-oxidants :slight_smile:

F-cup cookies

F-cup Cookies with Pueraria Mirifica for Breast Enhancement

Well now you know rofl.
They sell them in little Tokyo here intrigued by the silly package boyfriend got me some and I was a good enough sport to try them. Actually pretty good.I’d equate the taste to shortbread cookies.
I was silly enough to email the company to thank them for making a cool product and ended up talking to their vice president via email. There are apparently cookies,tea,candy,pills, and even pudding.

They’re also more addictive than cigarettes rofl.

Damn now I want a cookie! :o

Anyone try those “Good Day” supplements? apparently, take one, and you will feel great the rest of the day. I’ve been thinking of trying it out, but am kinda skeptical. apparently if i call the 1800 number i will get a 30 day trial for free. still dunno about it though.

I’d be pretty skeptical about that too. Maybe check at a Walgreens near you they tend to end up carrying alot of the tv offer stuff.

Apparently, its “Lucinda Bassett”'s line. I heard it on the radio, did a google search, and found many forums with people asking the same question I asked. And when finding her site that sells them, it seems to only cost 8 EASY payments of $60 for a years supply. Turns out its nothing special, and only a mix of herbs i could buy myself, and recreate at a much cheaper price. If anyone else hears the ad on the radio, dont fall for it. apparently you can get 30 days worth for free less S&H. people have been manipulating this to thier own get rich quick schemes, and are selling them on E bay for half the price, if anyone really likes them.

Multi-vitamin for women, spirulina, wheat grass, acai, ginger root, ginseng, calcium, lysine, garlic oil, Vit E, red clover blossom, glucosamine-chondroitin, gelatin for joints, echinacea, evening primrose oil, extra virgin coconut oil

Occasionally, for stress:
St. John’s Wort, Kava

Not supplements, but I ingest them almost every day:
Yogurt, green tea, raw honey, unfiltered apple cider vinegar, goji berries, raw almonds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds, dark chocolate and lots of fruit and veggies.

Wow… now I think I’d like a steak!

Yeah I was thinking steak earlier myself I ended up with hotdogs from trader joes go figure. Nummy either way.

wow what a mouthful! after taking all of those things daily, it seems like as soon as you got finishes swallowing them, it would be the next day and you would have to start all over!

Do you have time for a job? :stuck_out_tongue:

You must be mighty healthy though!!

Now you’re just being silly.
Of course, I’m not usually hungry for breakfast. burp :smiley:

The only other herb in the ingredient list, just behind pueraria mirifica (50 mg), is macca. Macca is a testosterone enhancing energy booster. So there is an estrogen and testosterone booster in nearly equal proportions. Although it is hard to believe that 100 mg a day ( the recomended 2 cookies/day) is going to have much effect either way.

Thanks for the link. I’m fascinated by the nipple enhancers. I think i know someone who might be interested. Don’t you just love a good experiment?

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In my opinion, in your twenties, the best thing you can be taking is a good multi-vitamin with plenty of anti-oxidants and B vitamins. I like the Life Extension Mix from www.lef.org or one of the Vitamin Research Product mixes from Vitamin Research Products.

It is also good to get additional omega threes.

Mineral-wise most people don’t get enough Magnesium or Zinc.

There has been a lot written recently on vitamin D. You could probably benefit from more than what’s in a typical multi-vitamin. Among other things, it will protect you from the flu.

I think you are too young to need DHEA. Some women have bad side-effects from it. My middle-aged sister got bad acne. There is a so-called “7 keyto DHEA” which is supposed to have all the benefits without the side-effects. Even a little bit of it makes me very depressed. I haven’t heard of anyone else having that reaction.

Likewise, your boyfriend is probably too young to need tribulus.

I’ve taken taurine on and off for years and have never noticed any definite effect.

I am extremely skeptical of f-cup cookies. Phytoestrogens are helpful to middle aged women with hormone imbalances. Some claim they will protect a man’s prostate. I’d never before read they would increase a woman’s breast size. I don’t believe it!

I agree with Warren… You shouldn’t use DHEA, you’re far too young for that. Side effects are not good if you have too much DHEA in your system as you get androgenic effects.

As for the f-cup cookies… There have been “studies” done where 2 groups took either 400 or 800 mg/day but I wouldn’t say I was all that impressed with the studies… Cohort was WAY too small with only 32 women in each group. NO results at all were mentioned from the control group, and there should have been some placebo effect, but nothing was mentioned. There was enlargement of breast in 9% of women, BUT this isn’t all that amazing if you consider why the breast tissue increased. If you gain weight you boobs get bigger, it’s that simple…So yes, this herb does make you increase your breast size somewhat, but it’s not just your boobs that get bigger, it’s you in general, you gain weight :roll_eyes:

Yahhhhh, but what about the nipple enhancers???

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I agree w/ moonwhisperer on the apple cider vinegar and extra virgin coconut oil. The best liquid vitamin I’ve used is Source of Life by Nature’s Plus. It covers pretty much everything and gave me a crazy energy boost. If you’re really hardcore into a healthier lifestyle, try The Master Cleanser by Stanley Burroughs. I’ve done it since 2000 w/ great results. Some of my best run times were while fasting. I’m not a health nut, mind you as I love cold beer, fine whiskey, steaks, ect. as much as anyone, but everything in moderation. Cheers.

I take a multivitamin, 1000 D3, 1000 Vitamin C daily, and add 1000 of garlic in the winter or when I feel I am getting sick.

Trader Joes rocks!, wish there was one closer. Their Gram Crackers are awesome.

I so did not get the right picture from that comment…

About the dhea I’m menopausal. They’re trying to sort things out with that though.

My dhea-sulfate in 07 was 23.1 mcg\dl.Post menopausal is 20-190.

I’ve been non cycling for well over a year now almost two. On one hand its kind of nice ( no cycle no monthly crankies and ectra) on the other something is very awry.(although apparently not uterine/ovarian awry that checks out)Especially since women in my family don’t normally go sterile until their late 60s or early to mid 70s.

About the cookies yes they work lol but the effects go away when you quit eating them.(pointless for boobies but not why I liked them).

I was just happy to not have mood swings and hot flashes anymore as well as less muscle tension in my back and less migraines. I actually lost a good amount of weight mostly waists and thighs from rollerblading lol and gained cup sizes b-e down to a C now.Bearing in mind I’m hormonally whacked out anyway and I tried them because my sweetie brought them home for me.

You’d have to eat more than the recommended cookie dosage a day to gain weight from them I’d think their caloric level is below a candy bar or a glass of most juices.( They oughta put how many cookies people are supposed to eat on the box I figured out fast if I had more than two I felt puky.)

Why supplements.

I eat fairly healthy most of the time and just recently started looking into supplements. Primarily to support my brain function and nervous system for testing and reporting.

However noticing improvements in other areas tipped me off to the fact that while I eat well. Er I’m missing some things from my normal diet.

Generally with me I’m willing to try something at least or eat more things that have it to see if it helps if it doesn’t then pfeh I won’t touch it.

I’ve always been more fond of healthy foods rather than a lot of refined foods.

Anyway :slight_smile: I was just wondering what everyone else was doing in terms of supplementation because well take a look at a vitamin shelf and there are a billion different brands and things on that shelf.

Lord only knows whats actually going to be good for you.

So I thought I’d ask and see what other people have tried.

I picked up a one daily iron free multi\essential from the grocery store the other night.Nothing over 100% something about 16k % of a vitamin even if its “a safe vitamin” bugs me.

So its just the calcium\vit d\vit k choclate chews a one a day and the efa which I generally only take a few times a week or my hair gets majorly oily.

Be careful w/ vitamins in pill form. A lot of the nutrients are lost in the refining process. Your body only absorbs 10-20% of the pill anyway. Liquid vitamins are just the opposite. Be wary of items that are fortified w/ 100% of say vitamin C. They could have dropped .5mcg of the pure vitamin into a 55gal drum of h2o and still legally make that claim. Most of the supplements we don’t need but since most are h2o soluble they pass through the system harmlessly. :slight_smile:

Peregrine