Supplements- Part II
Welcome to the second part of our discussion about supplements. In our first installment we were discussing that nature provides us with all of the nutrition that we need. It's important to educate ourselves about nutrition and accept that there is no miracle supplement. The more components a supplement has, the more difficult it is for your body to break it down.
If you are determined to use supplements we do have a few natural ones you may want to incorporate into your diet. Sea salt is a great supplement to add into your diet. A shake or two into a glass or orange juice each day will help replenish what you lose when you work out. You can purchase Trace minerals at any health food store or online. Many of the fruits and vegetables we purchase, even if they are organic, are missing essential vitamins and minerals. This is caused by the aggressive farming methods that have dominated agriculture in recent years. Trace minerals will help give you these essential minerals.
Comments
Hey Brad,
I assume that most of the supplements listed here aren't the ones that T is speaking of in these posts. I'm only "assuming" that and don't know it for a fact, but I suspect that the idea is commercial supplements, i.e., the ones with name brand and massive amounts of marketing material promoting them, are the "Wealth Without the Work" culprits. My problem here is that I think there should be a distinction made between nutritional "supplementation" and nutritional "supplements," e.g., it should be noted that research findings indicate that athletes tend to require more than the RDA of certain micronutrients and that exhaustive training can exacerbate the effects of certain micronutritional deficiencies. While I am opposed to "banking" on commercial supplements to replace adequate nutrition or, even worse, in hopes that a supplement or "stack" of supplements will catapult you into the upper echelon of the sports strata, I know with near certainty that supplementing one's diet can go a long way in improving overall performance and recovery, e.g., findings on the immune boosting properties of supplemental bovine colostrum indicate that its ingestion may aid in the production of growth hormones as well as other co-factors, etc.
Hey T,
Are these recommendations for everybody? I ask because the nutrition section for endurance athletes for example has an extensive listing of healthy supplements. Thanks.
(From the Endurance Section)
Liquid trace minerals - 50 drops per day in orange juice
Coconut oil - 8-10 capsules per day or 3 tablespoons per day (Actually marketed as a weight loss product which should tell you something about the real facts of saturated fat)
Oregano oil - 500mg per day (boosts immune system)
Vitamin C - 1000mg per day - EmergenC is great source of it
Aspirin - 81mg per day
Unflavored gelatin - 2 packets per day
Enzymes - Vitalzyme is a good general enzyme. If you are sick you will need specific enzymes to aid in breaking down and absorbing your food
Aloe vera juice - helps to flush toxins out of your system
Vitamin E - Eat especially after consuming restaurant food. Dr. Weil's brand is the best. Red palm oil is another source.
Vitamin D
Vitamin A - Red palm oil is a great source.
MAP - Master Amino Acid Pattern (developed for Italian Olympic Team)