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Posted: 4/10/2016 9:32:20 PM EDT

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:38:44 PM EDT

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In the morning

SAM-e

N-acetyl-l-cysteine

R-Alpha lipoic acid

Vit E with selenium

magnesium/calcium/vit D

Artichoke

milk thistle

astaxanthin

vitamin B-12

vitamin C

lecithin

potassium

With lunch

zinc

copper

Vit A

Vit K-2 M-7

Ubiquinol

biotin

MSM

kelp

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:47:26 PM EDT

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In the morning

SAM-e
N-acetyl-l-cysteine R-Alpha lipoic acid
Vit E with selenium
magnesium/calcium/vit D
Artichoke
milk thistle
astaxanthin
vitamin B-12
vitamin C
lecithin
potassium

With lunch

zinc
copper
Vit A
Vit K-2 M-7
Ubiquinol
biotin
MSM

kelp

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How's the SAMe working for you?

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:48:25 PM EDT

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So things like whey, creatine, BCAAs, etc account for less than 1% of the supp/bodybuilding market? No one disputes that there is an abundance of gimmicky shit, but your statement is laughable.

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:48:30 PM EDT

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

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Vitamins, anti-oxidants and stuff do more harm than good if you eat a normal diet. Your body makes way more endogenous anti-oxidants, catalytic ones that can be reused, than you could possible eat. When you add extra it down-regulates your endogenous response. You want to UP-regulate it with polyphenols not down-regulate it with vitamin pills. Eat plenty of garlic, cinnamon, peppers, spices, berries, fruit, cruciferous veggies, red wine, dark beer, coffee, fermented probiotics, prebiotics and you're good.

http://nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/fruits-and-vegetables-are-trying-to-kill-you

ETA: and don't juice either. Eat it whole motherfucker! The polyphenols and prebiotics are in the skin!

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:48:58 PM EDT

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Do you people actually think these help?

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:51:26 PM EDT

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How's the SAMe working for you?

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In the morning

SAM-e

N-acetyl-l-cysteine R-Alpha lipoic acid

Vit E with selenium

magnesium/calcium/vit D

Artichoke

milk thistle

astaxanthin

vitamin B-12

vitamin C

lecithin

potassium

With lunch

zinc

copper

Vit A

Vit K-2 M-7

Ubiquinol

biotin

MSM

kelp

How's the SAMe working for you?

I don't know. I take it for the detoxification/glutathione precursor properties along with NAC, ALA, and selenium and you can't really feel it.

I read that it's also used for joint health and mood stabilization, but I don't have a problem with either of those.

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:52:03 PM EDT

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Probiotics have done great for me

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:54:33 PM EDT

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Calcium magnesium
Peanut butter
D3
AI
Chicken boobs
Vit C
Multi vit
Armour Thyro
Test Cyp
Vit B12
HGC
4 of the 3.6.9 fish oil
A few skoops of protein
creatine

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Next time you're at a deli order a turkey boob sammich. The looks and giggles are awesome.

Posted: 4/10/2016 9:55:05 PM EDT

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Daily:

Multi
Fish Oil
Glucosamine with MSM

20g Creatine Mono
5g Creatinol O-Phosphate
3:1:2 BCAA
Glutamine
Beta Alinine
Beef-based protein

I buy all of my supps besides the fish oil, multi, and Glucosamine in pure powdered form - much cheaper and less dilluted than off-the-shelf products from nutrition stores.

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how much of a difference do you notice over 5g or 10g a day?

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:01:12 PM EDT

[#11]

Zinc and magnesium. Helps me sleep.

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:04:13 PM EDT

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Next time you're at a deli order a turkey boob sammich. The looks and giggles are awesome.

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Calcium magnesium
Peanut butter
D3
AI
Chicken boobs
Vit C
Multi vit
Armour Thyro
Test Cyp
Vit B12
HGC
4 of the 3.6.9 fish oil
A few skoops of protein
creatine

Next time you're at a deli order a turkey boob sammich. The looks and giggles are awesome.

I don't eat at fast food and don't eat at many deli's. But I'll try to remember that.

You get "da fuuuuu" looks when you order three unborn chickens over easy with oinker ass strips. They are delicious.

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:09:48 PM EDT

[#13]

McMuffins
Lozartan

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:21:56 PM EDT

[#14]

Fish oil x 2 + flax oil a few times a week
Magnesium
Potassium
D
L-Arginine
Turmeric
B12
B complex
Multivitamin
Niacin
Chromium
Zinc
Lecithin.

I feel better since I started.

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:31:05 PM EDT

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Test Cyp
Bacon

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:34:13 PM EDT

[#16]

Fish Oil
Vegetable based Multi Vitamins
Digestive Enzymes

For Workout;
Protein
Pre Workout
Creatine
Amino Acids

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:34:21 PM EDT

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Test Cyp
Bacon

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I'd like to subscribe to your diet plan.

Blast or TRT?

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:37:35 PM EDT

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I'd like to subscribe to your diet plan.

Blast or TRT?

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Test Cyp
Bacon

I'd like to subscribe to your diet plan.

Blast or TRT?

TRT

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:38:04 PM EDT

[#19]

creatine
whey protein
and sometimes a preworkout if im dog tired that day.

Posted: 4/10/2016 10:38:08 PM EDT

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

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The data shows its actually 87% snake oil.

Posted: 4/12/2016 7:16:56 PM EDT

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

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Do you actually get sufficient IRON, Calcium,Magnesium, Chromium and Vitamin D3 from grocery store food ?

I must live on a different planet than you.

Posted: 4/12/2016 8:01:37 PM EDT

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Do you actually get sufficient IRON, Calcium,Magnesium, Chromium and Vitamin D3 from grocery store food ?
I must live on a different planet than you.

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

Do you actually get sufficient IRON, Calcium,Magnesium, Chromium and Vitamin D3 from grocery store food ?
I must live on a different planet than you.

I'm in the sun a few hours every day. But I guess I don't convert sun beamz to D3 very well. I tested just over low range. When I added D3 sup, I noticed a huge change in my energy and alertness within a week. A few months later, I started taking a suplement called Cypionate... Mind blown.

Some people don't get what they need from eating. Try and tell me sups are snake oil, I'll tell you to go suck snake ass.

Posted: 4/12/2016 8:44:19 PM EDT

[#23]

1 glass of red wine every day, 750 mg magnesium, 1 81 mg aspirin in the morning and then 1 at night.

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:20:26 PM EDT

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Unless your diet consists of fast food 2x a day, that is very very excessive. There's studies showing the harm in this as well.

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Which of those in my morning stack have been "shown to cause harm" ?

Please cite source material.

Thank you.

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:30:25 PM EDT

[#25]

I take "food."

A.W.D.

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:33:15 PM EDT

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Glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM gave me another shot at life by helping my knees.

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This, The rest you piss out

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:34:02 PM EDT

[#27]

B12 and a daily multi.

I'm very tempted to try Onnit Alpha Brain.

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:48:28 PM EDT

[#28]

My standard supplements consist of
Protein powder
Multivitamin
Fish Oil
Creatine
Pre-workout

Over the years I have also periodically used
Green Tea Extract
Yohimbe
A few different T Boosters
Probably a few other random things that I didn't see the need to continue taking.

Posted: 4/21/2016 1:56:54 PM EDT

[#29]

I take one of my kids Flintstones vitamins daily. Wife used to give me crap about it until I compared her one a day vitamins to the Flintstones. The Flintstones had 100% RDA of everything hers had plus some more.

Posted: 4/21/2016 2:00:30 PM EDT

[#30]

Whats listed on this page:

Dr. Perlmutter's recommended supplements

Plus magnesium to wash them down.

Posted: 4/21/2016 2:02:08 PM EDT

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Nothing. If you can't get all you need from the surplus of food that we have then you've got bigger problems. The supplement/bodybuilding market is 99% snake oil. Why else do you think it's worth $38 billion?

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Most processed foods out there today have had the real nutrition processed out of them, and some of them added back in. I'd rather make sure I get what I need.

ETA: some, like D3, we don't get enough of in modern society.