tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37865432.post4626512124935776504..comments2023-04-10T02:17:54.006-05:00Comments on cronology: SupplementationChicago Cyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220175345196996606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37865432.post-59763915281082629912007-01-22T16:57:00.000-06:002007-01-22T16:57:00.000-06:00Chris,
I bet we can convince MR to do everyone's ...Chris,<br /><br />I bet we can convince MR to do everyone's supplement program at the March mini-conf at our house!<br /><br />aAprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17869543039583537245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37865432.post-12902974305138154362007-01-22T13:43:00.000-06:002007-01-22T13:43:00.000-06:00Hi Chris,
Thou hast no right but to do thy Will. ...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Thou hast no right but to do thy Will. <br /><br />> It's a learning process, and I want to treat supplements as something <br />> very specific and deliberate, rather than the "one a day multi" approach <br />> most people take.<br /><br />Congrats on doing this carefully, supplementing nutrients that you need based on detailed nutrition analysis rather than just shotgunning everything. Do have a look at teh following for some principles for supplementation:<br /><br />http://www.cron-web.org/supplements-guide-1.html<br />http://tinyurl.com/yll8je<br /><br />... and the products based on this research (whose writeups give much of the above info in more compressed form):<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yzz4gr<br />http://tinyurl.com/ya26t4<br />http://tinyurl.com/yeq48v <br /><br />See my important disclosure here:<br />http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/crcomm_lists.calorierestriction.org/2007-January/004955.html<br /><br />On the specifics:<br /><br /><br />> * Vitamin D: Unless you delight in eating sardines on a daily basis <br />> or consume large quantities of fortified dairy products, it's extremely <br />> difficult to get adequate vitamin D, and recent list chatter suggests <br />> this vitamin is more important (and required in greater quantities) than <br />> we have thought in the past.<br /><br />Yes. 400 IU, however, is really quite insufficient, as is rapidly becoming consensus. Unless you're a chronic sunbather living at a relatively central latitude, pretty much everyone should IMO be taking at least 800 IU of D3 per day.<br /><br />Also:<br /><br /><br />> * Vitamin D, 400 IU, from fish liver oil<br /><br />Jesus -- do NOT take D from fish liver oil! It also contains more than enough preformed vitamin A (retinol/retinyl esters) to considerably increase your risk of fracture.<br /><br />> * Zinc: I never knew before that men require so much more zinc. It's <br />> roughly analogous to a woman's need for iron<br /><br />Mostly, really, it's just larger body size etc. But:<br /><br />> * Chelated Zinc, 50 mg<br /><br />> What about balancing it with copper--that's <br />> something I don't understand very well yet.<br /><br />Yikes. This much zinc is setting yourself up for toxic depletion of functional copper status. Get a TOTAL (diet + supps) of not more than 30 mg, and try to keep the Zn:Cu in roughly a 10:1 ratio.<br /><br />> zinc--is this the best form? <br /><br />No: "chelated zinc" could be any number of things. Citrate is fine; monomethionine is as good or better, but IMO not worth the extra price.<br /><br />> * Biotin: <br /><br />First, you should be aware that the current USDA database still significantly underreports biotin intake, because info isn't yet available on many foods.<br /><br />>... (I still wonder of <br />> pasteurization makes it safe for biotin: cooking egg whites denatures <br />> their protein in a way that prevents its binding to biotin, but since <br />> the pastuerized egg whites won't "whip up," I wonder if the process also <br />> makes them safe for biotin. I don't know how I'll figure out the answer <br />> to that one.)<br /><br />Actually, pasteurization IMPROVES biotin availability. Raw egg whites contain avidin, a substance that binds biotin, preventing its absorption; cooking them deactivates the stuff.<br /><br />> * Vitamin E (occasionally)<br /><br />Watch out: nearly all "vitamin E" supplements (including those listed as "with mixed tocopherols") are so imbalanced toward alpha-tocopherol as to seriously deplete the body of other E vitamers, leading to potentially bad health outcomes.<br /> <br />Love is the law, love under will. <br /><br />-Michael<br /><br />-- <br />The MPrize http://www.MPrize.org : War Bonds for the Campaign Against Aging! Why I'm on board: http://www.cron-web.org/m-prize.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37865432.post-82043199804805660872007-01-21T22:06:00.000-06:002007-01-21T22:06:00.000-06:00hi, i'm another newbie and i just wanted to say he...hi, i'm another newbie and i just wanted to say hello. please visit my blog!cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847796255492141310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37865432.post-84728092410189467232007-01-21T18:51:00.000-06:002007-01-21T18:51:00.000-06:00Hi Chris!
Brewers Yeast is great for B's. It has p...Hi Chris!<br />Brewers Yeast is great for B's. It has protein and other minerals. It's a little tough to choke down. I hold my breath :)<br /><br />Raw almonds are good for E.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712807540726512236noreply@blogger.com