Hi everyone! I've been taking my 50mg Zinc and effects have been great. No worries there.ç I'd like to know what else I should take,because I'm really into taking supplements lately, just to boost my performance and overall wellness.
I was thinking a multivitamin like Centrum, that could work. But I know there's other stuff around like:
-Ashwaghanda -Spirulina
I've researched a bit and I know there's a thin line between a great, good working supplement and a "superfood" trend like the "Spirulina" thing seems to be.
I'm looking to optimize my energy levels too, work is not stressful but I have been investing a huge amount of time on it lately.
I think the ashwaghanda might be nice, still researching.
But as this is the Red Pill (unplugging from the matrix), I want to ask:
what do you guys know about supplements,vitamins and other things that could bring wellness to my life, including my sexual performance, for my workouts (no gym yet,just strength and calisthenics), for my energy levels,sleep quality, and anything that can help me improve myself. Zing has been great, had the best flu I've had in years, lasted a few days and only a few symptoms, along with the other stuff it brings.
What do you take? What should I know?
Musicgoon78 3 21h ago
5-htp really helps me with mood. It helps with serotonin production and makes most things more pleasurable. For me, food tastes better and I don't eat as much because I'm mentally satisfied. Which is kinda strange to explain. It supposedly helps with sleep, but I can't tell. I work hard so I'm fairly tired by the time I get home.
If you feel more at peace and grounded, it makes it a lot easier to focus. That will help you accomplish goals.
The other is probiotics. If you're eating right, they will help process quality foods.
Vermillion-Rx Admin 18h ago
Can confirm, 5-htp is good for mood as it is a precursor for serotonin
I have tried it it does work for mood
Most serotonin production happens in the intestines and is highly related to a proper diet
MrSupreme 9h ago
Probiotics could be my thing then Never heard of 5-htp, will research for sure. Good stuff
Musicgoon78 3 9h ago
Awesome bro!
dreams 20h ago
I take fish oil, vitamin d + k2, vitamin b complex and a multi vitamin every two weeks.
Vermillion-Rx Admin 18h ago
Fish oil is good. Too many foods have omega 6 and fish oil is a good Omega 3 source
MrSupreme 9h ago
I've thought about Flax seed oil (omega 3,6,9) but I also read a while ago that fish oil is superior, as most animal sourced supplements are.
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 2h ago
I used to use it years ago.
1) if you're going to use it, you need to grind the seeds freshly in a coffee grinder. The oil oxidizes, degrades, and goes rancid quickly, so buying pre-ground seed powder or just oil isn't worth it.
2) it's estrogenic, which is why I stopped using it.
Vermillion-Rx Admin 17h ago
Ashwagandha is a must have as a man (look up ashwa cycling)
Vitamin C + zinc
Vitamin D and fish oil
Holy basil at night for sleep and anxiety
I've not found anything else to be profound
Cordyceps mushrooms and also ginseng can be good fur waking up
MrSupreme 9h ago
Ashwagandha was a big thing when I was reading reddit a couple years ago on some subreddits. Ok, that one sounds good then.
I'm already taking Zinc, sl some Vitamin D,C and Fosh oil plus the Ashwagandha sounds like a great start.
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 17h ago
Centrum isn't very good. Most tablets are difficult for your body to digest, are full of fillers like sawdust, and are not really bio-available.
The vitamins and supplements I take are mostly gelcaps.
I take a shit ton, too. I'd have to go to my kitchen counter to make sure I covered everything, and it would take a while. Here's where I discussed some of this before, as well as here.
A lot of the ones I talk about in those links are very expensive unless you catch them on sale. They're worth it, though.
No-Stress-Cat 1h ago
I take Centrum Silver. The added fiber from the sawdust helps me take a better shit.
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 26m ago
Try eating vegetables, you old fart!
SeasonedRP 2 17h ago
Creatine is the only thing I'm aware of that will help workouts. I had read that for years but didn't use it because I didn't want to gain water weight. About a year/year and half ago, I started using it, and there is some benefit in the gym. Not huge but it's there. Over the counter "test boosters" and things like that are a waste of money.
For overall health, it depends on you-age, diet, factors specific to you. I take a ton of supplements, too many to list really, and am probably wasting money on some, but I try to keep up on things that supposedly have anti-aging effects or help with cognition.
magushero18 15h ago
i take multivitamins
mattyanon Admin 8h ago
S Tier:
Lots of protein.
Creatine
Iron if you need it (tricky though - research how to make it absorb best)
A Tier:
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Enough water.
B Tier:
Multivitamin
Probably good, I'm not certain: MSM, Taurine, Glycine, Citrulline.
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 2h ago
A word of caution: if you're a man, and you eat red meat and leafy greens, you are more likely to get too much iron than not enough.
First-light 2 6h ago
You need to cycle the Ashwaghanda. The Zinc might be a bit high a dose long term, good for treatment of a deficiency but a bit high for maintenance.
Oh gosh I have tried many supplements. What I would not be without as a core is; creatine, some sort of healthy oil, ZInc, magnesium and B6 before bed, vitamin c if coming down with a virus, d if under the weather.
Currently mixing Co Q10 that I bought a kilo of from China into my oil, trying to work on mitochondria. Gums scored all zeros the other day at the dentist which is a good sign. Also recently tried NMN (got kilos of that from China too) and betaine for this. Very good but felt I needed a break. L carnitine too, really increases endurance as an easy to make up injectable but a bit of a pain -literally, so on a break from that too.
Cordyceps and Reishi also came by the kilo from China -just check your suppliers out with China but its very affordable for the more costly supplements. On a break from them too but they do help. I found cordyceps increased my appetite more than I wanted it to but it does help. Reishi gave me some strange dreams.
Probiotics are good. I make kefir but you can buy them too.
Ginko biloba helps my hands not get too cold working in winter. Seems to improve circulation in other areas too. Could try any nitric oxide booster for that too. Alpha lipoic acid works well as does citruline malate. We are not talking viagra, just a nice little boost.
If I were competing I would use as a core caffeine and taurine for endurance pre loading beta alanine for anaerobic buffering. Might bicarb load my butt on the day too. I do like a good strong cup of real coffee in the morning some days anyway.
Centrum, well OK but its a tall order to get all your vitamin needs into one pill. Compromises have to be made in the formulation. If you have a good diet you are unlikely to be deficient and if you want to optimise you may need more. A blood test may suggest if you are deficient in something and then you can easily supplement.
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 2h ago
Never heard or read this until you and @Vermillion-Rx mentioned it in this thread.
Why cycle it?
Vermillion-Rx Admin 31m ago
After about two months of daily use, your body becomes too accustomed to the adoptigenic properties and loses effectiveness due to tolerance
So at the two month mark or so you take it every other day instead and then resume daily intake again after another month or so
Typo-MAGAshiv Endorsed Contributor 25m ago
Crap. I've been taking it a while now.
Oops!