Have Vitamins Helped You?

dr wu23 wrote: Well...you should get enough from your diet if you eat properly but when older you can need some help...my doc recently said I need more D and B12...based on blood tests.

You have to distinguish between enough to stay alive and thriving. It's impossible to thrive without some sort of supplementation. There are various reasons why this is the case but the gist is that soils have been depleted and pollution and toxicities rob the body of many of the nutrients we consume. Some aren't even bio-available at all unless we engage in an alkaline based diet.

Just eat healthy foods like lots of greens, fruits and minimize the processed stuff as well eliminate the added sugars, total sugars are fine. If you load up your body with added sugars it will get stored as fat, men should limit added sugars to around 35g/day, that's like 8-9 Oreo cookies. BTW, 1 can of Coke has 39g of added sugar so for those of you drinking 2-3 a day.......You will die sooner than later.

I like salt.....makes my #2 come out easier

And in my case I have never taken any supplements of any kind, I am 58yrs old and still play baseball (not softball) and this is very competitive league. I have been catching for the past 20yrs all 9 inning games, I run faster than most men 20yrs younger than me. I've caught college pitchers that throw upper 90s and can hit a 90mph fastball, my hand eye coordination is better than most my age easily.....I coach HS lacrosse and do summer camps, pretty much everything I do is sports related activity. I've never had any surgery other than repair a meniscus tear 2yrs ago in my right knee. Ortho told me he saw zero arthritis in my knees...

 

That being said I agree almost all pro athletes take something, legal or illegal  to generally help them recover from games. They also eat better than most people, they do not eat hamburgers and hot dogs and fries....They know what food they eat affects their performance. I drink Gatorade during and after games to replenish fluids I sweat out, maybe that is considered a supplement. I'll eat an orange before I take a vitamin C pill.......but hey bro, maybe I'm a freak of nature .

YMMV......its all good!