More on Supplements

Bengoshi Waza

Essay Eleven .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
More on Supplements

There was a time I didn't take much in the way of supplements, just swallowed whatever my mom put in front of me with my waffles. Then, other than a multi-vitamin, I pretty much skipped any supplements at all.
After years, I added fish oil. On three grams a day, my triglycerides dropped from over 300 to 100 in about six months. After that, I went on a diet and lost almost 70 pounds (245 to 168) and my triglycerides dropped another fifty points. I added some calcium because I was drinking a lot of diet soda on the diet (the carbonation in sodas tends to be calcium stripping). Then some glucosamine as a preventative since my mother responds to it (it works for some people and not for others). At that point I feel like I get a handful of pills every morning. I tried various other supplements from time to time. And there are some I've just thought about taking.
Some have strange effects (much to my surprise, vitamin C now helps me sleep better at night).
Right now I feel overwhelmed by supplements. Too much to read out there, too many books, too many thoughts.
Having read through many, many books, reviews, articles and threads, I'm more lost now than when I started.
I think I'm going back to fish oil, a multivitamin and the vitamin C to go to sleep with.

On books: go to your library, use interlibrary loan, and you can order almost anything. You should never buy a martial arts book until you've read it twice for free.

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