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Omega 3.
The northern European/American diet is woefully lacking in this apparently.
The benefits to heart health have been known for some time but studies are showing significant benefits for a healthy brain.
Vitamin D, I have ms and whilst there is no proven link my neurologist recommends taking it just in case the less sunshine/increased ms prevalence correlation proves to be related to vit d deficiency.
Thanks Footflaps. So would it be useful to be taking it through winter training, then ditch it - and the weight - come race season?
You really need to experiment and find out what gains (if any) you get from it. In terms of performance enhancement you would expect it to benefit sprinters more (use a lot of ATP in sprints), so it's probably more of use in the race season than in the base building winter season (although recovery enhancement might benefit a bit).
Vitamin D3 - i do live live near the Arctic circle and it's a tad dark up here
Been riding a lot recently and have been getting cramps on the inner thigh.
Magnesium B6 supplements as advised by the pharmacist seems to have coincided with me not ever getting cramps, so although this would never count as medical evidence, I'll go with it.
Duntstick - just out of interest are you using Electrolyte Tabs? I had the same issue and it turned out to be magnesium poisoning from overdosing on those.
The best source of unbiased info on supplements IMO is examine.com
I take D3, Creatine, Omega 3, ZMA, whey protein, leucine and ibuprofen!
I've just realised this is the first post I've made in over 3 years... I've spent the time olympic weightlifting, a sport I did as a teenager (now 52!). I blame Dave's iDiet (anyone remember?)
I did get out on my love/hate SS last weekend and loved it all over again. What's all this 1x10, 27.5, 29", fat bike malarkey that's happened in my absence? Is 26" SS as a dodo now?
glucosamine and omega 3, sometimes flirt with multi-vitamins if i am away traveling a lot.
@DrT remember seeing your post and dunno if you'll see this but new research on ms and vit d - [url= https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-news/2015/12/could-vitamin-d-help-repair-myelin ]https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ms-news/2015/12/could-vitamin-d-help-repair-myelin[/url] that suggests it's quite important in myelin repair
Vitamin D.
Because I live in Scotland.
Creatine will make you feel crap if you don't hydrate enough.
Really, really crap due to its "hunger" for water.
Of all the "muscle" supps it is the one time and time again that comes out on top.
Increased ATP transfer, vascularity, muscle recovery/repair, etc.
Its cost due to popularity is rock bottom too in relation to its benefits however I'd say to go just above the cheapest of the cheap and with a good supplier - MuscleFood/MyProtein/etc - theres no need going for the daft brands as its all made in the same place here or germany.
It helps me massively with neuropathy, paresthesia, concentration, etc and recovery after physio or training.
I've spent the time olympic weightlifting, a sport I did as a teenager (now 52!).
How do you find it now? I just ask, as having started mid 40s, I'm coming to realise that it's not an older person's sport, lack of Type-II muscle fibres I'm guessing....
Talking of 50 year old lifers I bumped into [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Morgan_%28weightlifter%29 ]Dave Morgan[/url] in our street the other day! He's still built like a brick shit-house, but not competing any more....
Fats help absorbtion of some vitamins and minerals
http://empoweredsustenance.com/low-fat-diet-bad/
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/20040727/fat-helps-vegetables-go-down
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000104.htm