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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 102872" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>I take, or have taken, most of those supplements and many more. It's kind of like a hobby.</p><p> </p><p>Often, I start on a supplement then loose interest. Like DHEA, which I used to take 23 years ago in 1995, outside of raising my blood serum level of DHEA to 6672 ng/ml (range 800-5600) it seemed to have no effect on my total testosterone levels at the time, which was 376 ng/dl. I don't remember what dose I was taking, maybe 50-100 mg daily? And at the time, my liver enzymes were elevated beyond normal, so I suspect the DHEA was casing that to happen. Maybe it's more important now that I am older, who knows? I think DHEA supplement positively affects some people and not others. </p><p> </p><p>I often buy bulk supplement of amino acids from Amazon, I have taken L-Lysine, it did seem to give me vivid dreams, and Gaba amino acid dropped my blood reassure from 120 to 90 for 20 minutes, it was a little scary to see such an uncontrolled drop. There didn't seem to be any long-term affect / benefit. I don't take these on a regular basis, and I have bottles of L-Arginine I only intermittently take.</p><p> </p><p>Way back when, like maybe 19905, I used to take Creatine, but I read it only had minimal and variable effect on muscle strength, muscle growth, and only if you really push your workouts. Now 2.5 grams of creatine is in the muscletech protein powder I mix in with my morning coffee, so I guess I get it that way.</p><p> </p><p>Life Extension offers a CoQ10 blood test, I think it was about $50, I measured 1.39 ug/ml range (0.37-2.20). Taking CoQ10 is more important if you take a statin, I don't take statins, but I bought CoQ10 100 mg per tab and now I am just using it up. My blood test was when I wasn't taking the supplement, so maybe now I would measure higher.</p><p> </p><p>I had been taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D most days but not always, which raised my Vit D D,25 HYDROXY blood test from 26 > 46 (30-100 range), I switched to 50,000 IU once a week. I will settle in for a Vit D of 50-60 ng/ml.</p><p> </p><p>You might consider <strong>viteyes, ARED2 </strong>formula, it would cover your Vit C, copper, zinc, Vit E and includes Lutin/ Zeaxanthin antioxidants. ARED2 has been tested by the NIH and proven to delay the progress of macular degeneration in those already diagnosed with the disease. I don't have macular degeneration, but my mother does, I take the ARED2 formulate on the theory that I might be prone to macular degeneration and what is included is likely to be beneficial for other body processes.</p><p> </p><p>For Vit K, I take kconcentrateK, which includes Vit K2 (MK-4) 25mg, K1 5mg, Vit K2 (MK-7) 0.5 mg and astaxanthin 2 mg. Though you probably know, you can eat things like Japanese NATTO, which naturally raises your Vit K complex, but I can't stand fermented soy beans.</p><p> </p><p>Probiotics, I take newrhythm probiotics 50 billion CFUs with 20 strains. It really seems to help my wife, but she has a sensitive stomach and is also lactose intolerant. As for me, I tend to be able to eat anything. Maybe the probiotic makes my stool a little softer. I am not sure I see any benefit, hard to tell, but when I took 5X the directions or 10 caps = 500 billion CFUs, I did get a near diarrhea experience, so it does do something.</p><p> </p><p>Did you know, if you dilute 20 mule Team Borax, it is actually boron you can take? You really have to dilute it a lot, like 3- 5 grams per liter of water, then only take 1-2 teaspoons of the concentrate. Though Boron in pill form is a cheap supplement.</p><p> </p><p>For magnesium, I take Magtein, which is magnesium l-threonate, and I take 500 mg of triple magnesium complex. Magein is kind of expensive. I find I get muscle cramps if I don't take magnesium. Though I have read that taking Boron makes magnesium more bioavailable.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I tend to look for actual results from any supplement, though I realize some results only show up in the very long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 102872, member: 18023"] I take, or have taken, most of those supplements and many more. It's kind of like a hobby. Often, I start on a supplement then loose interest. Like DHEA, which I used to take 23 years ago in 1995, outside of raising my blood serum level of DHEA to 6672 ng/ml (range 800-5600) it seemed to have no effect on my total testosterone levels at the time, which was 376 ng/dl. I don't remember what dose I was taking, maybe 50-100 mg daily? And at the time, my liver enzymes were elevated beyond normal, so I suspect the DHEA was casing that to happen. Maybe it's more important now that I am older, who knows? I think DHEA supplement positively affects some people and not others. I often buy bulk supplement of amino acids from Amazon, I have taken L-Lysine, it did seem to give me vivid dreams, and Gaba amino acid dropped my blood reassure from 120 to 90 for 20 minutes, it was a little scary to see such an uncontrolled drop. There didn't seem to be any long-term affect / benefit. I don't take these on a regular basis, and I have bottles of L-Arginine I only intermittently take. Way back when, like maybe 19905, I used to take Creatine, but I read it only had minimal and variable effect on muscle strength, muscle growth, and only if you really push your workouts. Now 2.5 grams of creatine is in the muscletech protein powder I mix in with my morning coffee, so I guess I get it that way. Life Extension offers a CoQ10 blood test, I think it was about $50, I measured 1.39 ug/ml range (0.37-2.20). Taking CoQ10 is more important if you take a statin, I don't take statins, but I bought CoQ10 100 mg per tab and now I am just using it up. My blood test was when I wasn't taking the supplement, so maybe now I would measure higher. I had been taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D most days but not always, which raised my Vit D D,25 HYDROXY blood test from 26 > 46 (30-100 range), I switched to 50,000 IU once a week. I will settle in for a Vit D of 50-60 ng/ml. You might consider [B]viteyes, ARED2 [/B]formula, it would cover your Vit C, copper, zinc, Vit E and includes Lutin/ Zeaxanthin antioxidants. ARED2 has been tested by the NIH and proven to delay the progress of macular degeneration in those already diagnosed with the disease. I don't have macular degeneration, but my mother does, I take the ARED2 formulate on the theory that I might be prone to macular degeneration and what is included is likely to be beneficial for other body processes. For Vit K, I take kconcentrateK, which includes Vit K2 (MK-4) 25mg, K1 5mg, Vit K2 (MK-7) 0.5 mg and astaxanthin 2 mg. Though you probably know, you can eat things like Japanese NATTO, which naturally raises your Vit K complex, but I can't stand fermented soy beans. Probiotics, I take newrhythm probiotics 50 billion CFUs with 20 strains. It really seems to help my wife, but she has a sensitive stomach and is also lactose intolerant. As for me, I tend to be able to eat anything. Maybe the probiotic makes my stool a little softer. I am not sure I see any benefit, hard to tell, but when I took 5X the directions or 10 caps = 500 billion CFUs, I did get a near diarrhea experience, so it does do something. Did you know, if you dilute 20 mule Team Borax, it is actually boron you can take? You really have to dilute it a lot, like 3- 5 grams per liter of water, then only take 1-2 teaspoons of the concentrate. Though Boron in pill form is a cheap supplement. For magnesium, I take Magtein, which is magnesium l-threonate, and I take 500 mg of triple magnesium complex. Magein is kind of expensive. I find I get muscle cramps if I don't take magnesium. Though I have read that taking Boron makes magnesium more bioavailable. I tend to look for actual results from any supplement, though I realize some results only show up in the very long term. [/QUOTE]
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