What kinds of pills are you popping? What kinds of powders are you vigorously shaking into your beverage of choice?
And perhaps most importantly, why?
I ask because I currently ingest nothing in the way of supplementary vitamins, minerals, nutrients etc.
I do pretty well in terms of getting much of what I need from the foods that I eat, but I have been thinking of picking up the following:
--Vitamin D (for all of the sun that escapes us here in Canada)
--Vitamin C (because I think I could use a bit more)
--Vitamin E (I'm not certain why; I need to research this one)
--Pharmaceutical grade Omega 3s (Because I'm fairly certain that I could use these).
--Protein supplement (I'm on the fence about this one; I'm not sure if I need it. The sense that I get is that it is good for muscle recovery during sleep, and this would be my primary reason for taking it).
I've only just recently (past 6 months) started taking health and fitness stuff seriously, so I'm hoping this thread and your comments will illuminate me to some of the reasons for --and possibly against --taking certain vitamins, supplements, minerals etc.
My ignorance with respect to what kinds of supplements might be of benefit to me is primarily what has prevented me from going out and randomly trying out this and that (which seems to be an ill-advised strategy).
I'm hoping to learn a bit from you may or may not have to say to this end!
Cheers
As a first question: Can anyone recommend me a decent pharmaceutical grade Omega 3?
And perhaps most importantly, why?
I ask because I currently ingest nothing in the way of supplementary vitamins, minerals, nutrients etc.
I do pretty well in terms of getting much of what I need from the foods that I eat, but I have been thinking of picking up the following:
--Vitamin D (for all of the sun that escapes us here in Canada)
--Vitamin C (because I think I could use a bit more)
--Vitamin E (I'm not certain why; I need to research this one)
--Pharmaceutical grade Omega 3s (Because I'm fairly certain that I could use these).
--Protein supplement (I'm on the fence about this one; I'm not sure if I need it. The sense that I get is that it is good for muscle recovery during sleep, and this would be my primary reason for taking it).
I've only just recently (past 6 months) started taking health and fitness stuff seriously, so I'm hoping this thread and your comments will illuminate me to some of the reasons for --and possibly against --taking certain vitamins, supplements, minerals etc.
My ignorance with respect to what kinds of supplements might be of benefit to me is primarily what has prevented me from going out and randomly trying out this and that (which seems to be an ill-advised strategy).
I'm hoping to learn a bit from you may or may not have to say to this end!
Cheers
As a first question: Can anyone recommend me a decent pharmaceutical grade Omega 3?