Health and Fitness Supplements the natural supplements and remedies
If you take any health and fitness supplements, we recommend that, just as with food, go organic if possible and check with your physician in advance.
Take only what works for you. The only way to find that out is to experiment.
Listed below are what I [Dennis] use in order to give you some ideas that might be worth trying—or not.
The health and fitness supplements are listed in no particular order within the three categories.
They seem to work well for me, and, perhaps, they will work well for you. I use the dosages recommended by the manufacturers.
If you are also a post-60 master strength trainee, what I take may also be appropriate for you. Even if you are not, much of what I take may still be appropriate for you.
Please note that health and fitness supplements do not replace eating well. If you haven't read about eating for health and fitness, please do so when you finish reading this page; an appropriate link awaits you at the bottom of this page.
In relation to nutritional products, be aware that nothing any responsible authority recommends is likely to work instantly. Don't expect super fast results.
Since I favor organic supplements, I favor Nutrilite's. Nutrilite is a company owned by Amway, which is the number one online seller of health and beauty products in the world.
Though I myself don't usually use them or recommend them, they make the best ready-to-drink protein shakes and energy drinks available anywhere.
(There's a link below to my store where you can purchase Nutrilite products. If you try them, like them and want to continue using them, consider contacting me to find out how you can, for no additional cost, obtain them at distributor's pricing.)
Let's start with I.the basics:
For health and fitness vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, I use Nutrilite's DoubleX daily. That's 3 tablets 2X [twice daily].
I take two tablets of Nutrilite's Concentrated Fruits and Vegetables daily. They provide phytonutrients from 10+ servings of fruits and vegetables.
I take about 2 grams of high quality fish oil before bed. I use either Nordic Naturals cod liver oil or Nutrilite's (Ocean Essentials) Heart Health softgel fish oil tablets.
Also at bedtime I take 400 mg of magnesium citrate and 20 mg of policosanol.
My current favorite protein powder is MRM's All Natural Egg White Protein. An egg protein powder is more natural than using one made with whey.
I take 400 mg of coenzyme Q10 (ubigtuinone) daily.
I take 300 to 600 mg of PS (Phosphatidyl Serine) daily.
I take two tables of glucosamine sulfate 2X. It's for joint health.
That's it for my basic ones. II. I also take the following but consider them less important.
I take 2 (Now) calcium citrate tablets daily as well as 1 (Nutrilite) natural B complex tablet, 1 prolonged release 500 mg vitamin C table, and 4000 I.U. (2 softgels) of Vitamin D3.
Once a day I take one 250 mg capsule of L-glutathione and one 600 mg capsule of NAC as well as 1000 mg of evening primrose oil (2 softgels).
I take 891 mg (6 capsules) of potassium daily.
Six days weekly I take one 725 mg capsule of decaffeinated green tea extract, two 600 mg capsules of alpha lipoic acid, and one garlic tablet that has 6000 mcg of allicin.
I take a daily (81 mg) aspirin tablet for heart health.
On days when I do strength training, if I can afford the extra carbs, I use Accelerade during training and MuscleLink's Recover X (sometimes with a scoop of their CreaSol) for my initial post-strength-training shake.
Although I don't usually take them, III. here are some additional supplements you may want to consider.
For immune system support, you might try Nutrilite's Triple Guard Daily Mushrooms or Host Defense (from New Chapter).
For health and fitness, single amino acids can be sometimes beneficial for certain conditions; for details, see the Ross and Larson books listed below.
Herbal remedies seem to work well for some people. (Dosage should not be exceeded.)
Homeopathic remedies also seem to work well for some people. (If homeopathic remedies don't work, they are harmless to your body.)
My best friend and co-webmaster of this website is a great advocate of natural medicine and in particular constitutional homeopathy.
Whatever health and fitness supplements or remedies you decide to take, remember to use them in conjunction with our guidelines about eating well. They are only supplemental.
[If the link takes you to the Nutrilite homepage rather than my store, please do the following: using either Firefox or Internet Explorer [but not Google Chrome] copy and paste (or type) into the address bar at the top of the search page http://www.amway.com/dennisbradford.]
When you get to the store, simply click on "nutrition" at the top of the page.
