Which supplements do you take?

[Klaus]

And why?

Here's what I take:

• Creatine - to increase energy supply for muscles
• Collagen peptide - for skin & joint health
• Psyllium husk - for fiber
• Vitamin D - for bone health (although I forget to take it on most days)

[Catseye3]

I am a lifetime all-over-the-place supplement taker. Sometimes I take a whole drawerful, no putative benefit overlooked. Other times I don't take any. And points between.

These days I take a multivitamin for women, and when I remember/feel like it, I take omega-3 and gelatin.

Klaus, do you experience overt improvement when you take creatine?

Afterthought: I take gelatin because I became convinced that it is more effective than collagen. YMMV, but I redd in more than one place that gelatin, as it comes from hydrolyzed collagen, is more bioavailable and easier to digest.

But there is now hydrolyzed collagen to take as a supplement. More here: https://ancientnutrition.com/blogs/all/hydrolyzed-collagen

[jon-nyc]

Multivitamin
Vitamin D
Calcium
Magnesium

Transplant meds screw with magnesium levels, calcium for bone health to compensate for daily prednisone habit. D because most of us are deficient and it’s use correlated with better transplant (and covid) outcomes, multivitamin just because.

[kluurs]

Here's what I take and the purported benefits...

D - regulating the absorption of calcium and phosphorus and facilitating normal immune system function.

K2 - contributes to skin health and bone metabolism, promotes proper brain function and prevents heart-related disease.

NMN - suppress age-associated weight gain, enhance energy metabolism and physical activity, improve insulin sensitivity, improve eye function, improve mitochondrial metabolism and prevent age-linked changes in gene expression.

B12 - nourishes the brain and nervous system, and assists with the formation of healthy red blood cells.

I get a powerful amount of fiber from diet.

[Horace]

I take no supplements. When it comes to nutrient intake through diet, I am an overachiever.

[George K]

Multivitamin
NMN - as Kluurs does.
Pterostilbine - a more bio-available form of resveratrol.

The effectiveness of these two are questionable, but after reading David Sinclair's book, I figured, why not?

Finally, metformin. I have (very) mild Type II DM. Well-controlled with diet (A1C almost never >5). However, I mentioned the purported benefits of metformin to my doc, and he said, "It wouldn't hurt, and if you think it helps, I have no problem."

[Catseye3]

@kluurs said in Which supplements do you take?:

promotes proper brain function . . .

So when's that gonna kick in, do you think?

[kluurs]

@Catseye3 said in Which supplements do you take?:

@kluurs said in Which supplements do you take?:

promotes proper brain function . . .

So when's that gonna kick in, do you think?

It actually frightens me to consider that if I'm this way with "enhanced" brain function, I shudder to think of what I'd be without supplements.

[Klaus]

@Catseye3 said in Which supplements do you take?:

Klaus, do you experience overt improvement when you take creatine?

I don't think it will do much in isolation, but when combined with resistance training (which I also do) there is a mountain of studies which show improved results.

[Doctor Phibes]

I don't take anything.

I did try taking a multivitamin for women a few times, but they still refused to have anything to do with me.

[LuFins Dad]

Vitamin D
Vitamin C during Cold/Flu Season
Probiotics (1 billion)
Fish Oil
Magnesium when I start feeling leg cramps coming on…

[Klaus]

@George-K said in Which supplements do you take?:

NMN - as Kluurs does.

@kluurs @George-K I've never head of NMN before and had to look it up. From what I can see, there are barely any studies of its effect on humans - most studies seem to be on mice. Did I miss something?

[Copper]

I told the Doctor I was taking this.
He said, "you don't need it"
I said, "it makes my wife happy"
He said, "take it"

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in Which supplements do you take?:

@George-K said in Which supplements do you take?:

NMN - as Kluurs does.

@kluurs @George-K I've never head of NMN before and had to look it up. From what I can see, there are barely any studies of its effect on humans - most studies seem to be on mice. Did I miss something?

Shut up and pass the cheese

[George K]

@Klaus said in Which supplements do you take?:

I've never head of NMN before and had to look it up. From what I can see, there are barely any studies of its effect on humans - most studies seem to be on mice. Did I miss something?

No, you didn't. The mouse stuff is pretty interesting however.

[Copper]

I had never heard of NMN.

This from NIH:

Supplementing NMN may be an effective nutraceutical anti-aging intervention, with beneficial effects on a wide array of physiological functions.

In numerous mouse models of disease and aging, NMN has demonstrated a wide array of remarkable effects, benefitting conditions ranging from diabetes to Alzheimer’s disease to ischemia.

NMN is clearly a murine (mouse) fountain of youth. But what about humans? Shin-ichiro Imai has said that NMN may improve adult human metabolism, rendering it more like that of someone ten or twenty years younger.34 His team is now studying NMN in humans. David Sinclair, Harvard University’s noted anti-aging researcher, whose research on resveratrol, NAD+ and sirtuins is world renowned, is also conducting human trials. He is taking NMN himself; he has said his lipid profile has improved dramatically and he feels more energetic and that his blood markers, at nearly 60 years old, are closer to those of a 31-year-old.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238909/

It sounds like a miracle

So I went directly to Amazon to get some

I looked at a few NMN products, all had 4+ stars out of 5 reviews. But I also saw several reviews calling the product a scam, some claimed it made them sick.

Most reviews were very good, claiming amazing results.

I was ready to buy 20 minutes ago, now I might wait a little while.

[George K]

The problems with all of these reviews is that they're all very subjective - duh. The science on NMN in incomplete, and perhaps it will be proven ineffective - in humans. But, the science in mice (and other animals) is pretty compelling.

Read Sinclair's book.

[bachophile]

Beer. Wine.

That’s about it.

[Klaus]

@bachophile said in Which supplements do you take?:

Beer. Wine.

That’s about it.

I was talking about supplements, not essentials.

[Larry]

I don't take any - but I have to be told I'm dying to get me to take an aspirin... I read a report several years ago from some medical organization, don't remember who.. that said 99% of most supplements do absolutely nothing, so I don't think I'm missing anything by not taking any.