Do you take any supplements?

[G-MAN2004]

Does anyone follow Bryan Johnson?

After selling his company and becoming rich, he's dedicated himself to the persuit of life extension and has spent 2-3 million dollars experimenting.

He's definitely a bit mad. Just his daily supplement list alone of 100+ pills is insane... It's all rather interesting though.

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[Kelt]

Ah yes I wouldn't be without my Ninja or my red wine (or as @mid_gen calls it, poison)

Ooh, same model I bought!

Any tips when using it?

I made some chunky soup today for the first time, absolutely delicious.

 

[moon man]

Ooh, same model I bought!

Any tips when using it?

I made some chunky soup today for the first time, absolutely delicious.

its a great buy, you can do sauté before but tbh i tend to just do the smooth soup setting. lentils tomato's peppers and spices or whatever , chuck it all in, go to watch tv, 30 mins later creamy tasty perfect hot soup, boom

 

[Kelt]

its a great buy, you can do sauté before but tbh i tend to just do the smooth soup setting. lentils tomato's peppers and spices or whatever , chuck it all in, go to watch tv, 30 mins later creamy tasty perfect hot soup, boom

Do you mainly add boiled water to the veggies?

 

[moon man]

Do you mainly add boiled water to the veggies?

tbh i take from the freezer, microwave and maybe add a tin of tomatoes for the fluid content or even the chick pea juice, adding frozen lowers the final heat too much i find , but yeah boiled water will do it

 

[SquirrelMadness]

Has anyone here done a proper detox?

And by detox I mean actually chelating toxins and not just inducing mad diarrhoea by downing pints of kale juice.

 

[NickK]

I did a strict 1 week retreat.. defined meals, no salt. No sugar and no caffeine. Lots of exercise.. lost a load of weight .

sill eat healthier.

Supplements - vit C, vit K and a wellman sports.

 

[Freefaller]

Thats 17g a day, it's not exactly a big amount. If replacing butter, then you probably use that much butter a day if you have a couple of slices of bread/toast.

butter is far healthier than something that is ultraprocessed.

 

[shifty_uk]

I read some research recently that seems to show that life expectancy is slowing down. Many theories about it most of them are way beyond my knowledge but it's fascinating nonetheless.

I have an uneducated theory about this. The ‘Boomer’ generation had the benefit of decent locally farmed whole foods, no major societal pressures(social media, isolation) etc etc with all the advancements of modern medicine into their old age. Our generations on the other hand live in complete abundance, ultra processed, sugar filled diets with every imaginable mental health disorder and environmental pollutant. Its easy to over consume(and i dont mean being overweight) without thinking about the consequences.

Back on topic, I don’t take any supplements, even when I was training 4-5 days per week for 10+ years, just ate properly. Not out of disapproval, I just don’t like the stomach bloating(whey, multivits) and bloods always checked out so don’t see the point. I did try and take cod liver but again, a slight bit of bloat isn’t worth it.

 

[Jokester]

I see some people saying glucosomine is working well for them. Around 20-25 years ago, GPs would prescribe it for joint pain. But is was then removed from the prescription list, I had assumed there had been more up to date studies that didn't validate the presumed benefits, but maybe it was dropped for another reason.

It's definitely available on the NHS up here, friend of my dad mentioned he was getting it for his knees.

 

[Cromulent]

I take a standard multi and a vit D supplement. All I need really although I haven't read the whole thread.

 

[LeeUK]

Vit D3+K2
Iron Bisglycinate
Vit C

 

[uscool]

see few mention glucosomine for joints, started working out again 5 months in made some good progress but started to feel the knees past few weeks getting up from sitting or laying down for a bit but once I start moving it goes away think I'll give glucosomine ago see if I notice any difference

 

[tangey]

butter is far healthier than something that is ultraprocessed.

I wasn't addressing the relative merits of the two spreads. The poster I was responding too inferred that 500g per month was a large amount. It's 17g a day, which if you eat toast/bread daily, is probably what you use as a spread of whatever type.

 

[tangey]

It's definitely available on the NHS up here, friend of my dad mentioned he was getting it for his knees.

I'm in N.I, so possibly withdrawn here at the time, or maybe that just what the GP told my mum all them years ago !

 

[Jokester]

I'm in N.I, so possibly withdrawn here at the time, or maybe that just what the GP told my mum all them years ago !

Depends on what it’s for I think, for general arthritis it’s of no use as it doesn’t do anything for immaflamatory conditions.

 

[tangey]

Depends on what it’s for I think, for general arthritis it’s of no use as it doesn’t do anything for immaflamatory conditions.

Ah, that is likely it...what is it good for ?

 

[Jokester]

I wasn't addressing the relative merits of the two spreads. The poster I was responding too inferred that 500g per month was a large amount. It's 17g a day, which if you eat toast/bread daily, is probably what you use as a spread of whatever type.

I actually got my scales out at the weekend and tested this, I use 3g of spread every couple of days

It’s actually plant stenols rather than statin but both are for chloresterol. The recommended dose is 1.5 - 3g of stenol per day, so 45-90g per month. The marg is 6.6g/100g so just to hit the 1.5g fugure you would need to be eating almost 750g a month. 1.5kg for the high end figure.

I’ve changed to an olive oil/butter blend.

 

[Jokester]

Ah, that is likely it...what is it good for ?

It’s meant to be good for wear and tear of soft tissue like the cartilage and tendons. Knees are meant to have reasonable evidence support, though my main complaint was my Achilles tendon for days after football would seize and ache. I don’t have any issues since I started using it and would be the one supplement I could say did something observable.

All the others like the vitamins are unclear if they have any real positive effect (other than since full multi vitamins I do seem to suffer from hangovers a lot less).

 

[JonRGV250]

see few mention glucosomine for joints, started working out again 5 months in made some good progress but started to feel the knees past few weeks getting up from sitting or laying down for a bit but once I start moving it goes away think I'll give glucosomine ago see if I notice any difference

It’s made a massive difference for me with regard to knee pain when bending down or keeping my legs in one position for too long (car or plane journeys were an absolute nightmare).
Been on it for many years now and am problem free, but you must remember to keep taking it or (in my case) the problems return pretty fast.