Wizardhawk's memorial thread (a cautionary tale of dental care and garlic)

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Dabamf_sl

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BrutulTM_sl said:
Because people are walking around sick for lack of omega 3s? When the answer to the questions "what will happen if I take this" and "what will happen if I don't take this" are both "nothing" then just save your money.
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Omega3 is linked to all kinds of long term health outcomes. The evidence for it now basically makes it retarded to NOT take a fish oil supplement

As for other vitamins, my policy is that vitamins are so cheap they might as well be free, and I don't always eat perfectly plus i exercise a lot, so why not. The possible gains are massively larger than costs
 
Khane

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Dabamf_sl said:
Omega3 is linked to all kinds of long term health outcomes. The evidence for it now basically makes it retarded to NOT take a fish oil supplement

As for other vitamins, my policy is that vitamins are so cheap they might as well be free, and I don't always eat perfectly plus i exercise a lot, so why not. The possible gains are massively larger than costs
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I've got a bridge to sell you.
 
Gravel

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Spoilered for size:

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Kuriin

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Wow that is really wrong. Iodine as conflicting? What the shit? Copper? Beta carotene? MAGNESIUM? Am I reading that wrong?
 
Gravel

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I think it's as a supplement. As in, if you're not living in Africa you don't need to supplement with things like essential minerals.
 
iannis

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With how fortified american food is stuff like Vit B, C, and A is a waste of a pill for most people. Vitamin E is a waste of time for everyone who isn't on a purely liquid diet, and unless you're a shut-in living in the arctic circle you shouldn't need Vitamin D either.

It's, shockingly, a bad infograph. The evidence for the function of the vitamin B's are hardly "conflicting", what is conflicting is the usefulness of the supplement to the hypothetically average person with a hypothetically average american diet. But the chart directly contradicts that assumption in more than once place... so yeah.
 
Tuco

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Would be cool if a fitday or other diet tracking website allowed you to enter your diet for a week and produced a chart like that. Obviously some people need more vitamins than others and one week isn't enough to get a true average but it'd probably do okay.

I've tried taking multivitamins and fish oil several times and have never noticed a difference in how I felt after taking them for a few months. That's anecdotal and rife with inaccuracy but I'm not very disciplined so it's tough to keep it up without knowing if it's bullshit.
 
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Tea_sl

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I take fish oil because I'm allergic to shellfish and living inland I don't trust regular fish either. Seems to be enough evidence to suggest it warrants the paltry investment.
 
Gravel

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Tuco_sl said:
Would be cool if a fitday or other diet tracking website allowed you to enter your diet for a week and produced a chart like that. Obviously some people need more vitamins than others and one week isn't enough to get a true average but it'd probably do okay.

I've tried taking multivitamins and fish oil several times and have never noticed a difference in how I felt after taking them for a few months. That's anecdotal and rife with inaccuracy but I'm not very disciplined so it's tough to keep it up without knowing if it's bullshit.
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When I first started taking fish oil, I noticed it helped me recover from lifting faster. It was probably the first supplement I've ever taken that I could legitimately notice a difference.

Next winter, I should probably start taking vitamin D.
 
Cybsled

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Tea_sl said:
I take fish oil because I'm allergic to shellfish and living inland I don't trust regular fish either. Seems to be enough evidence to suggest it warrants the paltry investment.
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Some of that stuff isn't cheap. Cod liver oil is like $34 and up for a small bottle.
 
Adebisi

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I used to rip on probiotic yogurt since I assumed it was up there in the crazy department with acai berries. That is until an antibiotic I was on for pneumonia killed all my awesome gut bacteria.

Had to load up on yizorgurt to stop shitting my pants
 
Gravy

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I took fish oil for awhile, but hated burping up catfish bait all day. Krill oil doesn't taste as bad, and flax seed oil also has the Omega3's I think.
 
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