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Some Summer Fitness Tips | Zen to Fitness — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:55:12 +0000

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By: Getting your Minerals through Real food | Zen to Fitness

Getting your Minerals through Real food | Zen to Fitness — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:52:16 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:47:53 +0000

@ Tom: I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how effective a strong B-Complex is after a few too many, Stops hangovers in their tracks. Berrocca is good they are cheap and High in B-Vitamins and as they are dispersible they absorb far faster.
@ M: Thats the key get your nutrition in check and your good to go; A multi-Vitamin should be nothing more than a security blanket so shoot for one thats natural and not too high in anything particular.
@ Methuselah: Good to know that about his book for athletes, I have the original paleo diet book which I love and regularly grab for a quick browse…..

By: M

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:51:23 +0000

I think that we want to get our nutrition through our eating but a supplement help ensures that we do. At least I am convinced of this. Nice post!

By: Tom Parker

Tom Parker — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:04:11 +0000

Good post Chris. I do try and eat a good amount of fruit and veg each day but still stick with a multi-vitamin to make sure I am covering all basis. I also take an omega 3 fatty acids supplement and a magnesium supplement which I really find helps improve my quality of sleep.

On the topic of hangovers I have never actually tried taking multi-vitamins as a quick fix. I will have to give them or b-vitamins a try next time I have a few too many.

By: Methuselah - Pay Now Live Later

Methuselah - Pay Now Live Later — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:27:55 +0000

Chris – I actually bought and read Cordain’s ‘Paleo Diet for Athletes.’ Unless you are an endurance athlete, which obviously I am not, it’s only of interest from a theoretical point of view, but it’s in there that he recommends supplementation and judicious use of non-paleo foods pre and post performance.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:04:20 +0000

@ Methuselah: Great spot I have always wondered about Cordain’s views on supplements as his books remain vague on the topic. I guess it makes sense taking a strong Anti-Oxidant cocktail would do us a load of good in this day and age. Vitamin C for its bang to buck ration seems pretty good, it seems to have real effects and its also pretty cheap and safe in high doses…..
@ Jasmine: Diet really is key. Eating like crap means you will feel tat way regardless of what pills you pop, I’m glad to hear your husbands eating better and feeling it!
@ Seamus: Thanks for checking in, I hope you will find future content interesting as well as checking out the archives. Your blog is absolutely awesome….
@ Yegin: I sometimes think its better to ditch a supplement unless you can feel it, a Overly strong Multi-vitamin definitely seems like a glorified B-Vitamin complex to me. A solid wholefoods based basic formula on the other hand can be picked up cheaply and maybe of good effect.

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By: Yegin - No Diet Needed

Yegin - No Diet Needed — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:50:57 +0000

Good post. To add to Methuselah’s point, excessive amounts of fat soluble vitamins (A D E K) are toxic (very excessive amounts) and daily need of these vitamins are not very high. I believe a well balanced diet would be enough.
Also Vitamin deficiency is not a very common issue in west so I’m really questioning the purpose of stores full of multi vitamin supplements.