[MurdahUDawg]

How many here supplement with a multi-vitamin?

do you find that it adds to your energy, take from it, or neither?

brand?

I've used Gnc Mega-men sport and I was using ON Opti-Men right now but stopped.

I find that the days I take it; im tired, the day just drags on, then the very next day if I do not take it Im full of energy.

I want to take a multi, but i don't want that problem any longer ....

[haroldjg]

Just keeps me running right. Weight training 6 days a week, combined with a regular life, puts a huge amount of stress on your body. If you are deficient in vitamins and minerals, you wont be able to perform optimally and you wont be able to pack on as much mass. They are so cheap, it seems stupid to me not to take them. I am assuming that everyone on this board is supplementing in some way. I personally find it hard to eat all of the fruits and veggies needed to get everything I need. What is an extra couple bucks a month for a multi vitamin when it makes up for so many dietary short comings? I personally just go to walmart and buy the equate multi vitamins. They are mother cheap. And while they may be of a slightly lower quality than the more designer brands, they are so cheap you can simply double dose and still get better value. I also supplement with ZMA and B-vitamines... all very cheap at walmart.

EDIT: maybe I shouldnt have used the word stupid. I dont want to offend anyone. I just thing that multi's are pretty much a bread and butter thing.
EDIt: I forgot to mention the oils, ohhh the oils. Not necessities, but I deffinately notice a difference when I am taking them. I just feel better. As well, I find oils very useful when I am trying to cut a little bit of fat. They are all around just really good to include.

[WheyGood]

I do eat a lot of vegetables each day and try to have at least one piece of fruit a day (usually an orange) and at least a 1/4 cup of raw unsalted nuts/seeds (usually walnuts or sunflower seeds), but I know I don't get all the vitamins and minerals for optimum health from just the food I eat. So, taking a multi-vitamin once a day with a meal is kind of a no brainer for me.

I also tak an additional vitamin C, E, D, and sometimes a B vitamin supplement (in addition to tbsp of fish oil or flaxseed oil most days).

[bLacKjAck.]

NOW Adam, best there is and ever will be.

[MurdahUDawg]

anyone ever experience the feeling i described?

[xjsynx]

Originally Posted by MurdahUDawg

anyone ever experience the feeling i described?

You should be getting the opposite effect. Maybe you are getting something you don't need???

[R-Mac]

Right now i am taking ON Opti-Men and also supplement with Vitamin C daily, i was taking NOW ADAM, and think I am going to go back to it...I can't really speak to the dragging in the a.m. when taking it vs. not taking it... although I have been dragging a bit lately in the am, but i cant associate that with anything specific just yet...I wonder...i am going to have to test that out and not take it in the a.m. and see what happens..

The On Opti-Men says to take three seperate doses through out the day, so after your am dose, when you take the other 2 later in the day do you start to drag shortly after the other doses?

[p5sky]

I have used Opti Men and currently use a Costco multi that is rated very high, it is for athletic types like us. I have used Animal pak but never noticed much difference, some swear by it though.

[ZoRomo77]

someone at work told me last week that he saw something on the news from a study that said if you take 2 or more daily vitamins in one day between the ages of 18-45 then it increases your risk of developing prostate cancer. anyone else heard anything like this?! it doesn't sound to legit to me and i usually take a couple a day.

[xjsynx]

Originally Posted by ZoRomo77

someone at work told me last week that he saw something on the news from a study that said if you take 2 or more daily vitamins in one day between the ages of 18-45 then it increases your risk of developing prostate cancer. anyone else heard anything like this?! it doesn't sound to legit to me and i usually take a couple a day.

This guy tried to tell me this at the gym, and then insisted on checking my prostate for me

[ZoRomo77]

Originally Posted by xjsynx

This guy tried to tell me this at the gym, and then insisted on checking my prostate for me

did he tell you he was going to use this new "advanced" fingerless method?

[xjsynx]

Originally Posted by ZoRomo77

did he tell you he was going to use this new "advanced" fingerless method?

don't tell me you ran into the same guy???

[xjsynx]

Here is what I heard from The Denver Post who had an article on it

Washington - There's more worrisome news about vitamins: Taking too many may increase men's risk of dying from prostate cancer.

The study, being published today, doesn't settle the issue. But it is the biggest yet to suggest high-dose multivitamins may harm the prostate, and the latest chapter in the confusing quest to tell whether taking various vitamins really helps a variety of conditions - or is a waste of money, or worse.

Government scientists turned to a study tracking the diet and health of almost 300,000 men. About a third reported taking a daily multivitamin, and 5 percent were heavy users, swallowing the pills more than seven times a week.

Within five years of the study's start, 10,241 men had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Some 1,476 had advanced cancer; 179 died.

Heavy multivitamin users were almost twice as likely to get fatal prostate cancer as men who never took the pills, concludes the study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

But overall, the researchers found no link between multivitamin use and early-stage prostate cancer.

The researchers speculate that perhaps high-dose vitamins had little effect until a tumor appeared, and then could spur its growth.

While similar but smaller studies have suggested a link, too, more rigorous research is needed, caution the National Cancer Institute scientists.

[ZoRomo77]

Originally Posted by xjsynx

don't tell me you ran into the same guy???

no that bastard stole my line!!


lol JK

[ZoRomo77]

those are interesting studies

[xjsynx]

Originally Posted by ZoRomo77

no that bastard stole my line!!

it's a tough job but somebody gots to do it...

[xjsynx]

Originally Posted by ZoRomo77

those are interesting studies

Yeah, I found this a little more interesting

But overall, the researchers found no link between multivitamin use and early-stage prostate cancer.

The researchers speculate that perhaps high-dose vitamins had little effect until a tumor appeared, and then could spur its growth.