Im just heading home from hot yoga and was about to bite into a peach…guess not! I am taking all of your recommendations very seriously and feel I have gotten more helpful advice in a couple days than a year w many specialists. You all are amazing!!!
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Yes I agree with GSD that is a ton of vitamins, and in my opinion not only unnecessary, but a waste of money and maybe even harmful. The thing with vitamins is that the idea is not to create some dramatic scientifically measurable effect in the body. They are not drugs, and are not suppose to work like drugs. They bring balance to the body. So while I think the RDA is low on many if not most, mega dosing to get some sort of measurable impact for some vitamins is not necessary. Just my opinion.
The Multi and Chorella are going to give you plenty of nutrients. I would add in fish oil and another 1-3 sources of fatty acids from flax and borage or olive oil etc. Bump up the ground flax too 1-2 tbs, even with the addition of oil. Bump up the Glutamine to ten grams on heavy training days, 5 before and 5 after. You can add in Kelp jerky or some other form of kelp. Or just take a thyroid blend, with Tryrosine, iodine. This can supplement that iodine without adding in extra sodium. Sea Salt is lower is sodium, but iodine as well.
ElIMINATE the veggie greens. Eliminate Broccoli, Sprouts, Kale, brussel sprouts, soy, cauliflower and even peaches and pears. These foods actually suppress thyroid function. So stay away from these foods (not my opinion,James F. Balch’s recommendation) and get rid of all the separate mineral and vitamins, with exception of the vitamin D.
Multi
Thyroid blend with iodine from potassium iodide or Kelp, Tyrosine and glandular thyroid
Chorella (this gives you those extra vitamins and minerals for thyroid support)
Oils (Flax, fish, borage, and some other form coconut/olive or whatever)
Glutamine
Protein
5htp
Throw in some massage and slow restorative yoga and give your body some time. Just my 2 cents…Good luck. Hope you heal well.
@GSD Yes the glutamine debacle is interesting. I just read an article on T-Nation about Glutamine being useful with anabolism and priming the cell, if I remember that correctly, for protein synthesis. I know it is useful for digestive tract health, and it balances the nuerotransmitters, GABA/Glutamate. It does seem to be deficient in people who are over trained, so whether or not it adds 10 lbs to your bench might be up for debate, but it definitely seems to play a role in many other functions. Stuff you probably already knew, but just wanted to throw that out there.
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