I agree. I think it's okay for the short term, like if work is unusually busy and you need extra sources of energy to get through, or lack the time to eat/prepare proper meals (although there are lots of companies to help with this now).
Having worked in a couple of different elite athlete environments, the nutrition teams go for whole foods rather than using supplements. Supplement companies make most of their money off the amateur athletes as a result.
Being plant based I can get enough protein from food, but it's a lot of effort, so I supplement some, not all, of my protein with bulk nutrients earth protein (great value for money).
I take a B12 supplement, which most people should. There's bugger all B12 left in the ground anymore. The animals people eat are supplemented with B12 so you can get it from them, but B12 actually comes from the ground, not from animals.
I take vegan omegas, which is made up from seaweed. Same place the fish get it from. I just don't want to eat seaweed.
I think the definition of a supplement is a grey area in ways too. Like I take non-THC CBD for my back and it helps calm me a little, but I don't really see that as a dietry supplement. I also take L-Theanine to help with sleep, but again, I don't really think it's a dietry supplement, it's more something I use as an aid.
I think a lot of the supplements at supplement stores are bullshit and I try to make sure that whatever I buy is from a reputable place and has good reviews. Some stuff is full of unknown fillers and junk.
I think we should use supplements like their name suggests, to supplement something that we can't, or struggle to get. Not to replace something we can. I think sometimes marketing convinces people that a supplement is a silver bullet or that they need something that they don't.
I think most supplements are designed to prey/capitalise on people's inability to be patient and doing the boring basics of improving their health.
PS: great stuff on the milestone!!!
I agree. I think it's okay for the short term, like if work is unusually busy and you need extra sources of energy to get through, or lack the time to eat/prepare proper meals (although there are lots of companies to help with this now).
Having worked in a couple of different elite athlete environments, the nutrition teams go for whole foods rather than using supplements. Supplement companies make most of their money off the amateur athletes as a result.
Thank you :)
Such an incredible milestone Clare!!
I try to only supplement what I can't eat.
Being plant based I can get enough protein from food, but it's a lot of effort, so I supplement some, not all, of my protein with bulk nutrients earth protein (great value for money).
I take a B12 supplement, which most people should. There's bugger all B12 left in the ground anymore. The animals people eat are supplemented with B12 so you can get it from them, but B12 actually comes from the ground, not from animals.
I take vegan omegas, which is made up from seaweed. Same place the fish get it from. I just don't want to eat seaweed.
I think the definition of a supplement is a grey area in ways too. Like I take non-THC CBD for my back and it helps calm me a little, but I don't really see that as a dietry supplement. I also take L-Theanine to help with sleep, but again, I don't really think it's a dietry supplement, it's more something I use as an aid.
I think a lot of the supplements at supplement stores are bullshit and I try to make sure that whatever I buy is from a reputable place and has good reviews. Some stuff is full of unknown fillers and junk.
I think we should use supplements like their name suggests, to supplement something that we can't, or struggle to get. Not to replace something we can. I think sometimes marketing convinces people that a supplement is a silver bullet or that they need something that they don't.