How are multivitamins healthy?

[wufabufa]

Originally Posted by Nemesis48

Some vitamins/minerals are water soluble and are urinated, some are not. Iron is a great example of something you NEVER want to overdose on, it's actually lethal and can cause heart attacks and organ damage. There is no reason to ever take an iron supplement. B12, vitamin d and what not - doesn't matter, excess gets peed out.

No you special child, you. Vitamin D is not simply just "peed out" B complexes and C are water soluble and are excreted through urine easily.

A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble vitamins that are stored in the liver and fatty tissues, and are eliminated much more slowly than water-soluble vitamins.

[BrizzoBoi]

Originally Posted by Vashgun

Instead Alfalfa, Barley and Spirulina are the three greens that are pretty much all you need. I often throw in beet root powder because what these three greens lack, beet root virtually completes it. and betaine is one of the most important phytochemicals for human health you can consume.

Interesting. Are you talking about Alfalfa sprouts or hay? It's super easy to grow sprouts yourself so I'd consider doing that. If you're talking about the hay I didn't even know that humans could eat it haha.

Also how much spirulina do you take? They make it over here and depending on how much you need to take a day it seems like it could be an affordable natural supplement

[Vashgun]

Originally Posted by BrizzoBoi

Interesting. Are you talking about Alfalfa sprouts or hay? It's super easy to grow sprouts yourself so I'd consider doing that. If you're talking about the hay I didn't even know that humans could eat it haha.

Also how much spirulina do you take? They make it over here and depending on how much you need to take a day it seems like it could be an affordable natural supplement

I don't use any sprouts although i am familiar with the benefits and the risks, and the latter is why I typically don't use or advise their use. But if grown correctly and eaten when fresh some are probably superior. The alfalfa I buy is from young, dried/dehydrated leaf. its not sprouts per se, but it is definitely not hay or livestock feed.

I take about 3 tablespoons of alfalfa leaf at a time, and I alternate between alfalfa and barely. I take about 1 teaspoon of spirulina because it is very salty, which is why I use the beet root powder because it is naturally sweet. and strikes a drinkable balance. It's not sweet like sugar cane but like carrot so its often not palatable to most at first but its not about taste, it makes me feel amazing.

I started to experiment with spirulina because I read it supposedly gets rapidly absorbed and helps the cells by supplying quick oxygen or something to that effect, i can't remember well its been awhile but I would do serious anaerobic activity like hitting the bag hard and fast or doing burpees, i would take a teaspoon to a tablespoon in a bottle of water, shake it up good and drink it after I was heavily gassed and I had some amazing results, so much so I began to log my research and planned on publishing it but real life got in the way and I haven't had much time to get back into it. long story short, it does something to refresh your oxygen so much so that you can be at the point of vomiting to not breathing heavy at all. In a matter of a few seconds, its helped me get into tremendous shape for bjj. I have been too distracted with other things but its worth doing a bit of experimenting on if you workout.

[JasonMun]

Originally Posted by Nemesis48

Some vitamins/minerals are water soluble and are urinated, some are not. Iron is a great example of something you NEVER want to overdose on, it's actually lethal and can cause heart attacks and organ damage. There is no reason to ever take an iron supplement. B12, vitamin d and what not - doesn't matter, excess gets peed out.

D is fat soluble, it doesn't get peed out.

Men don't want to supplement iron, but for women its something most could benefit from supplementing, due to the large amounts of iron lost during menstruation