What supplements should I take every day to stay healthy and maybe help lose weight?!
Question:
What supplements should I take every day to stay healthy and maybe help lose weight?
I currently take a multi-vitamin (chewable because I have a hard time swallowing pills) and liquid fish oil. I also take acidophilus to help prevent yeast infections. And I also take calcium with vitamin d when I can remember to. What else should I be taking?
Answers: There is a book called the Perricone Prescription that gives detailed lists and reasons for taking certain supplements for staying young and controlling weight.
I'll just give you a short sample:
1.L-Carnitine or even better Acetyl L-Carnitine 2000mg daily for both weightloss, it promotes the bodies fat burning,and for better thinking,it feeds the brain.
2. Chromium Picolinate 2000 mg daily it also promotes weightloss and stabilizes blood sugar
3.Cinnamon 1000 mg again stabilizes blood sugar.
4. Flaxseed oil or 2000 to 3000 mg daily better source of Omega 3s than fish oil with no risk of mercury contamination.Also good for the eyes to prevent dry eye syndrome as we get older,and is needed with the Carnitine to work synergystically in breaking down fat.
5. CLA 2000 to 3000 mgs daily maintains muscle while we lose weight.
I have lost 30 lbs, and kept it off and am continuing to lose by taking daily the CLA,Cinnamon, the Flaxseed Oil capsules, you can get the oil instead of the capsules,and the Carnitine either the Acetyl when I can afford it or the L-Canitine. The difference is one is broke down further for the body to more readily utilize than the other,and following a primarily low carb lifestyle. I eat right for two weeks then have a weekend free to eat anything I want while still taking the supplements.
Since they control blood sugar, and cravings for sugar I have enjoyed this weightloss journey,I can eat what I want every two weeks,and yet I don't really binge because my bloodsugar stays stable and I don't feel deprived at all, because the cravings are under control.
Since you have a hard time swallowing pills, you can add Cinnamon to your food, and the flaxseed oil, but I don't know how you can get around the rest. Make sure any supplement you take is either in capsule form or is water soluable and breaks down in a glass of water in 30 minutes. Otherwise it does not get used by the body but just passes through. Source(s):
The Perricone Prescription,The Carnitine Miracle by Robert Crayhon