What do you take daily to keep good health?

[FIREmenow]

Exercise, exercise, exercise.
And sleep.

[ShokWaveRider]

BP Meds only and a baby asprin.

[Chuckanut]

Vit D in the winter when the sunlight is pretty lame.

Exercise 3-4 days a week plus a lot of walking. Exercise seems to be the one multi-purpose med, and it sure wakes up by brain.

Real food I prepare myself. I follow the 80% rule on meals. 80% of the time I eat a good healthy meal and the other 20% I dont' worry about though I do watch portions. And I limit alcohol to 1-2 a day. Sometimes none.

Doc wants me on a statin, but I read the paper that comes with the meds and cannot find anything about it helping people who do not have CVD.

Stopped my daily aspirin after reading it did little good for otherwise healthy people.

Lots of bad science in medicine and human health has made me suspicious of most recommendations I hear about.

[bjorn2bwild]

No pills, but I do incorporate a few 'interesting substances' and foodstuffs into my daily or near daily diet -

Green/black tea
Cocoa powder
Turmeric
Ginger
Rosemary
Canned sardines
Hydrolyzed collagen powder

[Nemo2]

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Originally Posted by bjorn2bwild No pills, but I do incorporate a few 'interesting substances' and foodstuffs into my daily or near daily diet - Green/black tea Cocoa powder Tumeric Ginger Rosemary Canned sardines Hydrolyzed collagen powder

DW & I tried Turmeric for a (short) while.....didn't care for the side effects.

[Sojourner]

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Originally Posted by bjorn2bwild No pills, but I do incorporate a few 'interesting substances' and foodstuffs into my daily or near daily diet - Green/black tea Cocoa powder Tumeric Ginger Rosemary Canned sardines Hydrolyzed collagen powder

+1 to raw cacao powder, and to canned sardines. I try to eat at least a few servings of each of those every week. Also vitamin D and vitamin K2 supplements a few days a week. And chia seeds and powdered psyllium husks daily for good digestive health & regularity.

[cusetownusa]

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Originally Posted by GreenER Exercise and a mostly plant based diet.

This ^

[Scuba]

Multivitamin, calcium, & Vitamin D. Cut down to every other day as last year my doc said I had unusually high vitamin levels. Do not usually eat processed food and exercise at least once, sometimes 2-3 times/day, mostly doing outdoor activities such as walking, cycling, tennis, hiking, swimming, water aerobics. Sleep until I wake up, usually no alarm.

[Cobra9777]

- over-50 multi vitamin
- additional 500mg vitamin C
- fish oil
- glucosamine
- 2 meds for high BP plus 81mg aspirin
- 10K steps (fitbit)
- low carb diet
- salt substitute (potassium)
- 8-10 glasses of water

My BP has come down steadily since retiring and dropping 40 pounds. Doc has twice reduced my dosage and I'm maintaining 120/80.

[bjorn2bwild]

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Originally Posted by Nemo2 DW & I tried Turmeric for a (short) while.....didn't care for the side effects.

Interesting (spelling corrected - thanks) Did you consume it with food?
I sprinkle about a teaspoon of turmeric and rosemary powder on my eggs each morning with no ill effects.

[mystang52]

Low dose aspirin (per my doctor's suggestion)
Multi vitamin
2 Organic Green Tea capsules daily (a while back there was a preliminary study that this is good for my chronic disease; I'm in relatively very good health so frankly am afraid to stop this, even if it likely has no effect).
And, I exercise daily.

That's my healthy stuff. But I also have a Hostess Cupcake after lunch, or its equivalent, and a cup of low fat ice cream every night.

[Nemo2]

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Originally Posted by bjorn2bwild Interesting (spelling corrected - thanks) Did you consume it with food? I sprinkle about a teaspoon of turmeric and rosemary powder on my eggs each morning with no ill effects.

Yes, added it to food...DW at the time was suffering from periodic heartburn, (she still gets it once in a while), and all the doctor could suggest was taking antacids.

We attended a seminar, sponsored by our local health food store, that suggested that some people, (apparently she was one), have lower levels of stomach acids than are optimal, (and taking antacids would, the theory went, only exacerbate the problem)........we purchased a supply of the 'higher quality' product, (and took it beyond the suggested minimum time for it to become effective)....didn't work for her, and the intestinal side effects, (and I'm a hot pepper consumer), we attributed, (rightly or wrongly, but we'd made no other dietary changes), to the turmeric.

Glad it's working for you.

[madsquopper]

a dump.

[Nemo2]

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Originally Posted by madsquopper a dump.

City or municipal?

[CoolChange]

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Originally Posted by mystang52 .... That's my healthy stuff. But I also have a Hostess Cupcake after lunch, or its equivalent, and a cup of low fat ice cream every night.

Mental health is important too!

[MRG]

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Originally Posted by CoolChange Mental health is important too!

Most days a little Cannibis(indicia predominately) is vaped for ADD. It works much better than amphetamines.

[travelover]

About a square inch of Trader Joe 70% cacao chocolate.

[Marita40]

I tried turmeric ginger tea--homemade with fresh ginger and organic turmeric powder-- for awhile. It had a sedative effect similar to melatonin for me, and I liked the taste. What I didn't like was orange tongue, orange teeth, orange toothbrush, so I stopped it.

[ronin]

I've been taking milk thistle that has some artichoke and turmeric in it. It really seems to help with the symptoms of BPH and getting up at night. Like amazingly helpful.

[iloveyoga]

- Over 50 multivitamin
- Fish oil
- Coffee first thing
- My thyroid med
- As many fruits and vegetables as I can stand
- Daily exercise walking biking yoga weights
- Prunes
- 7-8 hours of sleep, no alarm clock
- Monthly massage, I think I need more