What supplements do you take? Benefits?

[LiveBelowMeans]

For years I avoided all meds and supplements. Mother nature knows best?? But... after reading about Taurine, I have started taking Taurine 1000mg daily.

 

[Music Lover]

Multi-vitamin
Protein powder
Creatine

 

[Maximus]

Multi-vitamin
Protein powder
Creatine

Please tell us about your creatine experience.

 

[Music Lover]

Please tell us about your creatine experience.

It helps promote the building of lean muscle mass and produces energy during intensive exercise. I lift weights but no longer lift as heavy or as intensely as I used to. But I do put some effort into my workouts and feel that it helps.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/what-is-creatine#how-it-works

 

[teej1985]

For years I avoided all meds and supplements. Mother nature knows best?? But... after reading about Taurine, I have started taking Taurine 1000mg daily.

What did you read about it? I've never heard of it.

 

[AlmostThoreau]

I cannot imagine taking supplements unless recommend by a physician for a specific reason or to address a specific issue. I am not a good friend to the MLM crowd!

Eh. There's a lot doctors don't know. None of them thought to check my B12, which was incredibly low (when I finally found a doc who did think of this). And I have to get the stuff illegally from Canada, as docs here aren't allowed to prescribe the dosage I need.

And 90% of MDs don't even know what LDN is - a life changing (though formally unproven) medicine for me. The Mayo Clinic is finally, as of last week, recommending it on their website. Glad I didn't wait for that!

 

[LiveBelowMeans]

What did you read about it? I've never heard of it.

Here is a summary of the benefits. You can search for the underlying studies as well.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/27/lon...nt-he-takes-every-day-to-slow-down-aging.html

 

[LiveBelowMeans]

What did you read about it? I've never heard of it.

Here is a recent study:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn9257

 

[Koolau]

For years I avoided all meds and supplements. Mother nature knows best?? But... after reading about Taurine, I have started taking Taurine 1000mg daily.

Just ordered from Amazon. Hope it w*rks.

 

[GenXguy]

For years I avoided all meds and supplements. Mother nature knows best?? But... after reading about Taurine, I have started taking Taurine 1000mg daily.

Some people have mentioned taking Taurine due to having tinnitus.

https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/tinnitus-help-116779-3.html#post2894132

I tried it at 2000 mg per day for more than a week, but it didn't help my tinnitus or my insomnia, so I gave it up, like many other things I tried.

https://www.early-retirement.org/fo...-and-sleeping-pills-119378-2.html#post2992355

 

[Rianne]

No supplements. Actually, a good bran cereal provides 100% of the necessary vitamins. I eat a variety of foods for my vitamins.

 

[Music Lover]

I tried it at 2000 mg per day for more than a week, but it didn't help my tinnitus or my insomnia, so I gave it up, like many other things I tried.

If there was a supplement for tinnitus that actually worked everyone on the music forums that I frequent would know about it.

 

[Rianne]

If there was a supplement for tinnitus that actually worked everyone on the music forums that I frequent would know about it.

I have tinnitus as well. The fall prairie cricket symphony in my ears I always thought how do musicians not get tinnitus? Lordy, every rock and roller in history must have it.

 

[Music Lover]

I have tinnitus as well. The fall prairie cricket symphony in my ears I always thought how do musicians not get tinnitus? Lordy, every rock and roller in history must have it.

I have it, thankfully it's mild because I caught it in time and now wear custom made ear plugs all the time to prevent it from getting worse.

 

[NoiseBoy]

I have it, thankfully it's mild because I caught it in time and now wear custom made ear plugs all the time to prevent it from getting worse.

Me too. I wear the PRO17 from 1-of-1 Custom, what do you use? FWIW, I like the Pro 17 a lot. They are softer than my old Westone custom earplugs and I also think they have a more neutral response.

https://1of1custom.com/collections/custom-ear-plugs/products/pro-17-custom-earplugs

 

[GenXguy]

If there was a supplement for tinnitus that actually worked everyone on the music forums that I frequent would know about it.

And on the tinnitus forum I frequent. Mine is loud.

I have tinnitus as well. The fall prairie cricket symphony in my ears I always thought how do musicians not get tinnitus? Lordy, every rock and roller in history must have it.

Some people don't get tinnitus, even with significant hearing loss, while others can get it from medication while showing no hearing loss on an audiogram.

 

[Orlin]

[FONT=&quot]I’m a bit of a vitamin junkie – from A to Zinc. Well, I’m told our cave ancestors got a lot more vitamins/minerals than we do and that modern farming has diluted the soil. So for me (being on a “good” diet) I’m still topping up. But I would say at least a good quality multivitamin + multi-mineral every day. And for me I can say that fish oil, magnesium and calcium make a difference that I can actually sense. And if I don’t supplement zinc I get them white spots under my nails. And Vitamin C is still king and D is not optional. But one can’t really isolate one best. They all work together. And nice-to-haves some Creatine, Glutamine and Collagen.[/FONT]

 

[Music Lover]

Me too. I wear the PRO17 from 1-of-1 Custom, what do you use? FWIW, I like the Pro 17 a lot. They are softer than my old Westone custom earplugs and I also think they have a more neutral response.

https://1of1custom.com/collections/custom-ear-plugs/products/pro-17-custom-earplugs

I went to an audiologist and he made molds of my ears, so they're custom fit and very comfortable. I have 3 different pairs of filters...9db, 15db, and 26db.

Very similar to the link you posted.

 

[Koolau]

Some people have mentioned taking Taurine due to having tinnitus.

https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/tinnitus-help-116779-3.html#post2894132

I tried it at 2000 mg per day for more than a week, but it didn't help my tinnitus or my insomnia, so I gave it up, like many other things I tried.

https://www.early-retirement.org/fo...-and-sleeping-pills-119378-2.html#post2992355

Yep, I've tried several things and nothing seems to help tinnitus - except low noise levels. I can't even stand to be in church service during praise time. Too much drum! Fortunately, the lanai has a TV for overflow and I "overflow" to the lanai during the song-fest.

 

[brett]

We only take what our respective physicians recommend.

 

[Koolau]

We only take what our respective physicians recommend.

If we think it might be a good idea to take a given supplement, we run it past the doctor. If s/he has no problem with it, we'll give it a try. I suspect our docs chuckle to themselves about the "expensive urine" and just say "okay."

 

[Koolau]

Most doctors have zero nutritional training. Likely less on supplements. Running it by your doctor unless they are a nutritional specialist with training probably offers little. But, I know that the older generations won't do anything without a doctor telling them to. My 81 year old father in law is an example. Always a doctor and a new pill (not a supplement or vitamin).

In our case, it's not so much that we think our docs are nutritional specialists as that they should know if something is "bad" for us. That's all I really care about.

I already know to think carefully about if/how much to take of any supplement that is fat soluble. Lots of potential issues there if you don't know what you're doing. Most of the others just go in and out in the same 24 hours. I can "hope" that they w*rk some magic in my body, but if not, they won't be around long enough (or in high enough dose) to harm me - especially if the doc says it's "okay" (as in "it won't harm you - just make your urine more expensive.")

 

[More Cowbell]

• Lactaid and Beano
• Kirkland Signature Mature Multi
• Turmeric/curcumin/black pepper extract to relieve inflammation related to thumb arthritis, suggested by orthopedic doctor. (Doctor also suggested cooking with turmeric but no thanks.) I started off taking 1,000 mg/day at doctor’s suggestion and didn’t notice much difference after 6 months. I increased to 2,000 mg/day as suggested by the mfg (Nature’s Truth) and before the end of the first week, my pain level dropped dramatically. Hand pain stopped waking me up at night. YMMV.

 

[DrRoy]

Multi, D, Mg, fish oil.

Been trying Ashwagandha, and considering Taurine.