Whats your favourite supplement?

[Adonis]

Discuss below

[Insex]

My essential fatty acids (EFA) pills and my fish oil pills (which are also EFA).

This is because they have so many health benefits associated with them. Also, the health benefits are not just theoretical, but have been tested and proven in laboratory studies. So I have confidence that what I'm taking is working.

[katz7479]

currently all natural i normally eat carbs (noodles) and protein( beef) affter each lift. so i have no favorite supplements but i also would like to know what people are taking. i will be getting on some supplements and protein shakes this summer. so i would also appeacaite any ideas.

[Adonis]

Originally Posted by Insex

My essential fatty acids (EFA) pills and my fish oil pills (which are also EFA).

This is because they have so many health benefits associated with them. Also, the health benefits are not just theoretical, but have been tested and proven in laboratory studies. So I have confidence that what I'm taking is working.

For those of us interested in positively and optimally altering body composition and maximizing our training efforts, fish oils offer thirteen possible advantages:
1. Cell membrane health: EPA and DHA insure that cell membranes remain healthy. This means that the membranes are flexible and contain larger numbers of insulin receptors that are more receptive and responsive to circulating insulin. This results in decreased fat storage in the adipocytes (fat cells).
2. Fish oils turn on the lipolytic genes (fat burning genes).
3. Fish oils turn off the lipogenic genes (fat storage genes).
4. Fish oils diminish C-reactive proteins, a newly identified risk factor associated with various inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, angina, coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. The DHA fraction of the fish oil seems to be one most responsible for that protective effect. DHA also has the best ability to reduce blood pressure.
5. Increase utilization of fat stores from the adipocytes.
6. Preferential utilization for energy production once stored in the adipocytes.
7. Reduced inflammation from physical training.
8. Pain management from the reduced inflammation.
9. EPA regulates blood supply to the brain which is essential in maintaining focus in weight training sessions. DHA is important in brain membranes, memory, and cognitive function.
10. Fish oils increase serotonin levels (the happy neurotransmitter). Therefore, fish oils will decrease incidence of depression, anxiety, panic attack, and reduce carbohydrate cravings.
11. Fish oils will improve your cardiovascular risk profile by lowering VLDL, triglycerides, homocysteine, fibrinogen, and increasing HDL levels. Combining fish oils with plant sterols will improve lipid levels even more than either alone.
12. Fish oils can also decrease blood pressure by several mechanisms. These include increases in the vasodilatory compound, nitric oxide, reducing vascular inflammation, blocking the constrictive elements in the vascular wall such as the calcium channels reducing blood viscosity, and inhibiting a blood vessel constrictor (thromboxane). Lipoprotein (a) is another CVD predictor that can be lowered by fish oils (a 19% reduction was seen with natural, stable fish oils and just 4% with a highly purified fish oil).
13. Fish oils are a great stress fighter. Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids inhibits the adrenal activation of steroids, aldosterone, epinephrine, and norepinephrine (catecholamines) elicited by a mental stress, apparently through effects exerted at the level of the central nervous system. Therefore, for the same amount of stress, one will produce fewer stress hormones if consuming fish oils on a regular basis

[Adonis]

Not to get you too distracted, but DAMN!

[Adonis]

Vote!!!!!!

[katz7479]

i voted for other since i dont do any of the ones above. but that is a distracting picture

[Hans_Rachid]

I chose whey because it's the only supplement I take

Also, casein should be in there !

[pliny_2001]

Casein is in there - it's under milk proteins.

And I voted for the milk proteins, though I use both whey and Met-rx (it also has eggs). Also on my list: EFA, BCAA, and a multi-vitamin.

And all the dark green vegetables I can find (not really a supp, though).

[iluvwmn]

I voted for whey. I wheyed my options and that was the best.

[Riddle]

Creatine all the way. I also take whey protein, but I could do just fine without it. Just an extra piece of meat or two would more than make up for the protein I get from the shakes. Creatine works so well, and it would take a heck of a lot of red meat and fish to get the same amount that I get through supplementation. I also take fish oil pills and a multi-vitamin, but I didn't pick them as my favorite, because their results are more subtle. I've gotta go with the one that stands out!

[Killa_Z]

post workout protein/carb blend shake

i chose this purley becuase of the speceficity of the timing; IMO there is no single better time to take a supplement than after hitting your muscles with the iron

as far as most important for general health and well being i would go for fish oils and multivitamin/mineral

performance: creatine



too difficult to choose only one!!

what was your choice Adonis?

[Bisons]

lol @ the sexy pic. Are you a leg man by any chance Adonis?

Such a difficult choice!

When I really strip them down to the bare bones I'm still left trying to choose between:

Whey Protein,
Multi-Vitamin,
Fish Oils,
Creatine.

These are the main staple for me, anything else is just fluff! Each one plays a very important part in my diet and helping me to keep hitting new goals in the gym. I suppose it all comes down to which would be the hardest to try and replace by increasing certain food intake?

Easy when bulking but if trying to lose weight and eating just 2000-2500kcals a day this would be difficult.

I'm going to go for..... Fish Oils

There's just so many health benefits. I wonder how much my food bill would increase with all the extra high protein food I'd need to buy as I had no protein powder?

[Mr. Stone]

I gotta go with Killa Z on this one. The post workout is very important for me. It's hard to nail down just one, though.