Mind Vomit by the ikss

supplements, the sequel

Apparently, my assumptions that I have only two readers of this here blog have been erroneous. I may have as many as five – count ‘em, five - regular readers! Yay for the ikss!

The reason I am making such a high-fallutin’ claim is that I have received not one, not two, but five emails asking for details as to what supplements I take, exactly, and why. So rather than write five long-winded emails, I thought I would answer the questions I received in a blog entry.

My apologies to Andrea, who received such a long-winded email before I realized I would be asked essentially the same questions by several different parties…

Needless to say, I am not a doctor and I’ve never even played one on t.v. The following is just stuff I have learned over the years, after reading a lot and looking in to various health issues I have had and also from working at The Vitamin Shoppe (yes, I was working two jobs for about a year, ostensibly to save money toward European travel. And you wonder why I did not blog for so long). I of course think I know everything, but to be safe you may want to read up on these things yourself or even ask your doctor – who will probably steer you away from natural supplements and toward pharmaceuticals, but that is an entirely different subject.

supplements

So in case you didn’t know this about me – I am a supplement freak. Meaning, I take a lot of them. Three times each day I pop a wad of pills in my mouth (although these days I take them 2 at a time cuz when I was taking the handful all in one gulp I ended up with some esophageal damage). Multi-vitamin, Calcium/Magnesium, CoQ10 (I take the Ubiquinol version, cuz I'm...well, old), Fish Oil, Lecithin, Greens & Vegetables in pill form, Conjugated Linoleic Acid and digestive enzymes. Plus, I mix flax seed in with my protein shake in the morning (although I don't always have a protein shake and I admit that when I don't, I do not have the flax seed. Shame on me). Oh and I also take cranberry in pill form, cuz...well, this may be TMI but I often have urinary-tract issues. However, the cranberry pills don't seem to be helping so I am going to stop taking them when I finish the present bottle, cuz I hate the capsule they come in.

Anyway, I have been taking these supplements for quite some time and you’d think it would be a habit by now, wouldn’t you? Engrained as part of my routine...

Apparently not, because I totally forgot to take any yesterday and have forgotten either my breakfast or my lunch supplements for like 3 days in a row.

I now feel certain that my bones are going to break and I am going to catch pneumonia, get sick and die a horrible death.