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I was just curious.  Is anyone taking vitamins?  If so, what kinds/brand?  dose?  Thanks

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I have been taking some stuff cann Juice Plus.  Scientifically, I am not much on what is really there.  I take 2 in the morn and 2 in the evening.  It has been 4 months and (very unscientific information to follow) I have done some darn good racing.  Including first place in an age group bi Sunday!  They are gelcaps and you have to swallow them with a meal.   I am not a distributor, don’t have any to sell, make no money from the product and I don’t even work with the guy that sold it to me.  I just want to go fast. Tim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was just curious.  Is anyone taking vitamins?  If so, what kinds/brand?  dose?  Thanks

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I use a multi-vitamin called Myadec put out by Parke-Davis.  One tablet a day. I eat a balanced diet and probably get all of the necessary vitamins but just take the pills to be sure.  I’m on the side of the studies that discourage using pills to exceed recommended daily allowances.  If I want to load up on vitamin C, I’ll do it with citrus fruit. Larry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I was just curious.  Is anyone taking vitamins?  If so, what kinds/brand?  dose?  Thanks

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I was just curious.  Is anyone taking vitamins?  If so, what kinds/brand?  dose?  Thanks

 TwinLab DualTabs, they have everything you need for a multi-vitamin. — Tri Your Hardest!   /O     ___o      o  ~~~~   _ <,_    <|        (*)/ (*)      / Darrin Bartlett IMC ‘98 11:59.59

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I use Juice Plus, too. Rather than a vitamin in the usual sense, Juice Plus is made from a broad range of fresh fruits and vegetables. You can do capsules (2 veggies and 2 fruits per day) and/or a powder that works like a more traditional supplement. The powder has all of the stuff that the capsules do, but comes in a chocolate or vanilla flavorings that I mix with yogurt and fruit. For example, mix a couple of scoops of the powder with strawberry yogurt, frozen blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, and 8 oz of skim milk, and you get a massive shot of antioxidants and micronutrients in a good tasting breakfast. I can make it, eat it, and clean up the kitchen in 15 minutes, too. The company’s research says that the body absorbs the nutrients better when they come in whole form, so this is the next best thing to eating a bunch of different fresh fruits and veggies, some of which would be hard to keep fresh. One possible downside is that to get it, a distributor has to set you up with the company. The best way is to be a preferred customer; the company will ship a 4-month supply to you then bill you in 4 installments and you get a better price right from the start. If you don’t need to change the order, you never have to talk to the distributor again. I got a distributor license from the company just to set up myself, family, and friends, and I do the preferred customer thing with them so that they get the stuff they need at a good price and I don’t have to mess with inventories or turn this into a part-time job. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been taking some stuff cann Juice Plus.  Scientifically, I am not much on what is really there.  I take 2 in the morn and 2 in the evening.  It has been 4 months and (very unscientific information to follow) I have done some darn good racing.  Including first place in an age group bi Sunday!  They are gelcaps and you have to swallow them with a meal. I am not a distributor, don’t have any to sell, make no money from the product and I don’t even work with the guy that sold it to me.  I just want to go fast. Tim I was just curious.  Is anyone taking vitamins?  If so, what kinds/brand?  dose?  Thanks

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I take E-Caps "Premium Insurance Caps".  they are the best thing I’ve found. check out the ingreds at www.e-caps.com/ I’ve tried everything from my Chiropractors formulation to various "Athletes" combos from Health Food Store. The Premium Caps have everything I need, and more. Lynne

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My wife and I both participate in a multi-vitamin study conducted by Dr. Kenneth Cooper.  I feel comfortable taking these because I believe in the institution behind it.  Its pretty hard to find a more credible organization than the Cooper Clinic.  I believe the pills themselves to be of outstanding quality too. Dr. Cooper is doing a massive study in association with several high profile clinics that would indicate that a correct vitamin level will significantly decrease heart attack and strokes, especially in compulsive athletes.  There is a wide body of study to support this, he is now trying to prove it.  The vitamin industry is not impressed because most of what Dr. Cooper finds to be missing from a persons life style is easily corrected by diet changes. Personally, I haven’t noticed much difference.  But my wife, who had high cholesteral problems, had a very significant lowering of her cholesterol in the first three months.  And, she claims her fingernails are less brittle. Although I can’t say that I got a PR because of vitamins and so on, I am convinced that overall I am in better shape.  I haven’t had a cold since I started the program 6 months ago.  Since they seem to improve my overall body conditioning I am sure it has some effect on my comeptition as well.

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I’ve been taking GNC’s Men’s Mega (or is it Mega Men’s?) multi-vitimins and minerals since May and have definitely noticed that I feel better/stronger/peppier since I started.  I’ve been setting PRs all year, but think the vitamins may only be a little part of this.  I had always pooh-poohed taking vitamins, going with the line that a good diet would supply everything I need.  But then a top runner in our running club chewed me out for not taking a multi-vitamin, especially when training for Ironman.  He contended that giving the heavy training I was certainly not getting everything I need from my diet. I thought about it, and recognized that my diet was not what it should be and that multi-vitamin would not "hurt" in any case, according to what I could find in the literature.  (My reading suggested that vitamins from food might be somehow better than vitamins from a pill–but that vitamins from a pill were better than not getting them at all.) For what it’s worth… –Lee (Tri-Hard)

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I’ve been taking GNC’s Men’s Mega (or is it Mega Men’s?) multi-vitimins and minerals since May and have definitely noticed that I feel better/stronger/peppier since I started.  I’ve been setting PRs all year, but think the vitamins may only be a little part of this.  I had always pooh-poohed taking vitamins, going with the line that a good diet would supply everything I need.  But then a top runner in our running club chewed me out for not taking a multi-vitamin, especially when training for Ironman.  He contended that giving the heavy training I was certainly not getting everything I need from my diet. I thought about it, and recognized that my diet was not what it should be and that multi-vitamin would not "hurt" in any case, according to what I could find in the literature.  (My reading suggested that vitamins from food might be somehow better than vitamins from a pill–but that vitamins from a pill were better than not getting them at all.)

I am no lover of pills, nor do I have any interest in "health foods" (though, I do eat "healthy"). Given this, I take a "Muti" and an additional C, plus: Chromium Picolinate, and Siberian Ginseng. My experience is that I have far fewer colds, during IM training/racing when I keep up on my vitamins. Some may dispute my claims with credible evidence, but I have gone back and forth – vitamins, no vitamins – the difference has been a cold. Good Training, Good Racing, Joe Joseph C. Foster " . . . und natuerlich trainiere ich hart, sehr hart." – T. Hellriegel

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I am no lover of pills, nor do I have any interest in "health foods" (though, I do eat "healthy"). Given this, I take a "Muti" and an additional C, plus: Chromium Picolinate, and Siberian Ginseng. My experience is that I have far fewer colds, during IM training/racing when I keep up on my vitamins. Some may dispute my claims with credible evidence, but I have gone back and forth – vitamins, no vitamins – the difference has been a cold.

What he said!  Joe, you took the words right offa my keyboard. — Tri-Baby                                      _                                   –    o

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