Guest guest Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 At 05:33 PM 4/25/2007, you wrote: >A couple of months ago I posted that I was taking a " trial " (of several >months duration) of red wine supplements. Disappointingly I have not >noticed any changes, improvements, increased energy, etc. I'm taking the >brand Longevinex (originally recommended by Maco ). I can't document anything notable, either; I view it as a risk/reward exercise because I don't have the ability to really measure what's happening at my sirtuin level of activity. My thought is that I'm willing to invest a buck a day on something that makes sense but might not have a beneficial effect but that almost certainly isn't harmful. Besides, it gives me something to wash down with my daily glass of red wine or port. ;-) >I even had a long off-list exchange with Rod that my hair didn't look as >healthy as usual after decreasing my oily fish intake (as a result of Rod's >methionine posts), so I increased back to the original fish intake and that >seems to have brought back my thick healthy head of hair. So although I >can't blame the supplements, neither did they help. I'm not a true believer yet about the methionine business, but I do take 6 grams of fish oil a day through capsules; that might represent a good way to keep your hair and other stuff healthy? >I'd be interested in hearing from others who are using such supplements, >which ones they're using, and if they notice anything different or better >since starting. I'm on the verge of stopping and saving my money. Saving money is, of course, a good thing. One of the problems of supplements if they work is that then we'll be around longer, spending more money (on the supplements), with less money to spend on them because we've been paying for them the whole time! But I think that's a burden I could probably live with. I also take 1.5 g of crystalline nicotinic acid per day, in the morning, 750 mg of magnesium, a B-vitamin supplement, vitamin C (a couple of grams, which probably doesn't do anything, but what the heck), a carnitine supplement 'cause I don't eat four-footed critters, and 3000 IU of Vitamin D3. And an aspirin. Maco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Maco: in one of the videos recently posted (I think by Al Pater), one of the respected scientists actually hinted that they could be harmful (perhaps he meant that the supplement business is not regulated, and we don't know what " fillers " there are - at best something harmless - at worst something like lead?). It led me to thinking a bit more deeply......... > From: Maco <mstewart@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:09:00 -0600 > < > > Subject: Re: [ ] Red wine supplements > > At 05:33 PM 4/25/2007, you wrote: > >> A couple of months ago I posted that I was taking a " trial " (of several >> months duration) of red wine supplements. Disappointingly I have not >> noticed any changes, improvements, increased energy, etc. I'm taking the >> brand Longevinex (originally recommended by Maco ). > > I can't document anything notable, either; I view it as a risk/reward > exercise because I don't have the ability to really measure what's > happening at my sirtuin level of activity. My thought is that I'm willing > to invest a buck a day on something that makes sense but might not have a > beneficial effect but that almost certainly isn't harmful. Besides, it > gives me something to wash down with my daily glass of red wine or port. > ;-) > >> I even had a long off-list exchange with Rod that my hair didn't look as >> healthy as usual after decreasing my oily fish intake (as a result of Rod's >> methionine posts), so I increased back to the original fish intake and that >> seems to have brought back my thick healthy head of hair. So although I >> can't blame the supplements, neither did they help. > > I'm not a true believer yet about the methionine business, but I do take 6 > grams of fish oil a day through capsules; that might represent a good way > to keep your hair and other stuff healthy? > >> I'd be interested in hearing from others who are using such supplements, >> which ones they're using, and if they notice anything different or better >> since starting. I'm on the verge of stopping and saving my money. > > Saving money is, of course, a good thing. One of the problems of > supplements if they work is that then we'll be around longer, spending more > money (on the supplements), with less money to spend on them because we've > been paying for them the whole time! > > But I think that's a burden I could probably live with. > > I also take 1.5 g of crystalline nicotinic acid per day, in the morning, > 750 mg of magnesium, a B-vitamin supplement, vitamin C (a couple of grams, > which probably doesn't do anything, but what the heck), a carnitine > supplement 'cause I don't eat four-footed critters, and 3000 IU of Vitamin > D3. And an aspirin. > > Maco > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 I supplement with LEF's grapeseed extract with resveratrol (just one capsule per day). I also cannot attribute any outward improvements in health to it. However, I reckon that's probably the case with most supplement regimens. That doesn't mean they're not working internally though, I suppose. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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