Dr.Bart
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I did that couple of years ago
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AnUser
#122
It helps to be skeptical even of the skeptics and be symmetrical in what evidence is required both for and against.
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This meta-analysis seems to indicate no effect, positive or negative for vitamin c and e supplementation and strength or hypertrophy training.
Regarding the effects of antioxidant supplementation on strength gains, six studies reported data and the results of four of them [28, 30, 34, 35] indicate that vitamin supplementation has no influence on strength gain. Within these six studies, meta-analysis was done with the three studies that employed isokinetic assessment of muscle strength [33–35]. Results of the meta-analysis confirmed that supplementation is innocuous regarding this outcome (Figure 2). In other words, vitamin supplementation was neither positive nor negative.
Two studies analyzed muscle mass adaptations in young men and women, and they found no effects of supplementation.
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Avoid the following supplements
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Calcium - 30%-90% greater incidence of heart attacks. If you take it, must pair with vitamin D. Calcium through diet is beneficial. Calcium supplements are beneficial for vegan women who don’t consume dairy.
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Iron - only supplement if deficient. Best to get through diet
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Vitamin E - increases mortality and reduces effects of exercise. Increased risk of prostate cancer.
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Vitamin A -
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Resveratrol
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Beth
#125
Thx. For that reason, I never took calcium until this fall.
I was advised to take it for my early stage osteoporosis, and while it’s probably the right thing to do, I wince each and every time I pop one of those pills!
(I also take a lot of K which is supposed to make sure it goes to the right place… fingers crossed!)
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According to Dr. Brewer, Simvastatin causes memory loss at higher doses.
calcium alpha ketogutarate is not calcium right? its an ingredient in novos I take
Beth
#128
@sunshine4 The calcium in CA AGK is indeed regular ol’ calcium
For example, the calcium content in do not age’s product is aprox 75mg of calcium. It’s aprox 65 in renue by science. I recently found this out in order to manage my total calcium intake.
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Years ago, my mother was prescribed amitryptyline (sp?). Her mother was still of pretty clear mind at the age of 100, but my mother declined cognitively at a fairly young age (70s). I do think the meds had some effects on this. She had a difficult time when she lost my dad too, when she was 75. Her hair turned white overnight.
If you want to waste time and learn nothing I can recommend this terrible yt video. In fact you get to listen to inane and actually wrong statements. Dr. Carvalho is usually quite sensible and provides good information, so I’m surprised at the listless and mediocre performance here. Dr. Brad is an enthusiastic speaker as usual, but surprisingly imprecise about rapamycin (though accurate about metformin and the rest), and Nick, unsurprisingly is his usual combination of smug and useless - I know he has many fans here, but I’m not one of them, having caught him making many stupid and wrong statements, he does love himself though. So if you want to hate watch:
Fact-checking anti-aging meds | Metformin, Rapamycin, NMN, etc
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What are you doing to control asthma? I’m using steroid inhaler and a rescue inhaler as needed.
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Luckily I don’t have any concerns with Asthma.
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A common ACE inhibitor, Lisinopril, that is commonly prescribed to patients with high blood pressure can cause higher incidence of stroke death compared to other BP meds.
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Ok but notice the final sentence of the abstract:
“Most of the evidence suggests that this kind of supplementation does not potentiate muscle growth and could possibly attenuate hypertrophy over time.”
Also, can we really call an overview of 3 studies a “meta-analysis”? I guess so, strictly speaking, but it certainly points to the need for more research in this area. I really wish we had something on more complex (yet still standardized) antioxidants such as Pycnogenol and resistance training.
Or for that matter, foods high in antioxidants. Should we avoid dark berries and green leafy vegetables before exercise for optimal hypertrophy? How about adding in a dash of pro-oxidants just before resistance training to augment gains?
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Indeed, the authors contradict themselves several times in their own study.
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