#21

I limit myself to 10 supplements. Only the things I feel or believe in the most can stay in the top 10. It’s my way of:

  • lowering risks of polypharmacy
  • not being too much of a sucker for good marketing
  • allowing me to focus on product quality vs cost (since I only buy a few things)
  • forcing me to focus on what really matters: healthy body composition, sufficient exercise, healthy gut microbiome, sleep, sunshine, companionship
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#22

Here is a bit of feline-related back-story to Taurine that dates back to the 1980’s

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#23

That is the difference between dog and cat food… dogs don’t need it, cats do.

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#24

I envy your list of 10 supplements. I take 10 supplements for my brain alone.
We are bombarded with the beneficial claims for supplements and drugs and it is hard for me to avoid not taking too many.

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#25

I take 10g of taurine daily now (powder form, not pills) and haven’t noticed anything at all from it, good or bad.

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#26

I would be really careful in using “feelings” to assess health benefit. No one feels their LDL increasing and atherosclerosis forming until it’s WAY TOO LATE just as one doesn’t feel the LDL decreasing and atherosclerosis regressing.

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#27

Yes. Certainly. I also look both ways when I cross the street. We should use guardrails appropriate to the risk. For supplements, the bigger risk is taking too many chemicals, chemicals that I didn’t know where in the powder, and combinations of chemicals unknown to nature. My rule on supplements helps me to avoid the slippery slope of hope combined with someone else’s economic incentive.

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