Supplements – what do I recommend?
I am just going to tell you guys what I take and why I take it.
I feel great all the time and I rarely get sick. I am a normal weight and I don’t do anything extreme. I exercise most days at a high intensity. I eat healthy and try to minimise sugar and I take these 4 supplements regularly.
1) Juice Plus: Fruit and vegetable capsules. I don’t care how much fruit and veg you or I eat, you need more. We get all of our vitamins and minerals from fruit and veg and this is how we build strong immune systems to fight against disease and illness.
Multivitamins are a waste of money, they are manufactued in a factory and you pee them out. You shouldn’t be trying to isolate any particular vitamins and feed them to your body. Juice plus is a whole food supplement, meaning it is 16 fruits and vegetables dehydrated and stuck into a gelatine capsule without the sugar.
Where to get it – Contact me and I will get it from my nutritionist for you. It’s not cheap, but it’s cheaper than a coffee a day and so worth every cent.
When to take it – Daily
2) Protein powder: Optimum nutrition – Natural 100% whey protein, strawberry or vanilla flavour. The chocolate is gross.
Many of us don’t get enough protein in our diets, so a protein power can be a great option. It also makes for a low calorie, low carbohydrate snack. It is quick and easy to prepare if you don;t have time to prepare a snack at work.
Most protein powders are full of so many chemicals and weird ingredients, this is the most natural one I have found on the market. In fact it’s all natural.
Where to get it – I buy it from a website called vitaminking.com. It is a lot cheaper than the shops and they send it to your door for $5 http://www.vitaminking.com.au/100-natural-whey-protein-by-optimum.html
When to take it – Up to your indiviual needs.
3) Fish oil capsules: Any reputable brand should be ok. Fish oil is great for brain function, joint function and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels and fighting against coronary heart disease.
Where to get it – Your local supermarket or health food store. You can get bulk containers which makes it fairly cheap.
When to take it - Daily
4) Psylium husk: This is just fibre. Your body won’t digest it, it will absorb water and pass through your colon and pick up lots of crap on it’s way out the other end. Great for cleaning out your colon and fighting against bowel cancer.
Where to get it – Your local supermarket or health food store. Buy a large bag for about $6 which will last for ages.
When to take it – 1 teaspoon mixed in a glass of water daily for the first couple of weeks. By then you should be somewhat cleaned out, so 2 – 3 times a week should be fine from then on. If you aren’t noticing much difference when you go to the toilet, try a tablespoon instead.
There you have it, other than that, eat plenty of veggies and salad and lean protein, some fruit, nuts and grains. Drink plenty of filtered water, move daily and sleep well.