To Supplement or Not To Supplement???
The best answer to this question is that it depends on what you’re currently getting in your regular diet. One thing that a lot of people tend to overlook is what a supplement really is. A supplement is something that you use to fill in something that is missing. So, if you had a perfect diet, essentially you wouldn’t even need to supplement. Unfortunately, these days its almost impossible to have a perfect diet for several reasons: no time to cook or even eat what you’d need, or for example if you were to get enough protein from natural sources you would probably also be ingesting too much fat. So that’s where supplements come in handy and are worth using.
One recommendation that you need to consider when looking at supplements is that they are not meant to completely replace a regular diet. Use them as a supplemental part of your diet, not the foundation.
So what are some common supplements that actually really make sense?
Multivitamins/Multimineral: in today’s world, most of your foods you buy at the grocery store are very vitamin and mineral deficient. So, take a good multivitamin/multimineral to make up for this
Creatine: if you haven’t heard of this one, you might be living under a rock. More and more research has been done on the benefits of creatine, something you should definitely check out.
Vitamin C: great for keeping you healthy and not on the sick bed.
Whey Protein: more net utilization than eggs, a great source of protein to reach the recommended 1 gram per pound of bodyweight. Best if taken with some carbs.
We could add to this list more, but that should be enough to at least get you started. Again, remember that supplements are meant to be a small addition to make up for the deficiencies in what you’re already eating. They shouldn’t be the only thing you eat!
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Supplements are great and only meant to be taken in small amounts.
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