Johnnie wrote on Jun 29^th, 2020 at 4:28pm:


I don't know what it is lately, but I have been getting tired more often after eating. I know that it has to do with the insulin production in my body. But, these have been worse lately than before. I know I have not done right by my body with the recent increase in alcohol. But, I think I have triggered an oversupply of insulin production in my body from simply not spacing my drinking sessions.

I have not a multivitamin supply for some time. I just stick to vitamins that my doctor says needs to be replenished artificially. I have found that the vitamin D tablets have helped with energy and muscle growth. I did start retaking these vitamin D tablets with a calcium combination. However, I think I have provoked some restart of my bone spurs that I had last year.

I use green tea bags that I put in my water canister when I go to work. On a brief rehydration break, I find that I feel a bit more energised from the cold green tea. Water does help. But green tea seems to improve my energy levels with the caffeine.

Recent weeks have seen me experience either mild cold sores, or some mosquito bite pimples. I have been drained of energy to some extent. I was going to go for a walk tonight. But I feel like just turning in to bed and sleeping 10 hours. Either I catch a cold and get over it for the year. Or I have to improve my mosquito zapper range.

freediver wrote on Jun 29^th, 2020 at 8:58pm:


Unless you're on some weird diet you should get everything you need from what you eat ....

excesses of any one particular thing should be avoided.

Check the content labels & see what is in cereals - processed & unprocessed, vegetables the same, meats, cheeses, fruits, breads.....

it's all there.

Unless you are lacking because of a certain medical condition or disease...........

you are wasting your money.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 30^th, 2020 at 8:41am:


Yes and no. I'm lost in the quote bubble but whoever said "excess of calories, not excess of vitamins" was on the money.

This is, however, quite rare and a good doctor will pick it up without a blood test. Hell, most times, your mum can.

Even then mostly, it's better to increase a vitamin loading food or drink than to pop a pill but sometimes , a pill i what is required.

I'd love to say we get all we need in our diets but so many diets are just junk. It's actually quite alarming how malnourished we are, as a country. Not as far behind the US as we would like to think.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 30^th, 2020 at 9:14am:


Agreed. Multivitamins are particularly odious.

freediver wrote on Jun 29^th, 2020 at 8:58pm:


Agree.
Excess of empty calories at that.
BTW, minerals are lacking/depleted in soil,  hence minerals are lacking in our diet.
I recall they used to do a vitamin count on a fruit basket periodically in the 90s, and comparing it with previous fruit and veges tested.
It showed how vitamin C , for instance, was becoming depleted in the fruit.

What’s our fruit and veges like with vitamin count of late?

I had a blood test from Doc, and found I was low in vitamin D which isn’t all surprising since I live in a state that’s cold for 9 months of the year, so vitamin D was recommended I take from the Doctor.

When I was pregnant, by 5 months I became pale looking, and very tired.
Obstetrician did blood test to find I was very low in iron and prescribed iron tablets, then did a further blood test and found the iron had risen, which meant I didn’t feel as tired.

There’s 2 of my own examples why vitamins are not a scam or nonsense.

And I find out, people with cancer, are severely lacking vitamin C.... either the lack of vitamin C is a contributing factor that could lead to cancer, or the cancer causes a depletion off vitamin C within the body.

Not forgetting how sailors in the olde days of tall sailing ships suffered and died from scurvy, only to find later that Vitamin C ...cured scurvy. 👍

Sophia wrote on Jun 30^th, 2020 at 10:17am:



I believe a part of the Captain Cook story was that he made a point of stopping at Tahiti to take on limes... (yum - limes!) .. I think the idea of the tale was that such things were not generally accepted in the Royal Nay-veh, but Captain Cook, being of peasant stock*, had better ideas.

Gnads wrote on Jun 30^th, 2020 at 7:49am:


Does big macs count as a wierd diet?

Seriously though, a lot of the engineering that has gone into modern crops has left them with fewer vitamins per calorie. On top of that we are less likely to eat the bitter herb type stuff that we used to scrape by on.

Of course the BLM protestors spread this Kung Flu.

WTF does the government mean by under investigation or a result of routine testing?

There were 4 confirmed cases from BLM idiots this virus has a R Nought of 5-6 so those 4 infected 20-24 people then those 24 each went on to infect another 5-6 people which puts numbers over 100.

Only a leftist idiot would deny these BLM idiots didn't spread this virus.