Reading the threads below got me to wondering: how many of you monkeys supplement for things other than sports / performance?
Daily, I'm taking 1500mg of potassium, and 800mg (roughly 250-350 elemental mg) of magneisium to balance out all of the sodium and calcium I get from a relatively healthy diet.
Calcium and sodium excite the muscles, while the potassium and magnesium ecectrolytes act to calm the muscle fibers. this very important balance is vastly overlooked by most Americans. We get almost NO elemental magnesium from our foods any more, and while the myth of a bananna a day is nice, you'd be chowing them all day to get almost enough to counter the massive amounts of sodium that lurk in the average diet.
I also gulp a tablespoon of flax oil in the morning, and at night for the Omegas, and lots of E, C, b-12 and other anti's.
**Disclaimer** I do have LAF (lone atrial fibrillation), which has been a real kick in the pants in so far as diet, supplementaion, exercise and rest go. But I thought I'd share what I've learned, especially since vigorous athletic activity is often a factor in the development of LAF. At some point when I have more time, I'd like to post about the battle between your sypathetic, and para-sypmathetic nervous systems, and how exercise plays a role in unbalancing them....very interesting stuff.
Daily, I'm taking 1500mg of potassium, and 800mg (roughly 250-350 elemental mg) of magneisium to balance out all of the sodium and calcium I get from a relatively healthy diet.
Calcium and sodium excite the muscles, while the potassium and magnesium ecectrolytes act to calm the muscle fibers. this very important balance is vastly overlooked by most Americans. We get almost NO elemental magnesium from our foods any more, and while the myth of a bananna a day is nice, you'd be chowing them all day to get almost enough to counter the massive amounts of sodium that lurk in the average diet.
I also gulp a tablespoon of flax oil in the morning, and at night for the Omegas, and lots of E, C, b-12 and other anti's.
**Disclaimer** I do have LAF (lone atrial fibrillation), which has been a real kick in the pants in so far as diet, supplementaion, exercise and rest go. But I thought I'd share what I've learned, especially since vigorous athletic activity is often a factor in the development of LAF. At some point when I have more time, I'd like to post about the battle between your sypathetic, and para-sypmathetic nervous systems, and how exercise plays a role in unbalancing them....very interesting stuff.
