As promised I am back with my top supplements. These are just "supplementary" to a good diet and exercise, they are not meant to be a replacement for good food and getting vitamins and minerals from veggies! They only make up about the last 5% of the nutrition pyramid mentioned by Eric Helms.
1. Multi-vitamin - I use the Alpha Men (not just for men!) from MyProtein, as it has a high content of many vitamins and minerals that people often are deficient in which include: Magnesium, Iodine, Selenium, Zinc, Vit. E and Vit. B.
2. Omega 3 fish oil - These are in nearly every list of go to supplements as they really are an all-round good supplement. The benefits include hearth health and joint health. As someone who doesn't eat too much fish (I just don't enjoy it and life is too short to eat things you don't enjoy) these really are a great supplement to have. You want to make sure you're buying one with a high EPA and DHA ratio, as many cheap supplements have a very low active ingredient content, yet they say they contain 1000mg of cod liver oil, but how much of that is actually the active ingredient? The Omega Balance from MyProtein has 44% EPA and 28% DHA which is a good ratio between both.
3. Vitamin D – Unfortunately for us Irish people, the sunshine levels are not quite adequate enough to get our required vitamin D. It is a vital requirement for bone health, it helps the absorption of calcium and also stimulates your pancreas to make insulin. While a lot of multi-vitamins contain Vitamin D, the amount is very small compared to taking a stand alone supplement. To compare the Alpha Men supplement mentioned above has 5ug, but the Vitamin D3 stand alone supplement from MyProtein has 62.5ug.
4. Whey protein powder - this is not a replacement for real food protein sources such as lean meats, fish, eggs etc, but is a great convenient way to get add some extra protein into your diet without having to eat chicken AGAIN! It is great to jazz up some oats, add to Greek yoghurt, in pancakes, it just has so many uses. However, if you are lactose intolerant I would suggest using vegan protein blends such as pea protein or rice protein.
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Thanks for reading guys and leave a comment below with what your go-to supplements are!
*This is NOT a sponsored post, I genuinely use all of these products on an almost daily basis.
Hi Georgia, I was thinking of using bcaa's and just wanted to know are they really necessary and do you use any? Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi, I personally don't use BCAAs as I didn't find them make any real difference to me. It's unnecessary to have them really unless you are intensely training for more than 2 hours a day. You can get most of your BCAAs from foods anyway. They are a supplement that there is much argument about whether they are necessary or not. I do want to do more research into it, but at the moment I'm not taking them or advising my clients either way. Hope this answers your question.
DeleteHiya, I just wanted to ask your opinion on which one would you recommend using, impact whey protein or impact whey isolate?
ReplyDeleteHi! The main difference between the two products is the nutritional value. Impact whey isolate has a higher protein content and lower carb and fat content but it is slightly more expensive. It depends on your needs, but I find just the regular impact whey is fine for me and I can deal with the 1.9g fat and 1.3g carbs per serving compared to 0.3g fat and 0.6g carbs in the whey isolate. It really just depends on your goals and your macro nutrient requirements whether you find it necessary to buy the isolate or just go for the regular one.
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