Supplements.

I’d heard a bit about ZMA, so I decided to go see what it actually is.

…That’s it? Zinc and magnesium? This is the supplement that’s supposed to help you sleep? Well, in that case, I don’t need to buy this product. I can buy the individual components myself! And there’s no reason to have B6. You shouldn’t have any of the b vitamins without the rest of them.

I couldn’t help but recall what I learned in a nutrition class I took last semester. My professor was a nut. If you want to learn about nutrition, you’d want to learn it from this guy. Zinc helps the prostate and helps in metabolic pathways. Magnesium helps prevent kidney stones. It may sound retarded for someone my age to think about something like that, but if I buy what my prof says, most kidney stones are calcium-based. My calcium intake is insane with the amount of dairy I eat.

While I was shopping, I thought of getting some glucosamine. I recalled how prof talked about it being good for your joint cartidge. Man, there was an entire shelf devoted to this stuff. I settled on some that had glucosamine and chondroitin. I recall the prof talking about the later as well. There were some that also had some other stuff I didn’t recognize. So I didn’t get them.

My key philosophy with supplements is that they are meant to supplement things, not be the sole source. I know there’s magnesium and zinc somewhere in my diet, so there’s no need to do a full RDA dosage. These 50 mg zinc capsules are actually 3x the daily allowance. I again recalled my prof saying how he’d take a capsule and snap it in half, and have half a day. Smart guy.

My dad keeps a supply of fish oil capsules around. My best bet is to take this before bed. I don’t think I’ll take them every day. Maybe every other day, or the night after I lift. Just a boost for my body as it repairs itself.

Anyway. I got more bang for my buck by buying the individual pieces than any “special” product. …Yeah, I don’t have anything else to say.

careful with fish oil! Only in the sense that if you take it on an empty stomach, it will make you burp fish flavored burps. GROSS. *gags*

thankfully the few times that I have taken fish oil I have not gotten fishy burps. I would probably die if I did. I HATE fish. hatehatehate.

I just did a quick search (because searching the internet is MUCH more fun than packing!) and I have seen several sites that suggest taking it during the meal (like not before OR after) and to make sure you are not eating anything that will make you burp (soda, even though I am sure you don’t drink it). I also saw a suggestion of taking it right before bed, so you sleep through the fishy burps. But, um, I think you would still wake up with a fishy taste in your mouth. PLUS morning breath? eeewwww.

Hrm. If I had the brain capacity, I’d remember to take whatever it was the doctor told me I should be taking. Iron, or some bullshit. Like I care. Yup. I should care more about my health, but… I’m lazy.

I’m anaemic (sp?), thus the need for iron. Oh well. Perhaps one day soon, I’ll write an entry detailing why I feel the way I do about sex/physicality in general, be it solo or with a partner. Hrm. Then again, that requires digging into past traumas, and I can’t be bothered with that. Sleep well, m’dear. 🙂

Okay, so I will need a full report on the fish oil capsules. I considered taking them because let’s face it, I get none in my vegetarian diet. However, I hate fish. And by hate, I mean I’ve never eaten it ever and the thought makes me vomit. I actually picked up a bottle of fish oil capsules in the grocery store and got nauseous just reading the ingredients. Anyway, I need to know if they taste orsmell like fish and if you burp fish. These are important questions, right?

Constant or not, I like what you write. The person in question, it goes beyond a facade. He also doesn’t like it when I speak up and say (and I quote) “I tire of this conversation, and your deception. I’m going to find something to entertain me. I may speak with you tomorrow, I may not.” Douchebag. I’m horny, but too tired to do anything about it.

On second thoughts, I think I’d rather die than do anything sexual, at this point in time. Tomorrow, however, may be a different story. Eh, I’m over this dickhead who was pretending to be my friend, I just wanted to spit some venom, I suppose. I’m tired, exhausted, from always bending to someone else’s needs. And yet, I am so selfish.

There is no aggression. Either way, don’t tempt me. You’re too far away for any part of my anatomy to reach, so I’d just get sad. 😛

What, you’re going to do yourself in the butt on my behalf? Could be interesting. 😛 I have decided that, seeing as it’s 12:30am, I’ll go to bed early and read my book. As much as I’ve already come to enjoy our brief note ‘conversations’, I grow weary of being vertical and clothed. I may be return soon, I may not. It depends on how enthralling my book is, whether I decide to make my international booty call, or if I fall asleep. Either way, good night. Enjoy what remains of your weekend. 🙂