Vitamins / organic food.
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So Does anyone here take vitamins, extracts, or some other kind of natural health product on a regular basis?
I went to an super healthy "organic" groccery store today. Picked up some things, and was floored at how many bizzare vitamins and extracts they had. Not that a local groccery store doesnt have its own vitamin shelfs, but this place had bizzare stuff. Willow bark extract?
Aside from eating normal foods.
I take a multivitamens, 1000 MG vitamen C tablets, and flax seed oil caps from time to time.
Nothing too crazy I suppose. I did pick up 100% cranberry juice, and boy do I mean 100%. No water added. The label advises me to do that on my own. I took a swig. It had an aftertaste of paint thinner. Cool!
I went to an super healthy "organic" groccery store today. Picked up some things, and was floored at how many bizzare vitamins and extracts they had. Not that a local groccery store doesnt have its own vitamin shelfs, but this place had bizzare stuff. Willow bark extract?
Aside from eating normal foods.
I take a multivitamens, 1000 MG vitamen C tablets, and flax seed oil caps from time to time.
Nothing too crazy I suppose. I did pick up 100% cranberry juice, and boy do I mean 100%. No water added. The label advises me to do that on my own. I took a swig. It had an aftertaste of paint thinner. Cool!
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Scott
Shame on you for never sticking your head in a organic grocery store before! The food tastes so much better.
I take a men's multivitamin/multimineral, but I feel I don't need it if I'm eating properly. Just like I don't need calcium tablets because I don't drink sodas.
Plus I take a tablet of glucosamine chondroitin that's suppose to nourish cartilage, synovial fluid, and other connective tissues that wear with age. I also use a natural toothpaste, since I'm cleaning my teeth, and not the inside of a v8 engine.
I sometimes drink cranberry juice with grape mixed in to add a sweeter taste. I'm slowly switching my entire diet over to all natural and organic foods, as well as eating more home cooked meals. After reading about the effects of HFCS on the body, I'm trying to avoid it more. And today, it's in EVERYTHING. This way, along with vitamins, I'm eating "normal" food, and it's more filling. And good chance I'll avoid getting fat and living with diabetes, the american dream.
I agree with you, it tastes much better. Good for you, and the environment, and the company that grows it.
and the company that grows it.
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Yea, especially them. That markets a gold mine for any entrepreneurs' out there.
I live in the big city so I don't see any point in organic food unless it tastes better than conventionally grown. Once you have Teflon deposits in your bones what's the point?
You see, the USDA is VERY powerful in Washington. While organic foods are becoming more and more profitable for farmers who choose to do things the right way, it is much easier for the corporate fat cats to bend and change the rules than to comply to the organic standards that have been set. Fucking bullshit.
I take a men's multivitamin/multimineral, but I feel I don't need it if I'm eating properly.
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Got it in one, mate. It's not exactly easy to get a full dose of recommended vitamins and minerals just from your daily diet, but that's definitely the way to go if possible. Even vitamin absorption rates are improved when taken from natural sources than fabricated ones (supplements and the like). The only counter-example I can think of is the antioxident lycopene, which is easier to get from processed tomato sources (sauce, salsa, whatever) than from raw tomatoes themselves. Anywho, big thumbs up to getting your nutrition from natural sources. Unfortunately, I'm a big hypocrite and get at least 60% of my protein and half my carbohydrates from scientifically engineered pseudofoods
Fucking bullshit.
[/ QUOTE ]Totally agree, the weakened standard really pisses me off. More the reason to buy from local growers, learn who your food comes from.
These are all really great suggestions. I will definately take some of them into consideration.
oh, and AZ: what the hell? that shit is lame. Thanks for the link.
There's are Whole Foods Markets in my area, and it's a neat place. They also have lots of info and recipes on their site.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/qualitystandards.html
thus, organic food = teh winz
I am tempted instead to buy a deep fat fryer or chip pan for the new year.
WHOLE FOODS MARKET = MILFS
thus, organic food = teh winz
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so true. giggidy.
let's not forget the hippy cashiers!
just in the local branch there are at least 3 to whom i wouldn't mind doing a favor.
and cashiers, in most supermarkets, are usually the ones you'd rather not do even if they promised you they would take their theeth out and let you wear their wig...
and even not if they offered a piece of cake at the end.
you know, the kind they keep for 5 months in the fridge for their grandchildren.
"no it's good! it's from germany! eat it you're all skin and bones"
the wholefoods ones tho are just ripe and plump
and hippy!
Yes, if nothing else visiting a natural food store. The checkout woman are usually levels beyond in hotness than a regular grocery store.
Who the fuck does that anymore??
Its past year 2000 we just take a pill now, go see a future documentary from the 1950s if you dont belive me!
oh come on, people who work in health stores normally look like unhealthy librarians.
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They are hippys, they eat healty only to counter the unhealty they get from too much pot and/or lsd.
Genius, isnt it?
health stores normally look like unhealthy librarians.
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GNC Health Stores? Sure. We are talking about Nat Food Markets.
Q: What is the difference between a hippy and an onion?
A: Nobody cries when they cut a hippy.
Q: What is the difference between a hippy and a trampoline?
A: You don't take off your boots to jump up and down on a hippy.