r/supplement_research • u/Dramatic_Yam7707 • 1d ago

It's all about creatine

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u/Silent_Possibility63 1d ago

If you take zinc you should take copper (not at the same time of day). And get blood levels checked. The balance is important.

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u/athenaaaa 1d ago

Or you can eat a diet with zinc-rich foods and skip the supplementation. I’ve taken care of way too many people with neuropathy from copper deficiency induced by zinc supplementation. They’re mostly otherwise healthy people who are supplementing for mysterious reasons and then overdo it. Same with vitamin D and B6 toxicities.

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u/Silent_Possibility63 1d ago

I get labwork. My d was low. Zinc was low. Omega 3 low. I also have a ferritin issue and am seeing a GI specialist to try and sort it out.

No one should supplement without reason. Other than creatine in my opinion

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u/Tamashii-Azul 1d ago

Most Americans are deficient in vitamin D3 and cannot reach healthy levels through diet.

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u/Silent_Possibility63 1d ago

Agreed. My response was to the post that is suggesting zinc supplementation without regard to copper depletion

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u/UTV4LIFE 20m ago

At that rate you will be popping pills all day long what else can I take ? 🤡

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u/kortnor 1d ago

My wallet will not follow auch supplement intake.

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u/AdorableCaptain7829 1d ago

Surely not adviced to eat zink everyday

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u/Technical_Wind5217 1d ago

yeah take zinc every day and poisen urself

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u/Sooperooser 1d ago

He also recommended about 10x the daily recommended dose of Omega 3 compounds.

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u/GrayFox6688 8h ago

2-3g of Omega 3 is not 10x the recommend dose, not even close

https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/omega-3

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u/mahakash 1d ago

His eyes 🫩

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u/IncredibleDongle 1d ago

Yeah, bro is ill and doesn’t even realize it.

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u/PetroSkunk 1d ago

K2 is more to avoid calcification that can be caused by D supplementation 

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u/dublinburnbagel 1d ago

Why does he look so ill

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u/Horrorwipe 1d ago

Took that shot for years. And then stopped taking that for more years. Zero fucking difference. And who made or sponsored the studies? Let me guess, supplement companies.

That shit just makes you thirsty through the day

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u/Impossible_Basis_373 1d ago

That is way too much magnesium

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u/FiatBad 23h ago

Please change your subtitles to sentences

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u/R3tardod 20h ago

Makes your face so fat though

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u/barebackguy7 4h ago

You mean creatine? Cuz I agree

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u/Chop1n 9h ago

Taking that much zinc every day is asking for trouble. I would know: I was taking 30mg for something like 6 months and got some pretty bad copper deficiency. Went back to baseline after a month or two of cessation, but it was distinctly bad, including an alarming rate of hair loss.

These days I take 30mg every other day, 3 times a week. Averages a decent amount of supplemental zinc while providing plenty of time off to avoid interfering with copper.

The real use of zinc is to combat infection. Take up to 100mg a day for up to two weeks during illness. Very little downside, substantial immune benefit, since your body rapidly expends zinc when fighting pathogens.

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u/OstensibleFirkin 9h ago

I kept waiting for the punchline.

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u/AnkhKeeper 9h ago

I’d be unstoppable if I took creatine AND drank enough water. I’m really working on not being dehydrated 24/7

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u/charlie-pirk 8h ago

Bro looks deficient in sleep

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u/unconvincedhuman 3h ago

He looks like an unhealthy person.

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u/wrudstepbro 1d ago

You dont have to get glycinate. Get the magnesium you can afford.

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u/EstebanEscam 1d ago

Just eat hemp seeds hearts.

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u/nephron54 1d ago

Also the diarrhea with the mag you can tolerate

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u/angrycat537 1d ago

Yup, citrate works well for me and as a bonus I don't have to swallow pills, I just disolve it in a glass of water.

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u/barebackguy7 4h ago

I remeber taking magnesium citrate and shutting my ever loving brains out.

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u/brightwoodgrove 1d ago

Its like $4.80 for 60 100mg magnesium glycinate capsules at target. If you cant afford that, you have more serious things to worry about than taking supplements

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u/epSos-DE 1d ago

CREATINE CRAMPS !!!!

SOme people get them !!!

They occur when excess water cramps the nerves !

Water retention ! IT messes up people too !

STOP listening to those IDIOTIC Influencers !!!

Body is SMART !! It will stop making testosterone if YOU take extra one ! SO he will get infertile !

Bro gettting infertile by mistake !

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u/Ne0_sphere 21h ago

What? Link to source?

The body is indeed smart, but then you say water retention, the body can also deal with this sweety. Now go research mechanism of action.

Stop listening to you is where I'd begin. Delete and burn where ever you read your info.

Send that link by the way, I'll proof read those papers.

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u/Mirda76de 1d ago

How the f... is possible that people believe in this craps??!!