Which supplements are worth it and which are nonsense

Undertoad · 03-05-2010, 09:48 AM

Pete Zicato · 03-05-2010, 09:58 AM

Great find, toad. Thanks.

jinx · 03-05-2010, 09:59 AM

Wow, that's interesting, where's it from? (oop, nevermind)
The only one I take, starting yesterday, is D. I still have a cold though...

glatt · 03-05-2010, 10:05 AM

The interactive version looks slightly different. For example, Folic Acid isn't as high on the interactive version.

Found here. http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

glatt · 03-05-2010, 10:10 AM

WTF? And now it's back up there at the top when I opened my own link in a different window. I don't have it sorted differently in the two windows. I don't get it.

Pie · 03-05-2010, 10:10 AM

Interesting find, Tony.
(FWIW, I'm on omega-3, fish oil and D3 supplementation. Red Yeast Rice is effectively a statin -- lovastatin, aka monacolin K -- and would conflict with the prescription statin I am on, simvastatin.)
Yes, I should drink more green tea. I just wish it tasted better. Sigh.

Pie · 03-05-2010, 10:14 AM

Though beta glucan is quite intriguing. However, it seems to be very expensive.

The size of the bubbles are based on the number of Google hits, so it makes sense that it varies with time.

Flint · 03-05-2010, 12:15 PM

One of you guys, possibly UT, has posted a study which stated that ginger was THE ONLY natural substance that had ANY health benefits whatsoever. Now, on this new chart, I am seeing that ginger is below the "worth it" line...?

Undertoad · 03-05-2010, 01:22 PM

Ginger's worth it, but I'm a Mary Ann man, myself.

gvidas · 03-05-2010, 02:34 PM

On the green tea front, I'd heartily recommend going to some hole in the wall Japanese cafe sort of a place and giving a smell to all of them. Straight gunpowder green tea is kind of bleh in my book, too, but I've always enjoyed jasmine teas, and I dig the smell of genmaicha.

My understanding is that they all come from the same plant, and just have different other plants in addition.

As for the charts, I feel like the top half has a lot more legitimacy than the bottom half -- that, really, to do something like this, you need to be very clear about what result is intended. Saying all vitamins are below the "worth it line" is kind of, in my mind, silly, if you aren't going to be fairly clear as to what result you are hoping for. Yeah, taking a multivitamin won't keep you from getting hit by a car, but there's some middle ground.

Pie · 03-05-2010, 02:45 PM

gvidas, it's usually called 'a balanced diet'.

lumberjim · 03-05-2010, 04:43 PM

don't hold me to these...... it's more about the concept...

Pete Zicato · 03-05-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

don't hold me to these...... it's more about the concept...

There's an app in there.

Griff · 03-06-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

don't hold me to these...... it's more about the concept...

Steak should be higher.

Pico and ME · 03-06-2010, 07:29 AM

The Cellar's not even in there

03-05-2010, 09:48 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Which supplements are worth it and which are nonsense

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03-05-2010, 09:59 AM	#3
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03-05-2010, 10:10 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	WTF? And now it's back up there at the top when I opened my own link in a different window. I don't have it sorted differently in the two windows. I don't get it. Attached Images

03-05-2010, 10:10 AM	#6
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Interesting find, Tony. (FWIW, I'm on omega-3, fish oil and D3 supplementation. Red Yeast Rice is effectively a statin -- lovastatin, aka monacolin K -- and would conflict with the prescription statin I am on, simvastatin.) Yes, I should drink more green tea. I just wish it tasted better. Sigh. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-05-2010, 10:05 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The interactive version looks slightly different. For example, Folic Acid isn't as high on the interactive version. Found here. http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

03-05-2010, 10:14 AM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Though beta glucan is quite intriguing. However, it seems to be very expensive. The size of the bubbles are based on the number of Google hits, so it makes sense that it varies with time. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-05-2010, 12:15 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	One of you guys, possibly UT, has posted a study which stated that ginger was THE ONLY natural substance that had ANY health benefits whatsoever. Now, on this new chart, I am seeing that ginger is below the "worth it" line...? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-05-2010, 01:22 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Ginger's worth it, but I'm a Mary Ann man, myself.

03-05-2010, 02:34 PM	#10
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	On the green tea front, I'd heartily recommend going to some hole in the wall Japanese cafe sort of a place and giving a smell to all of them. Straight gunpowder green tea is kind of bleh in my book, too, but I've always enjoyed jasmine teas, and I dig the smell of genmaicha. My understanding is that they all come from the same plant, and just have different other plants in addition. As for the charts, I feel like the top half has a lot more legitimacy than the bottom half -- that, really, to do something like this, you need to be very clear about what result is intended. Saying all vitamins are below the "worth it line" is kind of, in my mind, silly, if you aren't going to be fairly clear as to what result you are hoping for. Yeah, taking a multivitamin won't keep you from getting hit by a car, but there's some middle ground.

03-05-2010, 02:45 PM	#11
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	gvidas, it's usually called 'a balanced diet'. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-05-2010, 04:43 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	don't hold me to these...... it's more about the concept... Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

03-06-2010, 07:29 AM	#15
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	The Cellar's not even in there

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