OT: Big Mac's Bar & Lounge: I'm Already Sick of Holiday Music

[ColePens]

I really should start taking vitamins

Watch the video I just posted. And I recommend to anyone/everyone, before you want to buy supplements - read the science behind it. So many things we talk about in life are just made up for commercializing products and taking money from consumers. Science is a beautiful thing and there are so many studies out there that aren't even looked at. Take vitamins for instance. I was always a believer you had to take a multi-v. Then i did research and found i'm an idiot and believed a commercial basically.

 

[Deport Ogie]

Man, if you want to see the kind of sweeping change that can be made by "just a commercial", go read the story of De Beers and the diamond industry back during the 1930's. Of course, having an almost total monopoly over the supply helped as well.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Watch the video I just posted. And I recommend to anyone/everyone, before you want to buy supplements - read the science behind it. So many things we talk about in life are just made up for commercializing products and taking money from consumers. Science is a beautiful thing and there are so many studies out there that aren't even looked at. Take vitamins for instance. I was always a believer you had to take a multi-v. Then i did research and found i'm an idiot and believed a commercial basically.

If you eat a balanced diet of at least 1500 calories you shouldn’t need any supplements but there are exceptions for some people.

 

[66-30-33]

Watch the video I just posted. And I recommend to anyone/everyone, before you want to buy supplements - read the science behind it. So many things we talk about in life are just made up for commercializing products and taking money from consumers. Science is a beautiful thing and there are so many studies out there that aren't even looked at. Take vitamins for instance. I was always a believer you had to take a multi-v. Then i did research and found i'm an idiot and believed a commercial basically.

Is it because of the ingredients? lots of nasty stuff in vitamin ingredients.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Is it because of the ingredients? lots of nasty stuff in vitamin ingredients.

I've found that an awful lot of vitamins and pills in general have sugar in them.

 

[66-30-33]

I've found that an awful lot of vitamins and pills in general have sugar in them.

Yep. Substitute fish oil pills with real fish, vitamins for real foods etc.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I survived LA, despite my return flight being delayed 4+ hours. Had some good breakfasts at Nat's and Ronnie's.

 

[ColePens]

If you eat a balanced diet of at least 1500 calories you shouldn’t need any supplements but there are exceptions for some people.

Especially vegans/vegetarians. They need some supplements.

 

[ColePens]

Is it because of the ingredients? lots of nasty stuff in vitamin ingredients.

Most are sugar loaded. Others just have an over abundance of vitamins that you don't need. You only need so much and you get it from food. Science has proven overdosing on vitamins is actually not good for you. The game is not simply more vitamins = more healthy.

In fact, major props to Smarty Pants vitamins who is trying to change the game a bit:

The Overdose Risks of Vitamins: Why Proper Dosage Matters | SmartyPants Vitamins

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I love the name "Smarty Pants Vitamins"

 

[Shady Machine]

Especially vegans/vegetarians. They need some supplements.

Possibly. Vegetarians don't really. Vegans might depending on the specifics of their diet.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Ugh...I've had to endure so much shitty holiday music when out and about these past 2 days.

*barf*

 

[ColePens]

I love the name "Smarty Pants Vitamins"

Great brand. Trying hard to be honest and open. In the world of supplements... that's rare.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Great brand. Trying hard to be honest and open. In the world of supplements... that's rare.

That's good but I love their name most of all.

 

[Clare2904]

I survived LA, despite my return flight being delayed 4+ hours. Had some good breakfasts at Nat's and Ronnie's.

Did you get me Drew's and Alexander's numbers?

 

[Clare2904]

I've been a vegetarian since I was 13 (long time ago) and never taken vitamin supplements. I'm relatively healthy bar a knackered left knee due to meniscus tears and battling an addiction to Dairy Queen.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Did you get me Drew's and Alexander's numbers?

Nah, Drew was incredibly rude.

 

[Clare2904]

Nah, Drew was incredibly rude.

Fail

 

[Speaking Moistly]

A multivitamin made me throw up once in high school and I haven’t had one since. I’ll start taking them when I get a flu shot for the first time.

 

[TNT87]

I have strept throat. Haven't had it in over 20 years when it was an annual thing for me.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I take Vitamin M12 made by Macallan, 4oz at a time.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I have strept throat. Haven't had it in over 20 years when it was an annual thing for me.

A couple of years back, I had Strep so bad that I couldn't even stand or talk, my eyes were painful, and the pain was so unbearable that I had to be hospitalized. Even my doctor had no idea how I got such a severe strep throat infection, I remember my boss was really pissed at me because it was a day before a huge presentation for a product roll out and I started to feel the effects the night before and told him I hope it hits after the meeting. It didn't. He started to send me harassing messages about how he's been let down, etc, HR got involved and basically told him he was 100% out of line and was reprimanded for it.

A year later, he was canned and I took his role. But man, if I am literally in the hospital, which would be the only way you'd see me miss work anyway, you should pump your breaks, right?

I hate Strep, in my 20's I used to get it yearly too, my doctor would never get them removed because they were not big enough to be removed which seemed stupid.

 

[TNT87]

A couple of years back, I had Strep so bad that I couldn't even stand or talk, my eyes were painful, and the pain was so unbearable that I had to be hospitalized. Even my doctor had no idea how I got such a severe strep throat infection, I remember my boss was really pissed at me because it was a day before a huge presentation for a product roll out and I started to feel the effects the night before and told him I hope it hits after the meeting. It didn't. He started to send me harassing messages about how he's been let down, etc, HR got involved and basically told him he was 100% out of line and was reprimanded for it.

A year later, he was canned and I took his role. But man, if I am literally in the hospital, which would be the only way you'd see me miss work anyway, you should pump your breaks, right?

I hate Strep, in my 20's I used to get it yearly too, my doctor would never get them removed because they were not big enough to be removed which seemed stupid.

Damn that sounds brutal. I, thankfully, never had it that bad. Nice to see your former boss was so sympathetic.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Did you get me Drew's and Alexander's numbers?

Hey...

 

[Clare2904]

Hey...

Come on, ain't we allowed a few "celebrity freebies"?