Supplements and SJW

VillaChill wrote:

I am trying to be healthier and I find it hard. Most people say you don't need supplements if you eat right, but I am saying I don't eat right and feel the need to take supplements mostly because my wife cooks the same dinner every night almost.

I am currently taking

multi vitamin

vitamin c

magnesium

fish oil

iron

claritin

I am also thinking about taking St. Johns Wort because I have anxiety/depression tendencies/problems. I wanted to know if anyone on here knows if there are any of my current supplements that might be bad in combo with SJW. Also has anyone on here as a runner taken SJW and if so what kind of positive and negative side affects did you get? I am hoping to break 16 again before I turn 30 and do not want anything messing me up.

There is nothing above which will interfere with SJW extract.

That having been said, diet can have a profound effect on mood, both + and -. What is your diet like?

I also take the supplements listed except iron and claritin.

No interference with SJW.

I take SJW only occasionally when I feel tired and down. It really helps me improve my mood and alleviate anxiety. Not all brands work the same. You'll have to experiment.

And studies had been done to show that SJW will not work on clinical depression. So YMMV.

dsr99 wrote:

I also take the supplements listed except iron and claritin.

No interference with SJW.

I take SJW only occasionally when I feel tired and down. It really helps me improve my mood and alleviate anxiety. Not all brands work the same. You'll have to experiment.

And studies had been done to show that SJW will not work on clinical depression. So YMMV.

1) Studies show SJW does work on clinical depression--as do Omega 3s and CBT. Be very careful when reading studies; many are funded directly or indirectly by drug companies which wish to discredit the competition.

2) Good brands include Jarrow, Kira, and Perika. Good website:

I don't know much about this herb, but:

- you should include vitamin D during winter. Deficiency of it is most common worldwide, has strongest health consequences and is cheapest to fix. 400 IU / day probably wouldn't work, in some studies even 2000 IU / day didn't fixed problem

- if your multivitamin doesn't include it, find cheap zinc+copper supplement

- beta-alanine, for both insane health effects and running

- personally, I'm taking much higher doses of iodine than recommended - and works great for me, but make your own research. Do not use kelp, non-organic iodine works much better and is not polluted by heavy metals

- read about MSM, sulfur supplement, especially if you are injury prone.