Review my daily supplement stack

[joejefferson]

Background: type 1 diabetic, 18 y/o, 180 lbs, weight lifting hobbyist & blue collar worker (calorie incinerating lifestyle).

Daily vitamins/medications:
Insulins- lantus once per day 28 iu, novolog @ 1iu per 9 carbs
Enalapril-5 mg for proteinuria

Vitamins:
Vitamin a 600mcg
Vitamin b12 complex 1g?
Folate
Vitamin c tablets
Calcium tablets
Coq10
Vitamin d 10,000 iu
Vitamin e oil
Magnesium
MSM powder 1/4 tsp
Micronized creatine 1g
Mule team Borax 1 pinch in water
Zinc tablets

 

[daniel76]

@joejefferson Echoing other answers, it’s worth really asking yourself why you’re taking all of these.if your diet is on point, you shouldn't need vitamin supplements except for specific deficiencies and you risk taking too much by supplementing.

All of the vitamins and minerals You’ve listed with the exception of vitamin D can be obtained in healthy amounts from the diet.

here are a few examples of how to do these through diet: vitamin A sources: you can get that from sweet potato, carrots, leafy green vegetables, eggs, milk, etc. b12: dairy and red meat. calcium: dairy, green leafy veg, whole grains vitamin E, Magnesium, zinc: nuts in general, avocado, meat (for zinc), whole grains coq10: oily fish, organ meats, whole grains. VitC, peppers, berries, oranges etc. The vitamin D and creatine are potentially worth supplementing, ideally after you have had blood work for the vit D. 5g a day of creatine monohydrate should do.

If you want to supplement the vitD a base intake of 1000iu taken in the winter months for those working inside is the typical recommendation, upto 4000iu is generally considered effective. If you are working outside in the summer it's probably not needed, but always worth getting checked.

Just a few things to consider when looking at your diet and supplements. My 2cents: nail your diet. If you want to supplement get a decent whey protein and take creatine, you’ll be good to go.

 

[jankhurram]

@joejefferson Why the fuck are you taking a cleaning product as a daily supplement???

 

[bronsontaur]

@joejefferson You dont need to take vitamins everyday. Your body stores them in your liver. Youre just pissing money away taking them every day.

 

[ronnec1208]

@joejefferson Try to quantify just how much these are actually helping. Maybe giving you a 1% or 2% boost, if even? Now, calculate how much these cost. Invididually, a supplement can cost 200-300 a year. You're taking like a dozen. You're spending thousands a year on a benefit so immeasurably tiny that you won't even notice it. Have you mastered the other 99% (diet, training, recovery)? Almost assuredly not, so why put so much focus on the 1%? These thousands of dollars could be put into good food or many many months of gym membership.