They're killing me with this bullshit tow scam

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[–]send_nasty_stuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have been underwhelmed by the results of supplements.

I had the same view and until about 18 months ago I wasn't really using any supplements. Someone on saidit introduced me to a few things and I started down the rabbit hole and I think that there's a lot out there worth taking now.

I personally separate 'supplements' into 3 camps.

  1. Pharmaceuticals an nutropics

  2. Vitamins and essential minerals

  3. Mushrooms and roots

When I recommend things to people it's almost always in the 2nd and third camp. Lionsmane is not a pharmaceutical it's a mushroom. There are no additives. You could buy a mushroom growing kit, grow lionsmane, dry it and grind it up and you'd be getting the same thing as the link I sent you. Some people even cook with lionsmane. The turmeric I recommended is a root and also a common ingredient in cooking.

I have noticed that certain taiwanese oolongs really help with blood pressure. They can actually drop it so much my meds make me dizzy. Still waiting on my Chinese order and I'm pretty much out of the tea that helps.

I'm a big fan of all types of teas. Chaga is my go to right now but I'll try almost anything. Some of the fermented teas like pu'erh might also have a calming or blood pressure lowering effect for you.

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I had the same view and until about 18 months ago I wasn't really using any supplements

I used supplements from age 14 to idk... 40? Kratom, L-theanine, fish oil, multivitamin, maybe some of the liver protecterants help... Those are the useful ones I've tried off the top of my head. Ephedra works too ig, but if you can get ephedrine it works a lot better.

nutropics

I'd avoid nootropics, they all suck. I have not heard one long term success story with those. Ever. Usually newbs get all excited about them, spend a lot of money, then feel ripped off later.

Some of the fermented teas like pu'erh might also have a calming or blood pressure lowering effect for you

Puerh is something I have to be in the mood for, tastes like mushroom soup lol.