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by sgupta
Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:22 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?
Replies: 6
Views: 10422

Re: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?

Awesome, thanks for the great info!
by sgupta
Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:15 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?
Replies: 6
Views: 10422

Re: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?

Gotcha. Thanks much - that's what I really wanted to know. Well sometime before May, she wants to subtest LDL (apparently there are three different types, one bad and two good, even among LDL) to see where I'm at with that, so I think I'll stick with the ~2g EPA+DHA I'm using now and see how those c...
by sgupta
Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:07 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?
Replies: 6
Views: 10422

Re: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?

Hi Bossman, Thanks for the very thorough response! Interesting about ALA. I don't take any ALA supplements (soy dry eye supplement I used to take had fish oil and a decent dose of ALA though), but I do eat nuts (usually a handful), etc. As far as articles, here are a few abstracts: http://www.ncbi.n...
by sgupta
Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:14 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?
Replies: 6
Views: 10422

Fish Oil: ~4g DHA/EPA & Oxidative Stress Concerns?

Hey all, So I just got back from the doctor's today, and I'm making progress. She liked most of the supplements I'm taking, BP is getting a little better (still a little ways to go, but it's in the ballpark), and overall things are going well. I've been taking 2.2g of fish oil per day, and she and I...
by sgupta
Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:22 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Concerns Re: Previous Lecithin (Choline) Usage
Replies: 2
Views: 10552

Re: Concerns Re: Previous Lecithin (Choline) Usage

Boss Man, Thanks much for the helpful links. A lot of good information to go through! While I took much more soy lecithin than carnitine (though I did take some if it, and still take a little in BP supplement), I think the lesson is the same - it seems like carnitine (and soy lecithin) are only cons...
by sgupta
Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:17 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Concerns Re: Previous Lecithin (Choline) Usage
Replies: 2
Views: 10552

Concerns Re: Previous Lecithin (Choline) Usage

Hey all, Another supplement question for you in quest to get healthy/stop worrying =oP. Several years ago, because of its reputation to promote cardiovascular and brain health, I was taking soy-based Triple Lecithin (around 7200 mg daily, which translated to 2520 mg phosphatidylcholine). I took this...
by sgupta
Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:08 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety
Replies: 4
Views: 11569

Re: Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety

Thanks for the detailed reply, Boss Man! Yes I've read a lot positive about arginine. I just don't know if those amounts (3g combined arginine + citrulline) could pose a problem since they haven't been studied longterm that I know of, but you have really good points about vasodilation, and I think i...
by sgupta
Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety
Replies: 4
Views: 11569

Re: Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety

Please excuse the link to another forum and the poor format - unfortunately, I can't find an original source for this, though it seems to be well-argued and footnoted. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=442448" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Bit more readable ver...
by sgupta
Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:27 am
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate
Replies: 10
Views: 14832

Re: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate

Thanks for the great feedback, Boss Man! Well the good news is I decided to start Level 2 of the treadmill routines per your suggestion. If anything, it's a tad easy (though the first one generally is, then they ramp up). But that certainly tells me you had the right idea. Also, these concentrate on...
by sgupta
Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:10 am
Forum: Nutritional Supplements
Topic: Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety
Replies: 4
Views: 11569

Arginine/Citrulline Longterm Safety

Hey all, So among other things I take (multivitamin, fish oil, garlic, cayenne, and a few other supplements), I take Arginine (1750 mg) and Citrulline (1500mg) daily to help general exercise performance and also assist with blood pressure (as well as other benefits like vitality). It's also "in...
by sgupta
Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:50 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate
Replies: 10
Views: 14832

Re: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate

Yeah. I did about six months of 7 days a week with almost no skips (only skips were travelling one day and getting ill two, and even other days I was still a little ill but feeling better I was trying to work out), and I knew something was wrong when I started getting twitchy, irritated, tired, and ...
by sgupta
Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:03 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate
Replies: 10
Views: 14832

Re: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate

Oh, and somehow I forgot to answer your last question. No, I'm generally skipping Tuesdays and Thursdays. So that gives me Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (and I do light weight training, abs, pushups, stretches those days) and then Saturday and Sunday as treadmill only days. Occasionally (holidays or...
by sgupta
Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:59 am
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate
Replies: 10
Views: 14832

Re: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate

Thanks Boss Man, Interesting...I hadn't considered that idea, but it's a good one. Thanks! You think at the end of the day this would be more beneficial than continuing the high incline workouts I'm doing now then (and slowing down when heart rate gets too high)? Should heart rate eventually fall to...
by sgupta
Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:43 pm
Forum: Cardio Training
Topic: Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate
Replies: 10
Views: 14832

Help Regarding Incline Training and Heart Rate

Hi all! Nifty community. =) So I need some help/feedback re heart rate and thought this might be a good place to post and get some expert/other user opinions. I'm 33, 5'11", just under 230 (I started journey at ~250, so making progress!), and have been using an incline trainer as primary exerci...