I also had some similar take-aways from the conference. I've been chatting with coworkers about how the main take-aways were to take Omega 3 supplements and Vitamin D supplements. That meditation for as little as 5 minutes a day can have huge health benefits. That mice missing some important nutrients have tests that are similar to irradiated mice, so that means that nutrition is very very important. You truly are what you eat. Of course in the past I've justified eating expensively and "well" sometimes because I say that what I eat is largely going back into the cells of my body and well frankly I'm worth it! :)
Omega 3:
Some attendee (but not necessarily a speaker at the conference) recommended Nordic Naturals for their Omega 3 supplements.
I seem to recall taking notes about the DHA / EPA ratio for Omega 3 and everyone had said that if you could you would want to take a supplement that had a higher ratio of DHA to EPA. More than one person said that you wanted the DHA to EPA ratio of DHA to be greater than 1.
Do you know how much Omega 3 is recommended to everyone a day? I remember one speaker recommending 3g of Omega 3 a day.
Vitamin D:
It seemed like they suggested around 1000-2000IU for vitamin D a day (but of course they suggested that everyone take the 25 Hdroxy vitamin D test just to make sure with you wanting target range result in the 50-80 range).
Looking up information on Vitamin D, there appears to be D2 and D3. Do you know of a ratio that is recommended for those?
They also seemed to mention magnesium as well, but I don't recall hearing a particular dosage recommendation for this, just that people deficient in Vitamin D are also typically magnesium deficient as well. Mostly because I think people might take or get too much calcium, so there needs to be a balance between calcium and Vitamin D + magnesium.
Other supplements:
For the eyes they recommended lutein and zeaxanthin, and that lutein at least had a higher rate of absorption in humans as compared to Vitamin A.
Other nutrition questions:
So I realized at the conference that they mentioned over and over again that you should avoid high fructose corn syrup especially and sugar in general, but I also noticed that noone really mentioned sodium and if there are any ideal water intake suggestions. Are these just things that are just that plain obvious that they don't need to mention them? Like how sodium/salt is bad and of course you should make sure to drink 8 glasses of water?
And my action items?
I haven't done too many, but I have been drinking more green tea. I need to do more research into the Omega-3 and Vitamin D supplements, buy them and start taking them. And I'd like to craft an exercise regimen that works for me. It sounds like you don't have to exercise a crazy number of hours a week as long as you are doing some of the more efficient (but not necessarily fun) kind of exercise like interval training, strength training, and some cardio. Also I would love to throw some regular yoga/meditation into the mix. I've definitely noticed in myself that I get much bitchier when I don't get enough regular yoga in my life.
Let me know if you find any supplements that you think are good and I'll let you know if I do start taking some of these on a regular basis.
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Date: 2010-10-16 07:43 pm (UTC)I also had some similar take-aways from the conference. I've been chatting with coworkers about how the main take-aways were to take Omega 3 supplements and Vitamin D supplements. That meditation for as little as 5 minutes a day can have huge health benefits. That mice missing some important nutrients have tests that are similar to irradiated mice, so that means that nutrition is very very important. You truly are what you eat. Of course in the past I've justified eating expensively and "well" sometimes because I say that what I eat is largely going back into the cells of my body and well frankly I'm worth it! :)
Omega 3:
Some attendee (but not necessarily a speaker at the conference) recommended Nordic Naturals for their Omega 3 supplements.
I seem to recall taking notes about the DHA / EPA ratio for Omega 3 and everyone had said that if you could you would want to take a supplement that had a higher ratio of DHA to EPA. More than one person said that you wanted the DHA to EPA ratio of DHA to be greater than 1.
Do you know how much Omega 3 is recommended to everyone a day? I remember one speaker recommending 3g of Omega 3 a day.
Vitamin D:
It seemed like they suggested around 1000-2000IU for vitamin D a day (but of course they suggested that everyone take the 25 Hdroxy vitamin D test just to make sure with you wanting target range result in the 50-80 range).
Looking up information on Vitamin D, there appears to be D2 and D3. Do you know of a ratio that is recommended for those?
They also seemed to mention magnesium as well, but I don't recall hearing a particular dosage recommendation for this, just that people deficient in Vitamin D are also typically magnesium deficient as well. Mostly because I think people might take or get too much calcium, so there needs to be a balance between calcium and Vitamin D + magnesium.
Other supplements:
For the eyes they recommended lutein and zeaxanthin, and that lutein at least had a higher rate of absorption in humans as compared to Vitamin A.
Other nutrition questions:
So I realized at the conference that they mentioned over and over again that you should avoid high fructose corn syrup especially and sugar in general, but I also noticed that noone really mentioned sodium and if there are any ideal water intake suggestions. Are these just things that are just that plain obvious that they don't need to mention them? Like how sodium/salt is bad and of course you should make sure to drink 8 glasses of water?
And my action items?
I haven't done too many, but I have been drinking more green tea. I need to do more research into the Omega-3 and Vitamin D supplements, buy them and start taking them. And I'd like to craft an exercise regimen that works for me. It sounds like you don't have to exercise a crazy number of hours a week as long as you are doing some of the more efficient (but not necessarily fun) kind of exercise like interval training, strength training, and some cardio. Also I would love to throw some regular yoga/meditation into the mix. I've definitely noticed in myself that I get much bitchier when I don't get enough regular yoga in my life.
Let me know if you find any supplements that you think are good and I'll let you know if I do start taking some of these on a regular basis.
Helen