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I'm seeing cope supplement threads here almost daily, so I decided to tell you which ones actually do shit and are sensible to take, so you can stop wasting the little money you have on useless products that only benefit the vendor's wallet. If you have more supplements than you can count on 10 fingers, you're most likely wasting money and should take a look at your diet instead. You're probably going to be disappointed of this short list and there certainly are more supplements that aren't cope but I wanted to include only those that can be difficult to get enough of otherwise, even if you lead a healthy lifestyle and which everyone would benefit from.
1. Vitamin C - Extremely important for immunity, wound healing, collagen synthesis, structural integrity of blood vessels and connective tissues, free radical scavenging, maintaining high energy levels and overall health. If you get colds frequently, you 100% are deficient in vitamin C. Easy bruising and bleeding gums also often result from vitamin C deficiency. Furthermore, it increases the absorption of non-heme iron. Virtually no one consumes optimal amounts of vitamin C and everyone would benefit from supplementing with this dirt cheap nutrient.
2. Vitamin D - Its receptor is expressed in nearly all tissues of your body. Lack of it can lead to immune dysfunction, increased likelihood of autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases, increased disease severity of covid, obesity, excess inflammation and asthma. As you can see, its importance goes beyond bone health. I suffered from severe bronchial hyperresponsiveness myself and couldn't breathe properly for two years, until I got my vitamin D levels up. Within a month, I was able to breathe normally again.
3. Glycine - A building block of collagen and also an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS. You can get enough of it from your diet if you eat connective tissue (e.g. bone broth, tendons, cartilage, chicken skin) or gelatin on a regular basis and your body can synthesize it from serine as well but I found that isolated glycine by itself is quite an effective muscle relaxant and improves sleep and muscle recovery. Very useful if you have a physically demanding job or do sports.
1. Vitamin C - Extremely important for immunity, wound healing, collagen synthesis, structural integrity of blood vessels and connective tissues, free radical scavenging, maintaining high energy levels and overall health. If you get colds frequently, you 100% are deficient in vitamin C. Easy bruising and bleeding gums also often result from vitamin C deficiency. Furthermore, it increases the absorption of non-heme iron. Virtually no one consumes optimal amounts of vitamin C and everyone would benefit from supplementing with this dirt cheap nutrient.
2. Vitamin D - Its receptor is expressed in nearly all tissues of your body. Lack of it can lead to immune dysfunction, increased likelihood of autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases, increased disease severity of covid, obesity, excess inflammation and asthma. As you can see, its importance goes beyond bone health. I suffered from severe bronchial hyperresponsiveness myself and couldn't breathe properly for two years, until I got my vitamin D levels up. Within a month, I was able to breathe normally again.
3. Glycine - A building block of collagen and also an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS. You can get enough of it from your diet if you eat connective tissue (e.g. bone broth, tendons, cartilage, chicken skin) or gelatin on a regular basis and your body can synthesize it from serine as well but I found that isolated glycine by itself is quite an effective muscle relaxant and improves sleep and muscle recovery. Very useful if you have a physically demanding job or do sports.
