I havent changed my tune....if someone has the money im all for it...its just on the importance scale i dont have it up there at 4 stars like I have some other stuff
Just to clarify because i was in a rush:
I believe the big things that need to be addressed in the PED community such as this is (not in any type of ranking order)
Heart enlargement (especially if gh is used with anabolics)
plaque buildup/cardiovascular issues
prostate health
kidney health <---this i think is understated in this community and yet it ranks just behind heart problems as the number one culprit of death
hematocrit and hemoglobin
lipids
inflammation
I dont put liver in there because i really think if you arent a nutjob with orals, by and large that is not going to be up with the others as far as problems.
You guys see me recommend carditone and linisipril to people because (and this is my opinion, you can disagree) I feel blood pressure should be brought under control as quickly as possible and then worked on to hopefully get off compounds. Some people raise issue to this above....it is what it is...I feel 1 year of high blood pressure is 1000 times worse than any side effects these blood pressure compounds bring to the table. Why do i recommend carditone? Do you know how many bodybuilders absolutely refuse to go to the doctors? I would be of the opinion its about 80%...I myself absolutely hate to go to the doctors. So let that guy continue to have high blood pressure/go into kidney failure since he wont go to the doctor or recommend him to go to Amazon and order up some carditone and then add in cardio and (the gamut) to fix the blood pressure problems and get off carditone or linisipril<---I find that to be a MUCH BETTER OPTION.
Heart enlargement ... I kept seeing guys dying....put my nose the grindstone years back trying to find something that remodels the heart, stops cardiomyopathy, dramatically lessens inflammation....Curcumin kept coming back to me...so thats why i propose curcumin (besides all the other great things it does)
Plaque buildup/cardiovascular issues---This is going to be a statement alot of people dont agree with in this forum. Im not a huge believer in man made drugs....and i seek out what nature has provided as a remedy. Over the last 20 to 30 years ive seen all these miracle man made drugs hit the market and people laud them as the holy grail....from statins on down...and what happens over time? Over time (and this is deja vu because it happens again and again like clockwork)...over time it gets found out that these man made miracle drugs also come with a slew of bad side effects that start to outweigh the good of them. Meanwhile all these supernutrients have come forward and you are repeatedly seeing that the organic foods that we eat...especially the cruciferious vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, / pomegranate, green tea, curry etc etc etc are being proven time and time again to do alot of what these man made drugs do.....nature has provided a healing path without all these side effects.
Dont believe me? Ill show you this week on that thread "things that interest me"...Ill show you super nutrients that are going to change bodybuilding in the near future with increased muscle mass besides curing a bunch of health maladies and fighting cancer. (allright I got off the topic)
so with that said thats why i havent jumped on the metformin bandwagon quite yet....as great as it looks, I have some reservations about it....and its why I present citrus bergamot which is very similiar to metformin in that it lowers blood sugar (across the board), raises hdl, lowers ldl, lowers trygl's
hematocrit and hemoglobin.....you have two choices...you have to give blood or if you dont give blood you have to do cardio at about 45-60 minutes a day 5-6 days a week (a brisk walk including some hills will do it) and use IP6 if you need to chelate iron (according to bloodwork)....that SHOULD KEEP you in the 40's with hematocrit. IP6 (phytic acid) doesnt bring it down dramatically but it will move it down 1-3 points Ive seen over time...besides that IP6 has incredible cancer fighting properties
So i want you guys to understand....I think supplements should be catered around your bloodwork....if you have a low ejection fraction and cardiomyopathy....I recommended some supplements to that guy....but thats not all of you! If someone sees me recommend giving blood to another guy yet the person reading has a hematocrit of 42 and a hemoglobin of 14 the very last thing you want to do is go give blood. You got to kind of pick your spot here