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Although the business was not as huge back then as it is now I was reading some information on Reo Blair and an article came up on how people were recommended to take his supplement line -
It kinda amazes me in a way that the diets back then were so much more "wholesome" and natural and what we have gotten away from -people at the time still thought supplements were magic and would buy them by the fist full in an effort to gain an advantage.
One of his products - amino acid tablets mentioned below at one time were $600 for 1000 tablets!
RHEO H. BLAIR: Rheo Blair Supplements: Nathan's Notes On Rheo Blair's Secrets
Vitamin A: 67,500 IU- I was taking one A+D capsule, but most of this, and the D, came from 30 Cod liver oil capsules/day.
Vitamin D: 4,800 IU- Also mostly from the CLO, but also included in this amount is what was in the Calcium capsules.
Vitamin E: 1,200 IU- Mixed tocopherols: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta
Vitamin B-1: 120 mg
Vitamin B-2: 120 mg.
Vitamin B-3: 600 mg. ( B-3 is Niacin, for anyone unaware)
Vitamin B-5: 240 mg. (B-5 is Pantothenic Acid)
Vitamin B-6: 1,300 mg.-B-6 is essential to protein utilization, part of this B-6 was in the digestants
Vitamin B-12: 12,400 mcg.- this is an enormous amount, but B-12 is only assimilated as a fairly small percentage of intake .
PABA: 120 mg. (ParaAminoBenzoicAcid)
Folic Acid: 1600 mcg.
Choline: 5000 mg. (part of this was from the lecithin capsules mentioned below)
Inositol: 3500 mg
Biotin: 140 mcg.
Vitamin C: 6700 mg.- This was from the C-BioPlus product, plus some ascorbic acid tablets
Citrus Bioflavanoids: 3000 mg.
Rutin: 500 mg.
Magnesium: 120 mg., as magnesium aspartate
Calcium: 1800 mg. as citrate, lactate, gluconate, and carbonate combination
Zinc: 150 mg.- I did not record what form this was in.
Copper 500 mcg
Manganese: 30 mg.
Iodine: 9 x RDA on ALTERNATE days. This was as Iocen, a liquid dulse product.
Phosphorus: 1160 mg. - this was in the calcium and or protein products.
Trace minerals: 25 mg
Betaine HCL: 3470 mg.
Glutamic Acid HCL: 1860 mg.- contained in the digestant tablets (4-7 of the tablets use per feeding)
Pepsin: 1000 mg.- contained in the digestant tablets (pepsin is a 2nd stage digestant)
Protein: 120 grams of protein from the protein powder, exclusive of the protein found in the milk and eggs used to make the protein drink, and exclusive of any found in food or the liver tablet. Note the 120 grams is the protein only, not the total weight of the powder used, which was about one cup by volume. I could have used more, as well, but Blair wanted me to use at least this much.
Liver Extract: 60 per day. These would have contained iron and B-12, but perhaps more importantly, the intrinsic factors found in liver, which are known to increase endurance.
Soybro: 30 per day. The defatted tri-germ oil product. This would have naturally contained tocotrienols, octacosanol, and other plant sterols.
Crude Wheat Germ Fractions: 30 per day- A defatted whest germ oil product, high in octacosanol, the same as 10 minim Prometol. Optionally, you could take 60 Soybro per day, and not this product
Lecithin: At one time, he had me taking 45- 1200 mg. regular lecithin capsules per day. When the later, smaller high potency lecithin p-c came out, he recommended up to 30-400mg. capsules of that type.
Amino Acids: 15 capsules per day
L-Glutamine: 6 grams per day, as 12-500mg. capsules.
Blair's Free Form Amino Acid Capsules: "As many as you can afford" was his quote. For someone who had unlimited wealth, the number was 60 per day.
Digestive Enzymes: 4 to 7 per feeding, unfortunately, as previously stated, I did not record what was in these.
Softone: This was simple psyllium husk. Blair had me use 1-3 teaspoons daily, mixed in water or milk (not in with the protein drink). This is basically a Metamucil like product to help with regularity while on this diet high in dairy products, with little fiber in it otherwise
Total: 250 capsules/tablets per day.
more on his protein and the "unusual" supplements if you are into history of the supplement and gym industry like I am.
RHEO H. BLAIR: What About Those Unusual Rheo Blair Supplements?
RHEO H. BLAIR: Blair's protein in context
It kinda amazes me in a way that the diets back then were so much more "wholesome" and natural and what we have gotten away from -people at the time still thought supplements were magic and would buy them by the fist full in an effort to gain an advantage.
One of his products - amino acid tablets mentioned below at one time were $600 for 1000 tablets!
RHEO H. BLAIR: Rheo Blair Supplements: Nathan's Notes On Rheo Blair's Secrets
Vitamin A: 67,500 IU- I was taking one A+D capsule, but most of this, and the D, came from 30 Cod liver oil capsules/day.
Vitamin D: 4,800 IU- Also mostly from the CLO, but also included in this amount is what was in the Calcium capsules.
Vitamin E: 1,200 IU- Mixed tocopherols: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta
Vitamin B-1: 120 mg
Vitamin B-2: 120 mg.
Vitamin B-3: 600 mg. ( B-3 is Niacin, for anyone unaware)
Vitamin B-5: 240 mg. (B-5 is Pantothenic Acid)
Vitamin B-6: 1,300 mg.-B-6 is essential to protein utilization, part of this B-6 was in the digestants
Vitamin B-12: 12,400 mcg.- this is an enormous amount, but B-12 is only assimilated as a fairly small percentage of intake .
PABA: 120 mg. (ParaAminoBenzoicAcid)
Folic Acid: 1600 mcg.
Choline: 5000 mg. (part of this was from the lecithin capsules mentioned below)
Inositol: 3500 mg
Biotin: 140 mcg.
Vitamin C: 6700 mg.- This was from the C-BioPlus product, plus some ascorbic acid tablets
Citrus Bioflavanoids: 3000 mg.
Rutin: 500 mg.
Magnesium: 120 mg., as magnesium aspartate
Calcium: 1800 mg. as citrate, lactate, gluconate, and carbonate combination
Zinc: 150 mg.- I did not record what form this was in.
Copper 500 mcg
Manganese: 30 mg.
Iodine: 9 x RDA on ALTERNATE days. This was as Iocen, a liquid dulse product.
Phosphorus: 1160 mg. - this was in the calcium and or protein products.
Trace minerals: 25 mg
Betaine HCL: 3470 mg.
Glutamic Acid HCL: 1860 mg.- contained in the digestant tablets (4-7 of the tablets use per feeding)
Pepsin: 1000 mg.- contained in the digestant tablets (pepsin is a 2nd stage digestant)
Protein: 120 grams of protein from the protein powder, exclusive of the protein found in the milk and eggs used to make the protein drink, and exclusive of any found in food or the liver tablet. Note the 120 grams is the protein only, not the total weight of the powder used, which was about one cup by volume. I could have used more, as well, but Blair wanted me to use at least this much.
Liver Extract: 60 per day. These would have contained iron and B-12, but perhaps more importantly, the intrinsic factors found in liver, which are known to increase endurance.
Soybro: 30 per day. The defatted tri-germ oil product. This would have naturally contained tocotrienols, octacosanol, and other plant sterols.
Crude Wheat Germ Fractions: 30 per day- A defatted whest germ oil product, high in octacosanol, the same as 10 minim Prometol. Optionally, you could take 60 Soybro per day, and not this product
Lecithin: At one time, he had me taking 45- 1200 mg. regular lecithin capsules per day. When the later, smaller high potency lecithin p-c came out, he recommended up to 30-400mg. capsules of that type.
Amino Acids: 15 capsules per day
L-Glutamine: 6 grams per day, as 12-500mg. capsules.
Blair's Free Form Amino Acid Capsules: "As many as you can afford" was his quote. For someone who had unlimited wealth, the number was 60 per day.
Digestive Enzymes: 4 to 7 per feeding, unfortunately, as previously stated, I did not record what was in these.
Softone: This was simple psyllium husk. Blair had me use 1-3 teaspoons daily, mixed in water or milk (not in with the protein drink). This is basically a Metamucil like product to help with regularity while on this diet high in dairy products, with little fiber in it otherwise
Total: 250 capsules/tablets per day.
more on his protein and the "unusual" supplements if you are into history of the supplement and gym industry like I am.
RHEO H. BLAIR: What About Those Unusual Rheo Blair Supplements?
RHEO H. BLAIR: Blair's protein in context
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