Nutritional Supplements

Transcript First of all, if you’re not a vegetarian the answer is definitely going to be yes. I think that there’s so many benefits to it. I don’t think we eat enough fish in this country. I mean it’s good for you joints because it is an anti-inflammatory. Its been shown to help with cardiac …

Transcript “Are there any supplements that promote weight loss? again short answer is No. If you are eating too many calories , you will store body fat, first of all you must take in less calories then you burn. There are some supplements that may assist you in getting the results you are looking for …

Transcript As an athlete you wanna get the biggest edges that you can and, I am the secret weapon. My name is Glen Tobias. I’m a registered dietician. I have my masters in clinical nutrition from NYU. And I was one of the first board certified specialists in sports dietetics in the country. Today we’re …

Transcript First of all you have to figure out what sport, what age, what level of what sport are you playing – because again everything changes. A good multivitamin mineral is probably something that you should think about doing. Its a nutritutional insurance policy making sure you are getting everything you need another product that …

Transcript Are there supplements that are good for weight lifting? That question must mean are there any supplements that are good to help me increase lean bodiness, muscle tissue. Again, short answer, nothing will do it by itself. So the answer’s no. But there are things that can benefit you and help you if you …

Transcript What you need to know about glucosamine and what do you need to know about conjointment? Technical, you should, in my opinion they should be worked teething in a product because they’re going to aid in you joints health and recovery. If you have osteoarthritis, this is something you should look into. I don’t …

Transcript “What you need to know about chromium piccolinate First of all chromium is a metal that is needed by the body.Now, I don’t usually like chromium piccolinate very much, I like Chromium Polynicotinate better. It’s just a niacine bound form of chromium. I like it for a number of reasons: one the niacine which …

Transcript Microorganisms that live in the intestines, we all have them, they’re good, and a lot of people try to take different probiotics to help adjust or change what’s living in your intestines. Very important stuff. You really can’t change it too much. The European Food Safety Authority has shown that there’s really been no …

Transcript So what you need to know about selenium. They, they form selenoproteins, which basically help prevent cellular damage, so it acts like an anti-oxidant. But it is a necessary mineral for the body. Some of the issue that you have is, the selenium in the foods that we eat is really dependent on the …

Transcript A lot of people take garlic to prevent certain forms of cancer, heart disease, and the studies are showing that the countries that eat more garlic have less incidences of these kinds of cancers. So there may be something to that. As well as the cardiovascular benefits, there was a check study that was …

Transcript now Echinacea is used by people to help prevent and shorten the duration of the common cold. As far as i know, there are no good studies that shows that that actually does that. If you take it and you feel it shorten your cold or helps you prevent getting a cold then keep …

Transcript "What You Need to Know about Calcium Supplements Glen Tobias, ms, rd, cssd Sports Performance Nutritionist www.e3wms.com What you need to know about Calcium Supplements is that, probably, most of the people need to take one. I don’t I think that everybody gets in the 1200 mg a day that’s pretty much recommended. Especially …

Transcript Flax seed oil is good. It’s got ALA and ALA is the alpha-linolenic acid that has to be converted to DHA. So if you’re a vegetarian, or really have some kind of aversion to fish, and flax seed is your only alternative, then it is a great product to take because I do think …

Transcript The best way to time meals and supplements really is to eat more frequently than you probably are now. If you’re eating twice a day, not a lot of people will eat twice a day, they’ll have their–miss their breakfast, they’ll have lunch and dinner. You probably want to start with something for breakfast, …

Transcript How to balance and plan meals when you’re taking supplements, first of all you have to talk about what is a balanced meal. And I look at that as proteins, carbs, and fat ratios that are proper for the person, athlete, whatever to get maximum energy form that food, get maximum blood sugar stabilization …

Transcript Whether you’re taking supplements or not, sleep is gonna be critical for really anything that you do. If you’re looking to lose weight, it’s critical. If you’re an athlete, it’s critical. Um, now, a sleep cycle’s about 45 minutes or so. So I like to have people sleep. Most of my clients, I look …

Transcript Keeping a supplement, workout, nutrition journal is that important and should somebody do that, I actually think it’s critical. I actually ask everyone of my clients, from my mom to the profession, write everything you’re doing down, from what you’re eating, when you’re eating and how much you’re eating. Because, A, I thought that’s …

Transcript “Typically I would tell you it’s about 8 oz per pill, usually. That’s what the average recommendation is. Again, if you’re taking a couple, you know, multi antioxidant and a calcium I’m not saying drink 24 oz of water but you know the more water you can drink with your pills and your supplements …

Transcript When I work with my fighters, I give them certain vegetables that are high in vitamin K, which helps with clotting, so in the event that they do get cut, they will clot quicker and faster. Being here at the Wat today, the idea with a lot of the fighters… And you just want …

Transcript In terms of the best protein supplement, the term ‘best’, I mean, right away you have to understand there’s no ‘best’. It’s designed for ‘what are you gonna be taking it for’. Is it pre or post work out? I mean pre I like a whey protein. Post workout I like a whey protein. …

Transcript “Do you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every single day? Well, most people in this country do not. That being said you don’t even know where the fruit or vegetable was grown, so you don’t know about the soil that it was grown in, you don’t know how long it’s been on …

Transcript Technically, supplements are for 18 years old, and older, and healthy. Now we are gonna talk about children. You have to be very careful what you giving children, and what you recommend for children. A lot of children do not eat well, you can go to any restaurant and look at the children’s menu. …

Transcript Did they not like the way it smelled? Did it have a funny aftertaste? Was the pill too big? That product may be a tremendous product, but they got a bad review because of somebody just didn’t like something that really had nothing to do about the product. I think that at, you know, …

Transcript What you need to know about whey protein is, first of all, Little Miss Muffet had it right. She sat down and she ate her curds and whey, so she was eating cottage cheese. The water that people pour off of the cottage cheese is the whey. That is a tremendous protein source, and …

Transcript “So what you need to know about creatine is first you need to understand it is for certain people at certain times, it’s not for everybody. It will give you weight gain, because as your muscles hold the water, that water weight will stay on you, so your muscles are going to look fuller …

Transcript “So what you need to know about acai from Brazil, the juice or the pulp or what have you, first of all it’s a very, very powerful anti-oxidant. They rank anti-oxidants on a score from the ORAC scale, ORAC is oxygen radical absorption capacity, just basically how much free radicals they can absorb and …

Transcript Everyone should not take a calcium supplement. Should I think most people? Yes I do think most people should because I don’t think, especially if you are lactose intolerant or do to religious beliefs you don’t have milk and dairy products much, that can cause issues with your calcium intake, so I would say …

Transcript “If you don’t like the way it tastes you’re not going to continue to eat it, drink it, what have you, so find one that you like. Don’t look for the cheapest one because you’re eating it. It’s going into your body. To look for the cheapest, is, in my opinion, is a scary …

Transcript Glutamine first of all in an amino acid, so there’s no magic or craziness behind it. It is an awesome, post workout powder that most people put in their shakes or what have you, or take it by pill. Post workout because it’s gonna aid in the recovery of the muscle tissue you just …

Transcript What you need to know about Casein, is first of all, Casein is just a protein. It’s pretty high in biological value, not quite as high as the egg, or the whey. But Casein is a slower digesting protein. What that means is that it’s going to take a little bit longer to get …

Transcript “Beta-Hydroxy methylbutyric is a component or metabolite of the branch chain amino acid Leucine. Now Leucine , isoleucine they’re your branch chain amino acids, a large percentage of your muscles is made up of them. So taking metabolite of the Leucine is good, some studies have shown that it actually aids in lean body …

Transcript So, what do you need to know about CoQ10? First of all CoQ10 is an anti-oxidant. It’s a great anti-oxidant. It’s been shown to be cardioprotective, so it’s good for your heart. The thing is, a lot of people, nowadays, are taking things to lower cholesterol. And when you take a Statin drug, like …

Transcript What you need to know about magnesium is that 50% of the magnesium is in the bone, and only 1% is actually found in the blood, but the body works very hard to keep that 1% going in the blood. A lot of people have speculated or thought or touted that low magnesium levels …

Transcript Lutein is actually a very, very important anti-oxidant and it’s really where — where it’s found is in the eyes and in the skin. So, basically where your body meets the outside. Age-Related Macular Degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. So, the point is, if we’re going to …

Transcript Should vegetarians take B12 or cholamine? The answer is probably gonna be yes. Because based on your level of vegetarianism, like a vegan, you’re not gonna get enough B12 unless you’re gonna be eating fortified cereals, there’s other products that contain B12 but in general but it’s really important for energy production in the …

Transcript “Do Any Supplements Help Build Muscle? To put on muscle, you have to eat more calories than your body burns. Now if you eat too many more calories, you put on fat, and if you don’t eat enough calories, you can’t build muscle and that’s not what you’re looking for. If you’re looking to …

Transcript Certain people are anemic, so they have low blood levels and their doctor will let them know they’ll and be on it. Uhm, other people, due to religious beliefs, what have you, may not be eating foods that are high in iron. Again, certain people working out, very hard workouts may deplete blood levels …