As we age, are supplements necessary? Do they help with boomer health? With all the contradictory research out there, it?s hard to know what to believe or do. So we set out to discover whether specific supplements could help us with specific complaints.
Alexandra: For most of my life, I?ve eschewed supplements as unnecessary. I?ve always been a believer that we can get what we need for our bodies through good nutrition and exercise. But that ?most? of my life was prior to my 50th birthday. Now I deal with a reconstructed soccer knee and foot. And it takes longer to heal the rare times that I do get sick.
So when we were asked to try out Pure Matters supplements, I was leery, yet willing. Knowing the history of supplements, I checked out the company first, and was comforted by their commitment to clean ingredients, including this statement on their site: ?Trustworthy ? We will use only wholesome, scientifically proven ingredients composed in clean facilities. And when our formulations can be improved, we will improve them.? My two biggest issues with supplements ? Can the ingredients be trusted? and Will these help my health?
I chose to try Biotin (skin, nails & hair), Omega-3 Fish Oils (heart health) and GlucoChon MSM Formula (joint & tissue health). If you read my previous post about getting my blood tested, you might recall that the consulting registered dietitian recommended Omega-3 Fish Oil to me. Boom!
Declare all Stiff Knees at Customs!
Today I will focus on the GlucoChon MSM Formula, because that is the one where I definitely noticed a difference. Normally when I fly, my reconstructed knee gets very stiff, and I spend the day after flying with a slight limp and some swelling at the knee. I took 3 tablets a day for a month. At the end of that month I flew from California to Europe and back, for a total of 5 flights. My knee didn?t feel stiff for those flights, nor did I end up limping. No inflammation either. It wasn?t a controlled study, and who knows what other variables were in play, but this was the first time since my 1998 knee surgery (and a handful of subsequent surgeries) that I had no issues after flying. Cause and effect or correlation ? I have no idea. But I would take these supplements again?(besides trusting their ingredients, I also am a huge fan of their customer service). Since I?m not a doctor, I cannot make supplement recommendations, but I can recommend Pure Matters as a company I trust to work with me as a consultant for my health needs. I can also say that I believe these supplements worked for me.
Kymberly: Do you have joints that predict weather? Ever since I broke both wrists as a teenager falling out of a tree, they ache when the weather changes. That is, my wrists did creak and moan until I made one change: taking Pure Matters ?Joint Health? supplements. To be honest, I committed to trying the supps to help my knee joint (which has arthritis and chronic pain after a soccer injury and two surgeries. Sound like a certain twin we all know?). Then I noticed that my wrists were not predicting the weather anymore. In fact, they felt so good I forgot about them until I finished my last ?Joint Health? tablets. Within two days, my wrists were aching and futuretelling once again.
My wrist joints predict the weather better than this weather vane.
As for my knee, it is hard to tell the supplements? effect as my knee ached off and on a lot during the trial period. (See my prior post on the subject). But I have been breaking in new orthotics this past month, which has thrown that rascal joint into confusion. I need to give the ?Joint Health? another go to really note the effect on my knee (and to keep my wrists from competing again with the evening weather report).
Speaking of nights, what did work wonders was the ?For Healthy Sleep? formula I also tried. Anyone else yearn for those nights where you fall asleep and stay asleep until morning? No stumbling trips to the bathroom, no night sweats, no cats wrestling on your back at o?dark too early, no insomnia with a list of ?to do?s? running through your head, no hubster cover hogging? ?I love my cats and hubster, but I also love when I travel and stay in hotel rooms. Alone. Cuz? I remind myself what a good night?s sleep feels like on those occasions.
My wrists feel so good I can finally do this move again. It?s been AGES!
So I was happily surprised when the ?For Healthy Sleep? tablets provided the same great sleep as my nights in hotels. As in, like magic and immediately. And less expensively. Now if only my knee would feel so refreshed!
Have you found supplements that have worked for you? Others that have been expensive pee? Let us know!
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Photo credit: Dusseldorf Customs: Courtney Price
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Get practical exercise advice, your fitness questions answered, and cutting edge health edu-tainment that is accessible and doable from long time fitness experts, Kymberly Williams-Evans, MA and Alexandra Williams, MA. We have taught on land, sea, and airwaves for 3 decades on 4 continents. From writing to speaking, emceeing to hosting a radio show, reviewing products to teaching classes, we believe that little steps turn into big paths. Move a little more than the day before. FitFluential Ambassadors and award-winners both online and off.Source: http://funandfit.org/supplements-for-boomers-pure-matters/
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