What vitamin supplememts are needed for me?

[Anonymous]

i am trying to build muscle and it has been working. gained about 25lbs in 6 months (lean mass gained, was severely skinny before)

i am 6'0 and weigh 156lbs. so still a lightweight. what vitamin supps should I be consuming daily to help optimize my gains? I currently take fish oil and vitamin d. I eat a wide variety of foods but mainly I eat almonds, beef, chicken, eggs, tuna milk, lentils etc. I sometimes take a zinc supplement but I eat a lot of nuts (no homo) and meat.

is there any more I should take? I am really dedicated to change my physique into a work of art. THANKS

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shoutout to ladsin, for being the biggest sh*t talker ever known. he also took human growth hormone and testosterone in his first 3 months of training, congratulations you f***

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choppedNscrewed is ladsins second account he made just then so he can prove how tough he is, let's see if he makes a 3rd account.

[shadowscapes]

your diet is very nutritious so that's very good. I say a multivitamin every day is just fine, even if you are a bodybuilder. fish oils are good as well. what you should do is get a blood test and ask your doctor what vitamin you are deficient in, but taking D is a good idea because an overwhelming majority of people are lacking it.

you aren't missing anything. the main thing is that you have a well balanced diet. I know on the internet people over analyze little things and try to find magical vitamin supplements.

i do reccomend Creatine though.

[Asker]

yeah I will be taking creatine when I get a job and get some money. very helpfull answer thanks mate

[Asker]

i should add I try and tan whenever the sun is out for at least 30 minutes to help vitamin d production. but it's winter in aus atm so the sun hides most of the time

[shadowscapes]

yeah sun is the best source of vitamin d. and creatine is actually very cheap.

[just_tired]

Fish oil and vitamin D are great supplements to have. Other than that vegetables, berries and fruits. If you really are dedicated to changing your physique, eat real food. Don't ever trust supplements to give you enough nutrients. Eat your veggies and you'll grow big and strong, not kidding!

[martyfellow]

If your diet is healthy, you don't need supplements, and it sounds like you are doing fine already. You don't need so much protein, in fact. You might want to cut out some of the meat and substitute grains, maybe couscous or something fun like that. Fish is healthier than beef or chicken.

I'm a believer in flax seed for protein, myself. Just sprinkle it over almost anything.

[Asker]

eating a lot of meat is known to increase testosterone levels

[martyfellow]

it also increases fat deposits in your cardiovascular system; and you don't need high testosterone levels to get ripped, although of course it can happen quicker; that's why people cheat with it.

But why cheat? You're doing fine without cheating!

[Asker]

meat is the best food for packing on muscle. beef usually is calorie dense with lot's of protein and fat, the saturated fat actually increases testosterone. it also has a lot of zinc.

steak and eggs. the 2 most powerful bodybuilding foods. it does not increase fat deposit

[Asker]

grains are not compete protein. although I do eat them meat is much better. has BCAAs which are important for absorbing all the protein. eggs contain all of the 7 bcaas you need.

[martyfellow]

You're kidding yourself about the negative health qualities of beef, especially...and you can get allt he protein you need from grains and vegetables in fact. Most top endurance athletes are vegetarians for this reason

[Asker]

bodybuilders win bodybuilding competitions for a reason, and one of those reasons is they eat meat in every meal

[Asker]

well most of them, most vegan bodybuilders never make it to the top for that reason

[Asker]

i hope you understand that fat is a very important nutrient. and the health risks of meat are myths. if you are working out and require fuel that's what your body willl use. if you do nothing and I've a sedentary life then yeah meat probably isn't great due to it's high calorie content. it's them eating to many calories not the meat itself

[martyfellow]

Bodybuilders aren't serious athletes, let alone top athletes, they are showmen, and addicted to steroids and God knows what else. Chemical fools like Schwartzenegger.

Many die young.

[Asker]

they aren't athetes? um OK, they train as hard if not harder than other athletes. lifting weights is only easy if you make it easy. lifting weights requires you to go through pain in order to achieve those last few reps.

many die young probably due to the steroids not the meat. there are many reasons why people can die young

[Asker]

they track every single calorie they eat, deicate their WHOLE lives to this, because diet is everything

[martyfellow]

They nearly all are steroid abusers and God knows what else. Lifting weights doesn't make someone an athlete imao. Guys working in warehouses lift heavy things all day too. They just don't abuse steroids in the process

They also have bad behavior in general. Look at Schwartzie..

[Asker]

you shouldn't live life to strictly, what a boring mundane life. life is meant to be enjoyed and break the rules rather than living in someone elses eyes

[ladsin]

I suck a lotta d***s (no homo), is that how that works lol!

but yeah the best thing to take for muscle gaining is drink beet juice before workout it increases vascularization. besides that I'd recommend just getting a good whey protein with creatine (drink a lot of water though because it can dehydrate you) that and if you want to get absolutely shredded and huge, and if you can buy some somatotropin, it's hard to find a legal brand because it's a growth hormone and a steroid together basically. but there are some legal brands just research that.

When I was a senior in high school I started off weighing 160 and within 3months I weighed 200 and was deadlifting 600lbs, and benching 285

[Asker]

you can't gain 40lbs in 3 months you fool. maybe 35lbs of that was fat

[ladsin]

lol coming from your goofy ass that's funny, and yeah actually can if your on hgh test booster and consuming 7-8000 calories a day, funny you didn't put up what your weight's were probably because your too much of a bitch to actually be able to do high weights, and I lost 30 pounds of it, then started working out again and put back on 20 pretty quickly pat two months. and you wanna talk about fat I can almost guarantee you I run faster than you so why talk sh*t

[Asker]

lol OK bro keep talking smack

[ladsin]

iight then you are skinny as f*** and u've got a weird ass build, it's taken you half a year to put on 20 lbs. and I could whipe your bitch ass up and down the street both in the weight room and on the street. lol back to the weight room though lat pull downs I rep 220, and on rows I do 6 reps of 330, I squat 600 lbs, I leg press 700 (I think I could go more but there's not enough plates at the gym.) for flys on machine I do 260 when I do dumbells I use 80's. skull crushers 145 lbs, dips add 220 lbs

[Asker]

you're a hero

[Asker]

you were on hgh and a test booster you dumb dog. no wonder you gained an insane amount of muscle. lol at you taking these things in the first 3 months of your training, by the way nice name billy you redneck f*****. You MAD?

[Asker]

i would also suggest getting plastic surgery, you obviously have been playing rugby for to long and to busy getting f***ed up by the other players. really messed up your mind to. you live in dreamworld bitch

[maiez]

My doctors and I don't believe in separate vitamins, so I don't take them. I do however take protein shakes and try to eat 3 big meals a day to bulk up. I use powder, milk, honey, peanut butter, and Brewer's Yeast. Brewers yeast should help but I haven't noticed anything. You sound like you have a great diet. I don't recommend gomad diet.

[Asker]

yeah man peanut butter is a superior bulking food. I admit I binge on it to much and can eat an entire jar in one sitting no problem. yeah gomad is not for me

[maiez]

thats rough, if anything I don't like peanut butter anymore. while you're at it on a healthy diet I would like to point out how super nutritious peppers are lol

[Asker]

pepper as in salt and pepper? ha ha how?

[maiez]

no as in Bell Peppers, they are a super food. Green/yellow/red bell peppers, even eating them straight alone is extremely healthy

[Asker]

will look into it cheers mate

[foxsquirrel]

To increase muscle mass I would eat protein. I do not know if there is any vitamin or chemical that would help your body absorb more protein or build more muscle. I would take some carbohydrates too so that the body would use that for it's energy supply and leave the muscle intact otherwise the body will consume protein from muscle for energy.

[Asker]

yeah I know how to build muscle, it's all about a caloric surplus. I a was asking about vitamins.

[kheserthorpe]

Nope, keep spending the money on real food > supplements as much as possible. The D and fish oil are good ideas.

What you are doing is working very well.

[Asker]

yeah that's what I was thinking

[Anonymous]

Dont use take whey protein or muscle milk.

[Anonymous]

Consult your doctor.