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American Oyaji wrote:Hey guys, I have a friend in Japan who wants to stay healthy.
What is available there at the moment that is good for keeping healthy and where is it available?
I'm thinking along the lines of echinacea, rose hips and other herbal remedies.
Any Japanocentric ones other than genki drinks? Any brand names I should have them look out for?
Thanks
American Oyaji wrote:Hey guys, I have a friend in Japan who wants to stay healthy.
What is available there at the moment that is good for keeping healthy and where is it available?
I'm thinking along the lines of echinacea, rose hips and other herbal remedies.
Any Japanocentric ones other than genki drinks? Any brand names I should have them look out for?
Thanks
2triky wrote:Flax is good but it has Omega-3 fatty acids in the form of ALA, not EPA & DHA which are the naturally present Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil. Your body has to convert ALA to EPA & DHA and some individuals are not very efficient at this conversion process. It's simply better as a general precept to get your Omega-3's in the form of fish or fish oil over plant-based sources.
Of course if flax works well for you, then go for it.
nikoneko wrote:Yes I researched that. Originally I was doing both fish oil and flax but the (rheumatoid) arthritis is mostly in remission now and flax alone does fine, I suppose I mostly like it for the fiber now tbh. Though I've been called a hippy for drinking flax-seed smoothies everyday lol.
Another thing is, and not to derail this too much, for omega-3 to act as an anti-inflammatory you need if I remember right something like 2-3000 mg a day and there is no way to get that much from eating fish or even normal fish oil pills, you have to get the super concentrated kind I've only seen in the US otherwise you will damage your liver. With flax seed it is much easier to get up to those dosages (again if I remember right it was a few years ago when I researched all this.)
American Oyaji wrote:Hey guys, I have a friend in Japan who wants to stay healthy.
I'm thinking along the lines of echinacea, rose hips and other herbal remedies.
American Oyaji wrote:Well, she's a teacher and surrounded by a bunch of germy kids everyday.
She's looking for immune system boosters.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Vitamin D3.
American Oyaji wrote:Well, she's a teacher and surrounded by a bunch of germy kids everyday.
She's looking for immune system boosters.
American Oyaji wrote:Well, she's a teacher and surrounded by a bunch of germy kids everyday.
She's looking for immune system boosters.
GomiGirl wrote:Eating lots of fruit and vegetables - avoiding things made in a factory and limiting carbs at night.
TennoChinko wrote:Why limit carbs at night? Is that to avoid unnecessary weight loss?
I was thinking the sleepy feeling you get after a carb-heavy meal would be the perfect thing before going to bed! (I was just thinking of a late-night snack of tea & toast! and DCB and BBQ nuggets and crepe-nutella)
TennoChinko wrote:What's DCB???
Coligny wrote:Double Cheeze Burger... you never check the receipt from McDo to see if the waitress gave you her phone number ?
TennoChinko wrote:Never. In Japan?!
Coligny wrote:ONE CAN HOPE...
no !?
//Kimu wuz th3 hot...
///not as much as the start of the week early morning combini girl with black framed glasses
TennoChinko wrote:Never. In Japan?!
"DCB = double cheese burger". Thanks. I'll remember that!
Back on topic. Kinda. Eating things to increase sleep quality - and doing things too ... I sometimes take amino acid supplements like VAAM before sleeping. Some people complain it gives them crazy dreams. Also, I recommend using black -out shades to enhance deeper sleep.
2triky wrote:sleep aide is melatonin.
cstaylor wrote:Keep it below 200mg and make sure you've got a window of at least 8 hours of sleep. There's nothing worse than shaking off a melatonin-induced mental fog if your sleep gets interrupted.
Calms Forte works well for me, but sometimes I wonder if it's just the placebo effect...
2triky wrote:...I understand Valerian Root is another sleep aide that is non habit forming...
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