Posted by LOOPS on June 10, 2005, at 15:02:41
In reply to Re: New update on my progress with fish oil etc..., posted by Ktemene on June 9, 2005, at 20:49:15
Hi ktemene -
I read somewhere a tablespoon of wheatgerm oil contains about 50IUs of vitamin E - not that much. However I am not sure exactly how much one would actually need relative to the amount of fish oil. I've heard so many different things - from 200 - 800IUs per day - which does seem a lot. But then taking so much fish oil doesn't seem that natural anyway, unless of course you are an eskimo!
I like the wheatgerm oil because it does indeed seem to help with energy levels and endurance in sport. I probably wind up taking a couple of teaspoons per day.
Regarding the tryptophan I dropped it after it seemed to stop working for insomnia and was giving me some weird shaky sweaty feelings - which I'd never had off 5htp. I went back onto 5htp, which at that point had become useful again - kept on with that for a few months, then recently came off it altogether, feeling that my sleep wasn't benefitting that much anymore. The 5htp in the end would make me sleepy but then I'd be waking up at 3/4am and not able to go back to sleep.
I still occasionally take melatonin for sleep when I'm feeling very awake last thing at night.
I guess I just don't feel the need for the tryptophan/5htp as much as I used to, which is good news.
How does the fish oil make you feel after a year?
Loops
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