I believe strongly in the power of supplements to structure the rest of diet. Here is my current supplement structure:
Multivitamin + 6000 IU Vitamin D + Calcium
Omega-3
Whey protein(at approximately the bodybuilder-style "one gram per pound bodyweight" level)
For meals I mostly eat in a low-carb/paleo fashion - because I find the fatty foods easier to digest, overall. Protein, fat, fiber, are what I look for(and quality fats too, a lot of the cheap vegetable oils seem shady and give me bad reactions). Adding the whey protein really helped because it nullified a lot of the cravings that would make me break the meal plan. Discovery: if you eat like a bodybuilder, even without training you're going to start looking sort of like one.
The other supplements are general health measures to help my mood, alertness and immune system. My GF, who has not yet bought into clean eating, recently got the same bug as I did at about the same time. I barely realized it was there and was over it in three days. She was taken down for about a week with some vicious "can't-do-a-thing" days in the middle. I've only been with her a short while, so I hope I can encourage her.
Multivitamin + 6000 IU Vitamin D + Calcium
Omega-3
Whey protein(at approximately the bodybuilder-style "one gram per pound bodyweight" level)
For meals I mostly eat in a low-carb/paleo fashion - because I find the fatty foods easier to digest, overall. Protein, fat, fiber, are what I look for(and quality fats too, a lot of the cheap vegetable oils seem shady and give me bad reactions). Adding the whey protein really helped because it nullified a lot of the cravings that would make me break the meal plan. Discovery: if you eat like a bodybuilder, even without training you're going to start looking sort of like one.
The other supplements are general health measures to help my mood, alertness and immune system. My GF, who has not yet bought into clean eating, recently got the same bug as I did at about the same time. I barely realized it was there and was over it in three days. She was taken down for about a week with some vicious "can't-do-a-thing" days in the middle. I've only been with her a short while, so I hope I can encourage her.