I am not sure whether taking supplements is good or not. However, I am sharing my experience. I was taking a herbal supplement called Ashwagandha whose scientific name is Withania somnifera for last one year. My left leg continued to drag and pain despite of this supplement along with the regular doses of rasagellin 1 mg and Pramirol SR 0.52 three tablets twice a day.
I stopped taking this herbal supplement and to my great surprise my pain and dragging has improved and I feel much better. I was earlier taking protein which I also stopped. Now I am only on medicines and regular exercise with light vegetarian food.
Any comments pl based on your experiences?
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Personally, I would doubt your leg dragging and pain was due to ashwagandha. When you said, "Now I am ... exercising " are you saying you were not exercising all along, but have since started, i.e., perhaps, starting exercising provided relief from your leg dragging.
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Stropped protein? I hope that you mean animal protein but that you are still eating plentiful plant protein. You can leave it for the last meal of the day if it interferes with your meds. But without enough protein, you can't maintain muscle mass and strength, and other functions that require protein.
There are many options. If the concern is getting meds to work better, keeping protein consumption to the last meal of the day is a better strategy than vegetarianism, IMO. Whey is a good animal source protein option.
Ya you definitely need your protein, really you need a fair amount, at least, what, 15% of your total calories??? Maybe more, since the other components are starch/sugar, and fat. That's the total 3 sources of your calories. Just maybe not meat.
You know there is lots of protein in the pea/legume family, that's chick peas, lentils, beans. Tons. And those athletic protein powders and protein drinks, those use pea protein and whey protein. Cow milk, for that matter, has tons of protein too.
I was told by my cardiologist with a proper diet you don’t need all those supplements. He told me to stop taking everything for two weeks and see how I feel. After two weeks I was happy to say I feel better and discontinue taking all the supplements.
How do you know the change was due to stopping the ashwa, you seem to have done several (3?) changes at the same time, that is six different distinct change possibilities right there.
I think the need for a supplement may vary over time too. At first you might be severely depleted in a nutrient. Your gut health may be poor. As you change diet, improve gut health you are able to get more nutrients out of what you are eating. Your enzyme cycles start to repair themselves and catch up. Maybe then you get to a new road block in a cycle and are missing something new. Take that for a while . Eventually as you heal you may not need extra of anything because as your cardio says you should be able to live on food! But of course you do need to be eating enough of the right food which most people don’t.
By the way, do you and anyone else take an antacid, I do a couple times a week, I take Prilosec for some GERD/acid reflux. Without thinking about it, I encountered a study that says Prilosec reduces your absorption of key nutrients...and when I thought about it, I thought "Duh!" Head slap time. The study did go on to say that the other major PPI, Prevacid, does not have near as much of that effect.
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