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Cup of tea, anyone?

I take Vitamin D, C, Zinc, Magnesium, Potassium and Boron…not every day but space them out…these seem to make the most difference for me.

Tumeric is also good for anti-inflammatory but the capsules are a ripoff when you can get a couple of pounds of the stuff at Amazon for $20.

Laying off all sugar including fruit helped me a lot. Chewing nicotine gum helps me lose weight too 🙂

I put great store in daily doses of a variety of fermented grains. I find them easiest to take in liquid form. The drawback is that they are expensive and only available in bottles that are comparatively large for medicines/diet supplements. You usually have to buy them in liter size, or close to that.

Fortunately they don’t need refrigeration (there are a few types that are easier to take if they’re chilled), and a lot of them have really long shelf life.

I take a Glucosamine/MSM/Chondroitin capsule each day. Supposed to help with joint pain. Didn’t really notice any improvement when I started taking it 3 years ago. I kid myself that I should keep taking it because it might have stopped the pain getting worse.

When I consulted my GP (a New Zealander) about the joint pain he said “What do you expect at your age. Take some Ibuprofen”.

Glucosamine/Chondroitin for joints, on the recommendation of a friend (who’s actually British). He was chief data wrangler for the imaging department at Oxford University Hospitals. When they imaged him, one of the radiologists told him “You bastard – joints like a 20-year-old!”

Fish oil for Omega-3/6/9 (3 is good for the brain).

Magnesium (fatigue – and “regularity” IYKWIM).

Vitamin D.

Turmeric for my finger joints.
For a while if I banged my hand on something even lightly it was like I mashed it with a hammer. The turmeric definitely helps.

Also for the curry!

Fish oil eh?

I’m with @Some Veg…I supplement things with good whiskey, I just add good cigars & mellow pipe tobacco to the mix.

For the past 10 years I have given myself a weekly injection of B-12. Chemotherapy for breast cancer left me with neuropathy in my hands and feet, and my sense of taste and smell was severely damaged. Without the B-12, I don’t think I’d still be here. I can taste liquids much better than regular food, I guess because the liquids touch all the taste buds. But I’m 14 years post-cancer so I don’t want to complain too much 🙂 I also think that everyone over the age of 50 needs a B-12 boost. Ask your doctor for a shot!

Plus everyday: Vit.D3 2000iu, Vit.C 1000mg, Iron 50mg, Zinc 25mg, 800mg of magnesium (very mild—a chewable I internet order from CVS pharmacy), PreserVision vitamins for eye health (way overpriced).

Uncle Badger—have you ever grown your own tea tree? I really want to try, but it’s too cold in winter where I live. I would have to bring it inside and put light on it.

Hello Deborah HH. No, I’m afraid the climate isn’t right for tea here (even if it is a camellia). A few years ago someone decided to see if they could grow tea commercially in Cornwall. It’s borderline even there (wetter and warmer) and apparently there is only a tiny part of the county where the climate will allow it to flourish. Their tea is very expensive!.

I supplement with malt beverages. One 12 ounce container at a time, as needed.

My NZ GP is a very good doctor but he does come out with some not very helpful comments.

Recently, as well as “What do you expect at your age?”

– “Yeah, that’s exactly what I hear from my parents who are about your age”

– “Bear in mind that more than half of your cohort are dead”. I don’t know if that was supposed to cheer me up.

There is, of course, the Australian tea tree – Melaleuca Alternifolia – but I don’t suppose that will grow in the UK.

When I first heard about the tea grown at Tregothnan in Cornwall a few years ago I thought I would try it. However, it’s phenomenally expensive and a bit of a con. What they market as Cornish tea is actually Indian tea blended with a tiny amount of Cornish-grown tea. I just checked the current prices – £10 for 25 bags. You can get 600 bags of Yorkshire tea for that price (more than 1800g of actual tea).

They do sell 100% Cornish-grown loose leaf tea at only £50 for 11g. You can get 5000g of best-quality Yorkshire loose leaf tea for that price. I think I’ll give it a miss unless someone else is paying.

That was me re Cornish tea. Tried to change Anonymous to Carl but it didn’t appear to work.