I’m vegetarian and currently ordering some dietary supplements to help, erm, supplement any possible deficits in my diet. For now, I’m getting B12, iron, and creatine. Two questions:
Are there any important ones that I’ve missed? (Other things I’ve heard mentioned but of whose importance and effectiveness I’m not sure: zinc, taurine, carnitine, carnosine.)
Of the ones I’ve mentioned, how much should I be taking? In particular, all the information I could find on creatine was for bodybuilders trying to develop muscle mass. I did manage to find that the average daily turnover/usage of creatine for an adult male (which I happen to be) is ~2 grams/day—is this how much I should be taking?
(Edit: reposted this in the new open thread; please respond there, not here!)
I’m vegetarian and currently ordering some dietary supplements to help, erm, supplement any possible deficits in my diet. For now, I’m getting B12, iron, and creatine. Two questions:
Are there any important ones that I’ve missed? (Other things I’ve heard mentioned but of whose importance and effectiveness I’m not sure: zinc, taurine, carnitine, carnosine.)
Of the ones I’ve mentioned, how much should I be taking? In particular, all the information I could find on creatine was for bodybuilders trying to develop muscle mass. I did manage to find that the average daily turnover/usage of creatine for an adult male (which I happen to be) is ~2 grams/day—is this how much I should be taking?
(Edit: reposted this in the new open thread; please respond there, not here!)