LONGECITY

Hi all,

I've been reading/posting for about 6 months now. I started this regimen about 5 months ago, put together by lurking here and stealing ideas from many of you. Thanks for that

Please tell me what you think about my regimen. My general purposes are better health, mood, stamina, creativity, libido and cognition. In that order. I'm 43, mostly healthy, maybe a tad anhedonic, but nothing serious.

Diet: I'm a pesketarian, trying to lower carbs (almost no rice/pasta for a while, 50% as much bread as I was taking, but still a ways to go)
I also lowered sugars quite a bit.
Would like to incorporate some supergreen food and more herb/plant based stuff

Exercise: light weights 3x/week, moderate cardio 2x/week (I know, the winter brought me down, I was exercising every day in the summer, but I moved to the Southern Hemisphere and I lost a lot of stamina)
Non smoker, moderate alcohol drinker (red wine, 2-3 glasses most days, scotch 1-2 some days)

I could use a little more mood improvement. Toying with the idea of starting with Selegiline 1-2mg/day, but for some reason I resist (concerned about big changes in my brain chemistry that I might regret later)
I could use a little more libido (specially this last month, not sure what happened there, maybe the winter),
I could use a little cognition/verbal fluency boost (yet to implement a noot stack)
I would love some creativity boost. THC worked wonders for me (15+ years ago) until I started getting paranoid and now cannot touch that.



Morning (forgive me the lack of dosage in some, I tossed some bottles)
Maca, 500mg
Resveratrol plus, 100mg, Country Life. (contains grape seed extract)
Fish oil, 3g
Red Yeast rice (I have slightly bad LDL, ok HDL, ok TGC)
ALA/ALCAR
Vitamin K2, 1 capsule. Jarrow
Alpha GPC for choline, 1 capsule, Jarrow
C-complex, Jarrow, 1000g
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU
Zinc, 12mg, Jarrow.
Multi, Whole foods brand (planning to switch to Orthocore) 1 capsule.


Noon
ALCAR, Jarrow
Taurine, 500mg
Theanine 500mg
Mushroom complex
Creatine, 2-3g, Jarrow, crea-pure.
Cordyceps, Jarrow
Lion's mane (half a teaspoon) Cerebralhealth
Vit B12, sublingual. 1 dropper.
Pomegranate/Blackberry/Grape concentrate, Jarrow, 1 tablespoon
Grape seed extract, 1 capsule


Night
Magnesium Malate, GNC
B-complex - Jarrow.
Vit C,
Ashwaganda
Bacopa.
Virgin salmon oil, Swanson, 2g
(I'd love a relaxing addition that would allow me to replace my nightly scotch)

Thanks for your thoughts
Edited by brainjuice, 16 June 2012 - 06:16 PM.

Update: taking 2mg selegiline in the morning. Dropped bacopa. Ran out of red yeast rice. Ran out of ashwagandha. Decreased fish oil to 1g x2.

Hi all,

I would be very thankful if you gave me your thoughts about my updated regime.
Healthy 43yo, a bit of an over-thinker, a tad anxious but nothing too bad. Probably a bit of undiagnosed ADD.

Thanks much.

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Morning, capsules
B-rite Jarrow
Vitamin K2-M7 w CoQ10 Jarrow
Vitamin C, 1000g Jarrow?
CDP Choline Jarrow
Jarrow FamilE (all 8 forms of Vit E are needed to have good effect) Jarrow
Fish oil, 1g* Swanson
ALA-ALCAR (heart, anti-aging in general) BAC
Red Yeast rice
Selegiline (drops) dep-pro 4mg SLingual
Taurine Jarrow 1g
Olive leaf extract + astragalus + lysine
Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract
Uridine Monophosphate (UMP) Superior Neutraceuticals 300mg SL
Zinc picolinate 12.5mg (or so) (or l-optizinc, 30mg) BAC 12.5mg
Phospatidylserine Vit Shoppe

Morning gag drink
TMG BAC
Piracetam 3.5g
Gotu Kola BAC
Ginkgo BAC 120mg
Panax Ginseng BAC ?
Bilberry Powder, Pure Powder - 20 grams BAC 160mg
Beta-alanine BAC 3g
Astaxanthin BAC 100mg
Pomegranate extract. BAC 50mg
Horny Goat Weed (Epimedium) Powder, 100 Grams BAC ?
DHEA (testosterone) BAC 25mg
Nettle Root Powder, 100 Grams BAC 400mg
Policosanol Powder - 4 grams - 200 doses BAC ?
Grapeseed Extract Powder - 50 grams BAC 100mg
Silymarin Powder, 50 Grams BAC 200mg
Pinebark Extract Powder - 50 grams BAC 120mg
Momordicin bitter melon extract BAC 250mg
Magnesium malate 500mg
Uridine UMP 300mg sublingual (cerebral health)

Morning Shake (20 min after I wake up)
Avena Sativa
Whey protein (following the 4 hour body diet, protein 10 min after I wake up) Jarrow 30g
Creatine Jarrow 5g
Glutamine 4g
Cinnamon groceries a pinch
Ginger root groceries 1 tspn
Some berries plant
Half a banana plant
Chia seeds groceries 1/2 tspn
Almond butter (for taste, 1 teaspoon) Trader Joe's 1 tspn
unsweetened cocoa Ghirardelli 1tbspn
Coconut oil Trader Joe's 1 tspn
Macha random brand 2g


Early afternoon Pre-workout drink (6x/week, weight lifting or soccer)
Beet extract
Creatine Vit Shoppe 5g
Taurine Jarrow 500mg?
AminoX (BCAA) (leucine, isoleucine, valine, arginine, etc) 1 scoop
Glutamine 3-5g
Beta-alanine BAC 2g
Cordyceps
ALA
DMAE
Jiaogulan BAC 50mg
MACA
Rhodiola
Forskolin
Fish oil 1g changes 1g

10 min before bed
Fish oil 1g
Magnesium, Potassium. Vitamin Shoppe
Resveratrol (anti-aging, base) Country life
Vit B12 Sublingual pill
Vit C
Ashwagandha, BAC
Cissus Quadrangularis Powder, 100 Grams BAC (for fat burning)




Purchased but not in use
NAC (undecided)
Aniracetam Cerebral Health
Glycine
Sulbutiamine Vit shoppe
L-tyrosine Vit shoppe
Yohimbine BAC
Vitex BAC
DL-Phenylalanine Powder - 100 grams BAC
Catuaba Powder, 100 Grams BAC
Mucuna Pruriens Powder, 40% L-Dopa, 75 Grams BAC
Magnesium Malate Powder, 300 Grams BAC
Acetyl L-Carnitine Hcl Powder, 100 grams BAC
D-Aspartic Acid (DAA) Powder - 150 grams BAC

I'm new in regimens and supplements but.. is it really necessary to take so many things? I mean, you're healthy, aren't you? :P

I wouldn't even know what is working and what is not

How much do you spend a month?
Edited by Agomelatinehope, 17 October 2012 - 10:56 PM.

Well, yours is a perfectly valid question, but the answer is not all that simple.

I believe that supplements, especially herbs and extracts, (but every kind, if in the right type, dose, mix and timing), can be good for increasing good health, lifestyle and also preventing disease. What I want is to *stay* healthy, fit, happy and smart. Also I'd like to slow down aging a bit, if possible.

So, no, it's not necessary, but it's desirable

I do spend some money, not sure exactly how much, but if you buy online, and mostly in bulk powders, you can spend considerably less than buying in a store.

I'm 66 in December. I take about 50 pills a day. Fish oil, resveratrol. lycopene. C, E,...........
I didn't see any calcium in your list.

To me calcium is a must. I've fallen/tripped twice in the past 5 years onto cement and used my hands/wrists to break my fall. And no harm done.

I have two caveats with calcium. One is bioavailability (not knowing what kind to take), the other one is calcifications in the heart valves.

I do take ground sesame in my morning smoothie, that must account for some calcium...