Men's health supplements

The formal men's health supplements currently on the market are essentially health supplement options in addition to diet, work and rest, and exercise. There is no so-called "magic pill". They can neither replace formal clinical treatment, nor are they all IQ taxes. Whether they are effective depends entirely on whether they match your actual needs and whether you choose the right compliant product.

Last week, I had a chat with Lao Zhou, who has been running a gym for 8 years. He said that in the past three months, at least dozens of members have asked him if he could bring some oyster extract and maca, and some asked for "something that will take effect in half an hour." He did not dare to accept any of them. In the past two years, a member blindly ate Sanwu kidney pills bought on WeChat Moments and was hospitalized with acute liver damage. Now he is cautious when it comes to such products.

Let’s talk about the most popular oyster essence first. In terms of nutritional content, qualified oyster essences generally have a high zinc content. For people who seldom eat red meat or seafood, eat takeaways, and stay up late all year round, the probability of zinc deficiency is already high. Appropriate supplementation can indeed improve fatigue and have a positive effect on the vitality of tadpoles. I once had a colleague who was doing back-end development. His physical examination showed that his zinc content was nearly 30% lower than the standard value. The doctor asked him to either eat oysters three times a week or take regular zinc supplements. He found the fishy oysters unpalatable, so he took oyster extract for three months. After a review, his zinc level returned to the normal value. He said that he used to be too sleepy to open his eyes at three o'clock in the afternoon, but now he can at least carry it until get off work without having to drink two cups of coffee. However, many researchers in the field of nutrition believe that this product is extremely cost-effective. As long as you can eat 2 taels of lean beef + 1 small oyster every day, the zinc intake is completely sufficient for daily needs. Additional supplements may cause excessive zinc, ranging from nausea and vomiting to affecting copper metabolism. I have a friend who can't live without seafood. He followed the trend and bought two bottles of imported oyster essence. After eating it for half a month, he had nosebleeds every day. He just stopped. It was just looking for trouble.

Even more controversial than oyster essence is maca. It is estimated that many people have seen related recommendations in the live broadcast room. The origin of this thing is the Andes Mountains of South America. It was originally eaten by local people as a root vegetable. It is not essentially different from the radishes we eat. Current clinical research shows that the macamide contained in high-purity maca has a very slight effect on relieving fatigue and regulating sex hormone levels. However, it takes 1-2 months to feel the change, and the effectiveness is only about 50%. The attitude towards maca in the fitness circle is completely polarized. One group thinks that it is purely an IQ tax. Taking it for two months is not as useful as sleeping an extra week and going to bed early. The other group thinks that it is a relatively safe option among plant supplements. At least it is more reliable than those "quick-acting pills" that don't know what is added. A word of warning here: all the products that tell you that maca will take effect within half an hour are 100% added with prescription drug ingredients such as sildenafil. People with high blood pressure and heart disease may end up in the emergency department if they take it. Last year, the local Food and Drug Administration reported a batch of illegally added maca products, with the highest sildenafil exceeding the legal limit by dozens of times.

There are also men's exclusive multivitamins that have been selling well in the past two years. They actually increase the dosage of ingredients such as B complex, zinc, and selenium that are generally insufficient in men's intake. Many of them also add lycopene and pumpkin seed oil, which are helpful for prostate care. There has been debate for many years about whether to buy "men's only" products. Many nutritionists believe that ordinary multivitamins can meet the needs, and the men's version is a premium marketing gimmick. Some clinicians also say that for men who smoke and drink all year round, sit for long periods of time, and have irregular diets, products with specially adjusted formulas are indeed more symptomatic. In the past few years, my dad was always up at night, at least three or four times a night, and he had a physical examination for prostate hyperplasia. I bought him a men's complex with lycopene and pumpkin seed oil. He took it for more than half a year, and now he wakes up at least once every night. He said it was indeed helpful, but my uncle was in a similar situation. He didn't feel anything after taking it for half a year. There is really no way to generalize about individual differences.

Let me tell you something interesting. I was chatting with Dr. Li from a public tertiary-level men's department before. He said that he had seen many patients who took health supplements as medicine. After taking it for three months, the impotence did not go away before he came to the hospital. It was found to be vascular ED, so taking more supplements would be useless. There are still many people who are superstitious about traditional Chinese medicine kidney supplements. It must be said objectively here that the traditional Chinese medicine system does believe that for people with kidney yang deficiency, proper consumption of regular products containing epimedium and velvet antler can have a conditioning effect. However, if you have kidney yin deficiency, eating it will only add fuel to the fire, causing insomnia, nosebleeds, and oral ulcers. ； The general view of Western medicine is that many of these traditional Chinese medicine supplements have not undergone complete toxicology tests. It is not clear whether long-term consumption will cause liver and kidney damage, and it is not recommended to eat them casually.

To be honest, if you really want to choose men’s health supplements, don’t believe in “ancestral secret recipes” or “exclusive formulas”. First check whether there is a formal health brand Blue Hat. For imported products, check whether there are formal registrations for cross-border e-commerce. Don’t buy the kind of Sanwu goods in Moments that don’t even have serious Chinese packaging. It is best to go for a routine physical examination first to see what you are missing, and don’t just follow the trend and buy what others say is good.

In the final analysis, the best health supplements are always regular work and rest, moderate exercise, and a balanced diet. If you stay up until three or four o'clock every day, drink heavily, and sit still for more than ten hours, no matter how many and expensive supplements you take, it will be useless. This truth is really more useful than any product recommendation.