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Berrocca Boost or what ?

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  • 23-06-2009 11:58am
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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭


    anyone know anything better than Berrocca Boost to aid a hectic / busy lifestyle ?

    Im using this at the moment and find it fairly good, but just wondering if anyone has come across something better ?


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    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Good amount of sleep and a good diet. You'd probably save yourself a fortune money wise aswell.


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    Twin-go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Twin-go


    Cocaine*:D

    *Illegal do not use.

    Seriously:rolleyes:


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    cheers for those useless bits of information, nothing i didnt know already

    young family, 33 mile commute to work, go go go at weekends... you can get all the sleep you like, and eat healthy/excercise but it does help to have a good supplement for that bit of energy top up


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    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    alibabba wrote: »
    cheers for those useless bits of information, nothing i didnt know already

    young family, 33 mile commute to work, go go go at weekends... you can get all the sleep you like, and eat healthy/excercise but it does help to have a good supplement for that bit of energy top up

    I'm currently studying nutrition, did a module on vitamins a few months back. All I can say is I will *never* be spending money on the likes of Berocca.

    If you take it every day your urine starts to glow. This is due to your body getting rid of one of the vitamins, its not harmful or anything, it just shows how your body doesn't need the vitamin and is getting rid of it.

    It seems to me the only things non-vegetarians tend to be deficient in are vitamin D( your body makes this from UV light taken in by your skin, being in Ireland people often don't get enough. Can be supplemented by eating eggs) and IRon in women as they menstruate.

    All the vitamins in Berocca are water soluble and you'll just piss them out.

    I have heard fish oils are very good.


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    I'm currently studying nutrition, did a module on vitamins a few months back. All I can say is I will *never* be spending money on the likes of Berocca.

    If you take it every day your urine starts to glow. This is due to your body getting rid of one of the vitamins, its not harmful or anything, it just shows how your body doesn't need the vitamin and is getting rid of it.

    It seems to me the only things non-vegetarians tend to be deficient in are vitamin D( your body makes this from UV light taken in by your skin, being in Ireland people often don't get enough. Can be supplemented by eating eggs) and IRon in women as they menstruate.

    All the vitamins in Berocca are water soluble and you'll just piss them out.

    I have heard fish oils are very good.

    God thats interesting.
    Are fish oil supplements any good ?


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    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,097 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    If I ever needed it I went on http://www.vitabiotics.com/wellman/ these for a few weeks, noticed a difference after a week or 2....


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    JC 2K3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,794 ✭✭✭JC 2K3


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    If you take it every day your urine starts to glow. This is due to your body getting rid of one of the vitamins, its not harmful or anything, it just shows how your body doesn't need the vitamin and is getting rid of it.
    It's awesome though :D

    Anyway, just because you're pissing some of it out doesn't mean some of it isn't being absorbed. There are ridiculously high quantities of water soluble vitamins in Berocca (eg. ~500mg Vit C IIRC), but it's not dangerous and means your body absorbs what it needs.

    Berocca is pretty expensive here though, you can get multivitamins in Lidl with similar quantities of vitamins for a fraction of the price.


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    any comeback on that bottle of smoke ?


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    Jayo11780
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭Jayo11780


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    If you take it every day your urine starts to glow. This is due to your body getting rid of one of the vitamins, its not harmful or anything, it just shows how your body doesn't need the vitamin and is getting rid of it.

    It's gas you know, Berocca turns my piss pure illuminous yellow!! :D


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    ronaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    Try a course of Ginseng! As for fish oils, can't beat them :)


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    Yip, did that.
    A months supply of BB = €17
    A months supply of Ginseng tabs = €8


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    ronaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    When did you start taking the Ginseng? A months supply for €8?


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    RandomIrl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭RandomIrl


    its just expensive piss.......what our teacher told us!!


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    alibabba
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    ronaneire wrote: »
    When did you start taking the Ginseng? A months supply for €8?

    started during the week, one tab a day
    picked a box of kooykai ginseng tabs up in local pharm for €8, 32 in a box


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    ronaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    Give them another week to kick in. IMO at €8 for a months supply doesn't seem expensive


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