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ego said:
I do have a serious question for you, Tex.

You had mentioned taking Zinc. Is there any reason why I should check with my doctor before starting it? The only medicine I'm on his BP related, and I'm not allergic to anything.

Any precautions you can think of off the top of your head?
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I can tell you that taking too much can lead to stomach cramping. It is a precurser to testosterone production, so you will likely see increases in sex drive and "wood" production. Also will increase sperm count if I remember right
 
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ego said:
I do have a serious question for you, Tex.

You had mentioned taking Zinc. Is there any reason why I should check with my doctor before starting it? The only medicine I'm on his BP related, and I'm not allergic to anything.

Any precautions you can think of off the top of your head?
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I would suggest talking to your doc. He'll prolly want to know what your diet is like, and judge by that how much you're getting naturally. Then decide how much to give you. You don't want to take too much cause it's hard on your kidneys.
 
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farmersdaughter said:
I can tell you that taking too much can lead to stomach cramping. It is a precurser to testosterone production, so you will likely see increases in sex drive and "wood" production. Also will increase sperm count if I remember right
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If your last two sentences are correct, I should probably stay away. I get into enough trouble as it is.

TEX_VOLFAN said:
I would suggest talking to your doc. He'll prolly want to know what your diet is like, and judge by that how much you're getting naturally. Then decide how much to give you. You don't want to take too much cause it's hard on your kidneys.
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Ahh, so that means I'll end up with 4 more kidney stones tryin' to kick it until I get them blasted out again. Not sure I can handle too much more of that...
 
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farmersdaughter said:
I can tell you that taking too much can lead to stomach cramping. It is a precurser to testosterone production, so you will likely see increases in sex drive and "wood" production. Also will increase sperm count if I remember right
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zoners gonna make a run on some zinc now. Buy some stock in gnc. :)
 
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I think hfcs started as a bi product of something else. Then when manufacturers saw it was a cheaper and readily available sugar substitute.......
 
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farmersdaughter said:
I think hfcs started as a bi product of something else. Then when manufacturers saw it was a cheaper and readily available sugar substitute.......
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It is much cheaper. Since most Americans don't know or care what sort of crap is in their foods, they continued to load us up. I've turned into an avid label reader over the last 5 years. Try to avoid all the chemical compounds. Hard to sometimes. Whipped topping is one I always find funny. It can be made a few different ways, but all it is is sugar, cream and maybe egg whites, right? Here's the ingredients off the Cool Whip package......

Ingredients: WATER, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SKIM MILK, LIGHT CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR). CONTAINS: MILK.
 
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Slydell said:
It is much cheaper. Since most Americans don't know or care what sort of crap is in their foods, they continued to load us up. I've turned into an avid label reader over the last 5 years. Try to avoid all the chemical compounds. Hard to sometimes. Whipped topping is one I always find funny. It can be made a few different ways, but all it is is sugar, cream and maybe egg whites, right? Here's the ingredients off the Cool Whip package......

Ingredients: WATER, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SKIM MILK, LIGHT CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR). CONTAINS: MILK.
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Its not to great whats pretty commonplace in our food supply. The cool whip label there is probably 70-75% crap before you ever get to a true dairy product. The amount of preservatives, sodium, and junk ingredients like msg and hfcs is unreal
 
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