Do you use supplements?

[Skids]

There are literally hundreds available in chemists and supermarkets.
I recently got into the coconut oil. My eldest daughter was using it and it was recommended for my dog by a few Bull terrier groups.

You can find a lot of links to the benefits of coconut oil but the choice site isn't overly excited about it https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/nuts-and-oils/oils/articles/is-coconut-oil-healthy

Bull terriers are prone to skin disorders, especially the pure white ones. My old boy Daics was always getting rashes and lumps 'n bumps on his skin.

My puppy Pete had these little, pimple like lumps on the inside of both ears and a spotty rash on her belly. Why not give it a try?

I purchased a jar of the magic white oil, applied it topically and added a teaspoon a night to her dinner. To say it worked would be an understatement! The lumps and rash cleared within 10 days and her coat looks amazing!

I now take it in capsule form every day.

I also take fish oil (don't for 3 or 4 days and my tennis elbow is unbearable), glucosamine (without it my knees get sore running), a multi V (gotta love fluro urine ) & Lysine (this baby definitely reduces cold sore outbreaks and even if I get one it hardly develops).

Do you use any supplements or do you think they're just a fad?

[think positive]

He, oh yeah! I certainly do!

I love coconut oil, use it heaps, I use it on my bald poodle, and the other licks it off, have to be careful though, the younger had pancreatis awhile back.

Try coconut oil instead of butter on toast, a little lime juice and sea salt,
delish, avocado works too.

I take glucosamine, krill oil, calcium and D, and Magnesium, zinc (stress)

I've used the l lysine before. I buy it if I get a cold.

and if I'm training hard I'll use vital strength vital recovery with some whey protein, it's got glutamine, taurine, creatine, aminos, plus vitamins and minerals.

I also use more natural state stuff like Hawain spirulina in my smoothies on occasion, and I like maca and bee pollen (not the Aussie one it's too bitter), and Brewers yeast for B vitamins. I use a lot of cinnamon (stabilises blood sugar) and I'm using turmeric to help my knees.

If I'm feeling really tired or run down I'll get some Clements iron tonic, I swear I can feel it travelling through my veins straight away! (I have low blood pressure, not sure if that's why!)

[HAL]

Where do you go shopping?

[ronrat]

[think positive]

Nah mate, I'm fit as a fiddle, I don't need performance enhancing for anything!

My body my temple, occasionally gets treated like a pub!

[Woods Of Ypres]

I take whey protein and sometimes Creatine, and only buy aussie made.
have to be careful, industry has poor regulation, some people have ended up with liver transplants and hepatitus from rubbish supplements made overseas

[think positive]

Yeah true that, I stay away from anything from Asia, and try and only use Aussie, or top American brands

[Skids]

[Dave The Man]

No. I doubt any make any Huge Difference

[think positive]

[David]

I don't do supplements, but coconut oil is extremely useful for certain ... er ... purposes. If you catch my drift, nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more.

This has been a public service announcement brought to you by David.

[think positive]

[David]

Might have been a previous life, I suspect.

[partypie]

I put my beloved geriatric lab retriever cross on glucosamine and the improvement in his mobility was stunning. Raw oats kept his skin and fur in good shape.

On fish oil or krill oil, it's worth noting that recently an anaesthetist asked if I was taking any. He explained that it is a blood thinner and surgeons prefer patients to stop taking it at least a week prior to surgery.

[think positive]