In an ideal world there would be no need for additional supplementation if your diet provided everything that you needed for training, recovery and competing.
However, this unfortunately is rarely the case anymore.

Many supplements are vital to maintain basic health. While many are necessary for:

• Managing Insulin
• Reducing Cortisol
• Improving Testosterone
• Reducing Estrogen Levels
• Removing Toxins from the Body
• Improving Performance

Magnesium

• Magnesium is a synergistic mineral. This means that its presence is necessary for many other biochemical processes to take place.
• Magnesium is the fourth-most abundant mineral in the body. Magnesium is involved in 300 essential biochemical reactions in the body, ranging from ATP production to protein synthesis, so it is obviously important for optimal athletic performance and a high quality of life.
• Magnesium is essential for the detoxification of Cortisol. The more stress you have (including training) the more cortisol you produce.
• There are 5 HORMONES made by the heart and magnesium suppresses the ANXIOUS one.
• High cortisol levels affect sleep quality so that even though they get eight hours or more of sleep, they will wake up exhausted.
• Almost 100% of athletes are magnesium deficient.

 Zinc

Zinc is another synergistic mineral. This means that its presence is necessary for many other biochemical processes to take place.

Vitamin D3

99% of people are Vitamin D3 deficient.
All tissue types within the body have receptor sites for vitamin D3. That’s how important it is to your health!
Muscles contract harder and faster when your vitamin D3 levels are optimum.
The following are affected by Vitamin D3 Deficiency:

• High Blood Pressure (hypertensiveness)
• Diabetes
• Insulin Resistance
• Alzheimers

Vitamin C

• Everyone should supplement with Vitamin C
• It is vital for all kinds of stress.
• It is a powerful ANTIOXIDANT.
• It is inversely correlated to DIABETES.
• It helps you become more insulin sensitive.

 Caffeine (JavaStim)

It is widely accepted that caffeine improves performance as it is a central nervous system stimulant which, when excited sufficiently, improves performance,
Caffeine has been shown to decrease delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
Java Stim, is a mixture of Caffeine, Tyrosine and L-Phenylalanine. The amino acids help increase the levels of adrenaline, and nor-adrenaline, and paradoxically help out the adrenals regenerate faster, thus eliminating the jitters.
Two to four capsules 45 minutes before a workout does wonders.

Multivitamin

It is vital to choose a multivitamin that has been designed to meet your requirements as an athlete.
It is better to choose on that is taken in divided doses throughout the day such as Poliquins Uber Nutrients which is recommended to be taken 3 – 4 times throughout the day depending on your activity levels. This ensures an even spread of vitamins and minerals throughout the day.

Branch Chain Amino Acids

• BCAAs are used directly for muscle energy.
• They ward off fatigue thus allowing you to train harder for longer
• They help improve recovery

 Green T

• Green T is an adaptogen
• It is a potentiator
  • If you are STRESSED it calms you
  • If you are FATIGUED it wakes you
• Green T raises your metabolism
  • 2 Poliquin Green T caps raises your metabolism by up to 7%
• It is a very powerful antioxidant

 Early Morning Fatigue

• Yin Builder
  • Contains Rhodiola which is an anti mental fatigue product
• Yang R-ALA
  • Both supplements increase energy.

 Glutamine

• There is something very unique about Glutamine
• It is an adaptogenic amino acid
  • This means that it will do what it NEEDS to do
    • If you are tired and its night time it will help you sleep
    • If it’s day time and you need energy it will do that.
• Taken in morning – Wakes you up
• Taken at night – helps you sleep
• Combine with Inositol at night to help improve sleep quality.

 Inositol and Neurotransmitters

Inositol is a great supplement to fight stress. Inositol is a form of sugar found in citrus fruits such as oranges, tangerines and grapefruits; in nuts and seeds; wheat germ, brewer’s yeast, veal, pork, liver, brown rice, wheat bran, oat flakes, nuts, vegetables, cantaloupe, raisins and bananas.
It has been classified as a member of the vitamin B complex, and is often referred to as B8, but it is not technically a vitamin.
One of inositol’s main functions is to help to maintain proper electrical energy and nutrient transfer across the cell membrane. It also acts as a lipotropic, a nutrient that converts fats into other useful products. Inositol has been shown to build healthy cell membranes, which facilitate nerve impulses.

Inositol

• Regulates all neurotransmitters
• It is an adaptogen for neurotransmitters.
• Neurotransmitters need to be balanced
• Neurotransmitters have to be optimized for what you need at that time.
• Can help correct all Neuro Disorders as part of prescribed Treatment Protocols
  • OCD
  • Bipolar
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Parkinsons
  • Alzheimers

 Lysine

Great for lowering anxiety levels (as good as valium)

Taurine and Blood Pressure

• Great for high BLOOD PRESSURE or high / irregular HEART BEAT
  • Most people who have high blood pressure don’t know they have it.
• Any male on high blood pressure medication always gets erectile dysfunction 

Alpha – GPC

• Restores brain the most
• Improves Cortisol sensitivity
• It is excellent for strokes
  • Before and after
• Take if you are FORGETFUL
• It is a YANG supplement
  • Take before 4pm even if training in the evening
• This is the only supplement that restores the Pituitary gland even in a 90 year old.

 Holy Basil and Adrenal Fatigue

• Holy Basil helps heal adrenal glands
• Should always be FIRST taken on a SATURDAY as clients often complain of fatigue. They should be OK after day 2.
• Anytime you introduce something for stress in the MORNING introduce on a SATURDAY
• If it’s for the EVENING introduce it anytime
• Repairing the Adrenal Glands is critical.
  • This will also allow you to train harder
• If someone is suffering from adrenal fatigue
  • Do not get them to do continuous aerobic work as this stresses adrenals more
  • Someone who absolutely destroys themselves with continuous cardio will cause adrenal fatigue.

 Stressed / Mentally Fatigued

Take Holy Basil

• Strengthens Adrenals
• Improves immune function
• Improves brain function
• Adaptogen for BRAIN
• I tab is equivalent to 50 cups of Green T
• Holy Basil helps heal adrenal glands

Immunotrophics

This is an excellent product if you are stressed and Immune challenged.
This works very well for athletes who are training at a very high intensity and may be feeling slightly under the weather.
Taken with a higher dose of Glutamine this will stop a cold progressing very rapidly.

Panthethine

• Best supplement for reducing Cortisol levels
• Dose:
  • Take 3 per day / middle of meals
• Do not take before a workout
• Take directly after a workout

 Phosphatidyl Serine

• Brings Cortisol down straight away
• Best supplement for MEMORY LOSS
• Best supplement to take after a workout
• Helps you sleep after training

 Lysine and Anxiety

• The best product to lower anxiety is LYSINE.
• It works as well as VALIUM