http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Vitamins_Supplements.html Perhaps the Best Hub on Cycling Information Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:34:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Vitamins_Supplements.html/comment-page-1#comment-733 David Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:40:37 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/wpd/?p=3905#comment-733 In this article Samuel states that the absorbtion of tablet supplements is only 10%. I would like to know if I need to take 2000mg of vitamin C to get the absorbtion of 200mg as he also stated "...your body may need two hundred milligrams per day of a certain vitamin so you don't need to get vitamin supplements that are five hundred milligrams per tablet." In this article Samuel states that the absorbtion of tablet supplements is only 10%. I would like to know if I need to take 2000mg of vitamin C to get the absorbtion of 200mg as he also stated “…your body may need two hundred milligrams per day of a certain vitamin so you don’t need to get vitamin supplements that are five hundred milligrams per tablet.”

]]> http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Vitamins_Supplements.html/comment-page-1#comment-601 Clinton Slayton Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:19:55 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/wpd/?p=3905#comment-601 Like a lot of people, I get severe cramps in my upper thighs, usually in bed while trying to examine my feet (I am diabetic), but only after rides (or indoor spins) of more than an hour. I take calcium and magnesium supplements along with a fleet of medicines for diabetes and cholesterol, but none have helped. I have examined the contents for the rather expensive products marketed to cyclists, and decided that I do it a less expensively, by buying Calcium Lactate in powder form and dissolving it into my bottle, drinking some before and then during the ride. Is it really better to try to absorb all of this “up front” (as you would with SportsLegs, for example) in pill form, or is my plan realistic? I do not like taking massive doses of all at once. Calcium Lactate can be bought in pills, but it would take a lot of pills to match the dosage in the products marketed to cyclists. I plan to start with 1100mg before and another 100mg during the exercise, and ramp this up a little if it is not effective. Has anyone else tried this? Like a lot of people, I get severe cramps in my upper thighs, usually in bed while trying to examine my feet (I am diabetic), but only after rides (or indoor spins) of more than an hour. I take calcium and magnesium supplements along with a fleet of medicines for diabetes and cholesterol, but none have helped. I have examined the contents for the rather expensive products marketed to cyclists, and decided that I do it a less expensively, by buying Calcium Lactate in powder form and dissolving it into my bottle, drinking some before and then during the ride. Is it really better to try to absorb all of this “up front” (as you would with SportsLegs, for example) in pill form, or is my plan realistic? I do not like taking massive doses of all at once. Calcium Lactate can be bought in pills, but it would take a lot of pills to match the dosage in the products marketed to cyclists. I plan to start with 1100mg before and another 100mg during the exercise, and ramp this up a little if it is not effective. Has anyone else tried this?

]]> http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Vitamins_Supplements.html/comment-page-1#comment-235 ben Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:01:51 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/wpd/?p=3905#comment-235 Where is he getting his sources from that only 10 percent get absorbed? Is this true of all vitamins? Where is he getting his sources from that only 10 percent get absorbed? Is this true of all vitamins?

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