Like, keeping up with health is a never-ending checklist. Yeah yeah, “just get your nutrients from food,” but let’s be real—that’s not happening 100% of the time.
So here I am, mixing collagen in my coffee, planning to start creatine (because, of course, I need that now), drinking a separate protein mix, another one for fiber, and now research tells me I should be adding magnesium glycinate to the mix for perimenopause.
Oh, and then there’s the daily lineup of vitamin D, K, B, omega-3, a multi-vitamin—plus progesterone at night and estrogen cream for my hooha. And let’s not forget skincare, which somehow takes a whole damn 45 minutes before bed. (Ok 45 min is an exaggeration. It’s really all the bed time stuff I gotta do)
Like… WHEN DOES IT END?! Does anyone else have a whole-ass beverage lineup just to stay functional? And is there a way to combine all the powders—protein, creatine, collagen, magnesium, fiber—into one drink so I don’t have to be out here playing mad scientist every morning?! Someone tell me there’s a hack for this.
EDIT: no I am not following some weird health fad I saw on TikTok (I am not on TikTok anymore anyway). These were recommended by my menopause doctor… and yeah women went through peri fine yada yada, but not the women in my family and I go 2 grandmother on both sides with osteoporosis. So the things I take are to prevent that.
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You could just not do all that
Has your doctor recommended all this for you? It kind of sounds like you’re buying into a lot of the popular wellness industry marketing.
You have the free will to shrink down this routine to the actual essentials. Use it.
I think you’re falling for social media fads, you truly don’t need these things. People lived healthy lives without supplements
Many people survive peri fine without all this stuff. Some of this sounds more like nutritionist woo woo than something a legit dietician would suggest.
Ok, but how much time does it take to mix some powder into your coffee? Or pop some pills? I take a lot of supplements and never felt it’s onerous. I set up delivery on Amazon and they just show up at my doorstep.
45 minutes skincare routine every night is wild tho. You just need some good serums and a moisturizer.
Stop falling for health fads and doing so many unnecessary things.
There was a thread on here the other day about vitamins and I, along with a few others, commented about the dangers. Please check the levels of Vitamin B6 in all those supplements, it gets added unnecessarily to all sorts of products and overdosing can cause irreversible nerve damage. Also there is no robust evidence to support taking vitamins unless you are deficient. You would only know you are deficient through a blood test.
This is marketing… try to eat a balanced diet. Overconsumption of supplements has its own risks. Most supplements have no real scientific evidence to support its benefits. Only omega 3, vitamin D and vitamin B12 have better scientific studies to support.
Genuine question – what is in your multivitamin if not vitamin D, B, K, magnesium,???
Every morning I have a bowl of hot oatmeal and I mix in some collegan, blueberries, a little wheat germ and mixed seeds. I love it and look forward to it every day, for some reason. Sometimes I put a little protein powder in it too but not always.
Other than that, I eat lots of fruit and vegetables and go to the gym regularly. I enjoy it and lifting weights increases bone density. You really don’t need to worry about anything else, just live your life.
I do sometimes do skincare routines but I kinda lose motivation for months at a time. Except for sunscreen, I’m diligent with that. But, you certainly don’t need to do anything.
Idk, I kinda like playing around with stuff like, I wonder what my abs will look like if I do 100 crunches a day. (Not much different…running really gave them some new definition though) Its just kinda fun and looking after ourselves gives us energy and optimism now and in the future, I find
You’re not wrong. Women are expected to do everything these days. Way more than our mothers or grandparents (with all their judgements), with way less money and support. We are expected to be breadwinners, raise children and buy houses. While being judged constantly. While society tries to remove our rights, we are all feeling the stress big time. I don’t think supplements can fix this to be frank.
I have Endometriosis and I’m doing almost the same. It’s exhausting.
I think whats important is u eat healthy (whole foods, lotta fruits and proteins) and exercise minimum 30 mins per day
lol. I like your post. Its great because its true.
Sorry you’re getting so much pushback. I can relate and yes it’s so annoying. Electrolytes, collagen, protein, all the other vitamins, skincare, hormone health, supplements etc. it sounds like you just care about your health and probably aging well. Some people do none of this and are fine but some of us want to put it the effort but it becomes overwhelming.
I think there are probably ways to pat down so many supplements it will just take some research. I don’t have that down yet myself or I would share.
Also, I wouldn’t say these things are fads. More like luxuries. But collagen, protein, creatine, electrolytes, vitamins and minerals all have research backed significance so..! Especially for those entering perimenopause as you mentioned!
Do you have kids?
I actually feel this so hard. It’s a never ending checklist and series of appointments: work, workout, meal prep, errands, hair removal, beauty maintenance, various health appointments, take care of dog and plants, clean, somehow sleep 8 hours or more a night…. I get it. It can be quite exhausting. There’s simply some stuff that men don’t have to do or pay for or ascribe to and it’s considered societally acceptable/the norm.
I see you are a little defensive in the comments but people are right to ask you about your doctor because it seems like a lot of stuff. I have had low vitamin D for ages and have also been anemic (iron and B12) and what I need to take haven’t ever felt like such a huge weight (and I’m depressed).
I take vitamin D with breakfast and lunch, omega 3 with lunch, my antidepressant when I wake up, and magnesium and lyrica at night, it doesn’t take 10 minutes of my day.
I’m not 100% sure that you need collagen, and creatinine it’s bad most of the time. Protein powder and a multivitamin on top of taking D, B and K seem like a lot. Maybe try to get a second opinion from another doctor? For bone health they sell capsules that come with calcium, D and magnesium in a single pill.
I’ve taken multivitamins (for severe deficiencies identified in blood tests) for 10 years. And supplements here and then when medically required (for example, fibre in pregnancy). It’s shouldn’t be that onerous. You may be able to combine the supplements, I know that fiber can be dumped into basically any drink, as an example. Maybe a shake in the morning?
the idea of not getting enough fiber in my diet is insane to me, that shit is so easy
I use protein powder sometimes but that’s because I lift heavy, men that lift do that too
For perimenopause I take a black cohosh gummy and magnesium glycinate gummy. I feel like they both help. My regular vitamins are also gummies because- I was raised a Flintstones Kid and refuse to take non-fun vitamins. Those include a vitamin D and a multi-vitamin. I haven’t found a gummy for pepcid, but I take that too as an antihistamine for PMS- which I feel like does help.
FWIW, the things I feel like they help:
Can you not do it at work??
I fold so much into my work day….vitamins in a pill container in my backpack for either lunch time or snack time.
I made the daily 2pm a standing meeting
I made the morning metric meeting a walking meeting.(visual metrics in departments plus steps for everyone!)
I keep my morning routine and my nightly routine lined up o my bathroom counter
I put my pick up grocery order in at work
A full time job? That’s called LIFE.