Abram Hoffer supplementation

[Dawid]

Many of this forum users may have known Abram Hoffer and I don't think I have to introduce him. I would like to ask what you think about supplements he took. There's a video on youtube where he tells about what he takes. (
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdZCaGvevc
) Below I put a list of sups based on the video. p.s he lived to be 92 years old

List of supplements:

B-100 - 1x
selenium 200mg - 3x
niacin - 500mg - 3x
vit C - 1g - 2x
vit A - 10000ui - 3x
NAC - 1g - 2-3x
Q10 - 100mg - 3x
vit D - 1000ui - 6x
salmon oil - 1g - 2x
calcium-magnesium - 2x (dosage unknown)
zinc citrate - 50mg - 1-2x
folic acid - 5mg - 1x
vit E - 400ui - 2x
ALA - 200mg - 2x

 

[mostlylurking]

Many of this forum users may have known Abram Hoffer and I don't think I have to introduce him. I would like to ask what you think about supplements he took. There's a video on youtube where he tells about what he takes. (
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdZCaGvevc
) Below I put a list of sups based on the video. p.s he lived to be 92 years old

List of supplements:

B-100 - 1x
selenium 200mg - 3x
niacin - 500mg - 3x
vit C - 1g - 2x
vit A - 10000ui - 3x
NAC - 1g - 2-3x
Q10 - 100mg - 3x
vit D - 1000ui - 6x
salmon oil - 1g - 2x
calcium-magnesium - 2x (dosage unknown)
zinc citrate - 50mg - 1-2x
folic acid - 5mg - 1x
vit E - 400ui - 2x
ALA - 200mg - 2x

Interesting list, but I'm not inclined to follow suit. I much prefer niacinamide to niacin. The vitamin C supplements available today are contaminated with heavy metal because of the way they are made, according to Ray Peat. Salmon oil=PUFA. But the list is interesting. I read one of Hoffer's books and did try to high dose niacin around 15 years ago; made me feel pretty horrible.

Then there's Dr. Derrick Lonsdale, who takes TTFD thiamine daily, is 99 years old, and still has enough brain function to answer questions/comments online. I'm a big fan of Dr. Lonsdale and thiamine, although I take thiamine hcl instead of the TTFD type.

 

[Dawid]

Yeah He was taking sups I would never take either but at the end of the video he says that this works for him and may not work for others. p.s thanks for mentioning Derrick Lonsdale I never heard about him. I'm a big fan of B1 too and his age and health is even more impressive than Hoffer's

 

[frannybananny]

Many of this forum users may have known Abram Hoffer and I don't think I have to introduce him. I would like to ask what you think about supplements he took. There's a video on youtube where he tells about what he takes. (
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmdZCaGvevc
) Below I put a list of sups based on the video. p.s he lived to be 92 years old

List of supplements:

B-100 - 1x
selenium 200mg - 3x
niacin - 500mg - 3x
vit C - 1g - 2x
vit A - 10000ui - 3x
NAC - 1g - 2-3x
Q10 - 100mg - 3x
vit D - 1000ui - 6x
salmon oil - 1g - 2x
calcium-magnesium - 2x (dosage unknown)
zinc citrate - 50mg - 1-2x
folic acid - 5mg - 1x
vit E - 400ui - 2x
ALA - 200mg - 2x

Wowzers. That's a lot of supps. I am mainly surprised by the amount of Vit A, taking selenium 3x a day and some of the other ones 3x a day.... and the low amount of folic acid. Does anyone else here take these amounts?

 

[mostlylurking]

Yeah He was taking sups I would never take either but at the end of the video he says that this works for him and may not work for others. p.s thanks for mentioning Derrick Lonsdale I never heard about him. I'm a big fan of B1 too and his age and health is even more impressive than Hoffer's

I found a video of Dr. Derrick Lonsdale. This was 11 years ago, so he is around 88-90 here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrAG3_T8-g0

 

[mostlylurking]

Yeah He was taking sups I would never take either but at the end of the video he says that this works for him and may not work for others. p.s thanks for mentioning Derrick Lonsdale I never heard about him. I'm a big fan of B1 too and his age and health is even more impressive than Hoffer's

I found another more recent one. I remember it having video, but this is just audio, sorry. He's 96 in this one. The interviewer is very loud, probably to compensate for Lonsdale's hearing loss. I remember that he was sitting in a wheelchair for the interview.

View: https://vimeo.com/408207634