Posted by Larry Hoover on May 15, 2005, at 12:35:06
In reply to Fish Oil/other supplements increasing appetite?, posted by MoparFan91 on May 11, 2005, at 22:36:34
> I started back taking Fish Oil again back in the beginning of the last week of April. At about the same time, I upped my amino acid Taurine dosage to over 2,000mg and doubled the Zinc to 300mg.
You're taking how much zinc? 300 mg is 10 times what you should be taking. Adverse effects kick in at 50 mg. That level of zinc intake will totally shut down copper uptake. Continue at that dose, and you'll get quite ill.
I added 1,000mg Acetyl L-Carnitine, 150mg 5-HTP, and 600mcg Chromium Polynicotinate as well.
Those are OK.
> Anyway, I was taking the Fish Oil for 2 months straight but at a bit lower dose. I'm now on 9,000mg of EPA/DHA combined in 3 divided doses (30 capsules of regular fish oil). Since starting back on it (and possibly from making the other changes to my supplements), my appetite has gone through the roof. I'm eating DOUBLE the amount of what I normally was eating before:
> -I've been eating whole cartons of ice cream in one sitting
> -eating 3 burgers and mega-sized fries and drink plus large chocolate shakes at McDonald's in one sitting
> -doing some other binging, and eating over 2,000 Calories per meal at times.
>
> I've gained a few pounds because of this.I hope you're not surprised that you're gaining weight on this regime.
> Before this, my appetite was pretty normal, and I seemed to have gotten hungry when I was supposed to. Now, I feel like I'm hungry (and true gnawing physical hunger and famished feeling at that) even after eating a lot. This seems have started over a few days after re-initiation of fish oil (and possibly other changes to supplements).You've confounded your experiment. Drop one or another of the supps, and see what changes.
> I'm also taking Lamictal and Geodon, and none of those have ever changed my appetite.
>
> What's going on here? Is there something about the Fish Oil (or those other supplements) that causes an increase in appetite?
>
> A big appetite is VERY VERY BAD for weight control.I'd drop either the carnitine or the chromium, as my first appetite control experiment.
And cut down on that zinc. That is way too much.
Lar
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