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0 pointsAurornis4mo ago0 comments

> Then as part of a new gym plan, started taking Omega 3+VitD daily, and I just felt a sense of calm and peace after a few weeks. The massive uptick in exercise probably also helped

I would bet that 95% of that improvement or more was due to the exercise.

Your anecdote is common: People start taking Vitamin D or fish oil as part of a bigger plan to have a healthier lifestyle and then they attribute success to the pills, not the lifestyle changes.

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vegancap4mo ago

Possibly, but anecdotally, I went through a period of forgetting to take them again recently, and definitely felt worse again. Sleep started suffering, felt lower energy again. But, could have been a coincidence/something else entirely

seba_dos14mo ago

I wouldn't bet so eagerly on these lifestyle changes being achievable without these pills.

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