Comments on: Do supplements and high protein diets really hurt your emotional stability? http://www.bodybuildingexercise.net/blog/bodybuilding/do-supplements-and-high-protein-diets-really-hurt-your-emotional-stability/696/ Bodybuilding exercises and workouts Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: krieger http://www.bodybuildingexercise.net/blog/bodybuilding/do-supplements-and-high-protein-diets-really-hurt-your-emotional-stability/696/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 krieger Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:40:34 +0000 http://www.bodybuildingexercise.net/blog/bodybuilding/do-supplements-and-high-protein-diets-really-hurt-your-emotional-stability/696/#comment-1055 I can't think of any particular reason a high protein diet would be a problem, as long as he's still getting a reasonable amount other nutrients (carbs, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc). The bodybuilding supplements on the other hand I can understand, as the packaging of many reads like chemistry class. The stimulants (caffeine and taurine in particular) have been known to increase anxiety and affect mood. Not a lot of solid research has been done on most of ingredients or how they interact with each other. It certainly wouldn't hurt to leave them out for a month or so; any loses in strength and such would come back in a hurry. Part of the problem is many are designed (though whether they work or not is debatable) to increase arousal and therefore performance. It sounds like increased arousal might not be a good thing for him right now. If he's hellbent on taking something, regular creatine (not in a pump or mix), whey powder and a multivitamin should be fine. Those are all found naturally in your diet and shouldn't affect mood at all. I can’t think of any particular reason a high protein diet would be a problem, as long as he’s still getting a reasonable amount other nutrients (carbs, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc).

The bodybuilding supplements on the other hand I can understand, as the packaging of many reads like chemistry class. The stimulants (caffeine and taurine in particular) have been known to increase anxiety and affect mood. Not a lot of solid research has been done on most of ingredients or how they interact with each other. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to leave them out for a month or so; any loses in strength and such would come back in a hurry. Part of the problem is many are designed (though whether they work or not is debatable) to increase arousal and therefore performance. It sounds like increased arousal might not be a good thing for him right now.

If he’s hellbent on taking something, regular creatine (not in a pump or mix), whey powder and a multivitamin should be fine. Those are all found naturally in your diet and shouldn’t affect mood at all.

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