How to Organize Your Supplements
Keep supplements in one spot, each in its own labeled container, sorted by when you take them. A simple system, and what to check...
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Notes on the format, the labels and what we have and have not measured. Short, and only when there is something to say.
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Supplement Brand Transparency: What It Looks Like
A transparent supplement brand shows you five things without being asked: every dose on the label, a lab result for each lot, the full...
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On a GLP-1? The Nutrient Gaps Ozempic and Wegovy Leave Behind
Research shows GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can deplete vitamin D, B12, iron, and calcium. Here's what the data says and how to...
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The Oral-Gut Axis: How Your Mouth Microbiome Shapes Whole-Body Health
What the Oral-Gut Axis Means for Your Health The oral-gut axis is the two-way communication pathway between the roughly 1,000 microbial species living in...
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The Supplement Format Guide for People With Gut Issues: IBD, IBS, and GERD
When your digestive system is the problem, swallowing more pills isn't the answer. A format-first approach to getting nutrients past the organs that can't...
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3D-Printed Films and Personalized Dosing: The Future of Supplement Strips
The supplement industry runs almost entirely on two formats: pills and powders. Both are decades-old technologies. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical researchers have been 3D-printing precise, dissolving...
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Sublingual NMN Bioavailability: What the Research Actually Shows
The NAD+ supplement market has grown into a multi-hundred-million-dollar industry, and sublingual NMN sits at its premium end. Brands charge 30–60% more for sublingual...
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"I Run a Strip Company": Why We Publish Our Formulation Choices in Public
Most supplement brands guard their formulas. We publish ours — including the parts that don’t look great — because the alternative is asking you...
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Paraxanthine: The Caffeine Metabolite That Might Replace Your Morning Coffee
Your Liver Already Makes This — Now Supplement Brands Want to Sell It Back to You Paraxanthine is the compound your liver produces from...
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Medications That Steal Your Nutrients: PPIs, Metformin, Birth Control, and the Absorption Problem
Medications That Steal Your Nutrients: PPIs, Metformin, Birth Control, and the Absorption Problem I run a sublingual strip company, and this is one of...
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Vitamin D for GLP-1 Users and IBD: When Sublingual Actually Matters
Vitamin D deficiency affects up to 64% more IBD patients than healthy adults. When gut absorption is compromised by IBD or GLP-1 medications, alternative...
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Methylfolate vs Folic Acid: Why 40% of People Convert Poorly
Up to 40% of the population carries MTHFR gene variants that impair folic acid conversion. Here's what the research says about methylfolate (5-MTHF), who's...
