supplements
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Does vitamin D help you sleep?
What the research on vitamin D and sleep says so far, what vitamin D is recognised for in the EU, and simple habits that often help.
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Do you need a B-complex?
Do you need a B-complex? What B vitamins are recognised for, why B6 is the number to check, and how our next batch brings all eig...
What does a healthy family week look like?
Write seven days as they happen. No soil lecture. Vitamin D is a light question with an EFSA figure, not an unsourced percentage.
If you cook, do you still need a multinutrient?
Cooking is not the same as what got eaten. How to look at a real week, where vitamin D sits outside the plate, and why a scoop is...
You fed everyone. What did you eat?
Feeding a house is not the same as feeding yourself. The leftover, standing up, later than you meant, is allowed to count as a di...
How much zinc does a child need?
EFSA's zinc figures by age, the adult 10 mg on the label, and why a lozenge on top of a multinutrient still adds up.
How much vitamin B12 does a child need?
EFSA's B12 figures are a few micrograms. The adult NRV is 2.5 µg. Kids is 25 µg. Why the percentage looks huge, and what that is ...
When should you take a multinutrient?
When a multinutrient fits a real morning, starting from the breakfast that already happens.
Why is vitamin D sold with K2?
K1 is in green leaves. K2 is a different form. Pairing them is a formula choice, not proof that a D-only drop is unsafe.
How to read a lab result
Batch number, date, named lab, what was measured, whether it matched the label. A PDF you can open beats the word tested.
How much vitamin C does a child need?
EFSA's vitamin C figures by age. Pepper and kiwi still do the job. A second C tablet on a multinutrient is usually the same vitam...
How much is too much?
The ceiling is a daily total from every bottle, not one lid. B6 was cut to 12 mg for adults in 2023. Zinc, vitamin D, and when no...