supplements

Vitamin D in summer: stop or continue?

Lisbon in July is not Ireland in July. NHS winter advice, what skin can do in high summer, and why our pouch cannot drop the D on...

Vitamin D and sleep: what her work says, and what we may print

We take her vitamin D and sleep work seriously. EU food law still does not let us claim sleep. The numbers, and what our pouch is.

B vitamins: her protocol, food, and the European dose limit

High B for about three months, then a lower daily dose. We take that sequence seriously. We cannot sell the high-dose stretch in ...

How to read a supplement label

The percentage on the tub is for adults. How to read the back of any pack in two minutes, including ours.

What is a food supplement, and do you need several?

These are foods with a scoop, not a collection you have to complete. Why two bottles often do the same job, and why we would rath...

Tiredness: what food can and cannot explain

Which nutrients have an officially recognised link to tiredness, what that actually means, and why a multivitamin is rarely the r...

Magnesium: how much each age needs, and why labels mislead

What EFSA recommends at each age, why the percentage on the label always looks low, and what changes between the different forms ...

How long does a multivitamin take to work?

Most people feel nothing, and that is normal. What actually changes, over what timescale, and what to do if nothing has after thr...

Zinc and copper: why one of them goes missing

Zinc and copper compete for the same route into the body. What that means over months, why the ratio everyone quotes has no offic...

Powder, gummies, tablet or syrup: what's the actual difference?

The four ways to give a child vitamins, compared on what matters: sugar, dose, what physically fits in each format, and whether y...

Not All Multivitamins Are Created Equal: What Actually Makes One Work?