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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How much iodine does each age need?
EFSA's iodine figures by age, what salt and fish still do, and why pregnancy at 200 µg is not our pouch.
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. Daily dose first, then ...
What is a food supplement?
In Europe these are foods with a scoop, not a set you have to complete. Why two bottles often do the same job, and why we would r...
Tiredness: what food can and cannot explain
Eight nutrients have an authorised EU link to tiredness. Iron is the one most associated with it, and our product contains none.
How much magnesium does a child need?
EFSA's figures by age, why the label percentage always looks low, and why our dose covers only part of a day. Form matters for th...
How long does a multinutrient take to work?
Most people feel nothing, and that is normal. Water-soluble vitamins move in hours. Vitamin D takes weeks. Three months is a fair...
Zinc and copper: why one goes missing
Zinc and copper share a route in. That matters over months. The 10:1 ratio has no official source. Both sit on our label at the s...
Powder, gummies, tablet or syrup?
The four ways to give a child vitamins, compared on sugar, dose, what physically fits, and whether your child will take it. Ours ...
Not All Multivitamins Are Created Equal: What Actually Makes One Work?
What actually differs between multinutrients: forms, amounts, and the label, without lab-result marketing.
What Does "Bioavailability" Actually Mean? (And Why Should You Care?)
What bioavailability means on a label, why forms matter, and how we think about magnesium bisglycinate in our own house.