Tag: supplement basics
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Serving sizes, elemental weights, proprietary blends and %DV explained — a practical guide to reading any supplement label, in any country.
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Oxide, citrate, glycinate, threonate — what the different magnesium forms on a supplement label actually are, and how to compare them properly.
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Why a 1,000 mg fish oil capsule often holds 300 mg of omega-3, plus krill, algal and cod liver oil labels compared properly.
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USP, NSF Certified for Sport and Informed Sport explained — what each seal verifies, what none of them verify, and how to read a bottle with no mark.
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Why deficiency is common even in a sunny country, the genuine tension with skin cancer risk, testing, and where vitamin D research has disappointed.
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What spirulina actually is, why health authorities publish so little on it, the vitamin B12 claim worth checking, and the real safety question.
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Magnesium supports hundreds of processes in the body. A plain-English guide to what it does, how much adults need and the best food sources.
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Vitamins and minerals, minus the marketing — what they do, when a supplement might make sense, and why food comes first.
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Bioavailability decides how much of a supplement your body can actually use — what it means, and why it often matters more than the dose.