Supplements
Citicoline: benefits, the dose tested, and the real price
Twenty-five euros for 90 capsules of 125 mg. On a fifty-euro monthly supplement budget, that is not one more line, it is a trade-off.
6 min
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Supplements
Zinc: not just for immunity, it is helping my beard grow
Five years without those patches moving. Since I started taking zinc, they are filling in. It is not what I came for.
8 min
Supplements
Glycine and deep sleep: what 3 g actually do
Nothing happens at the time. No drowsiness, nothing resembling a sleeping pill. The difference shows up the next morning.
9 min
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Vitamin B3: niacin and NMN, what their promises are worth
HDL went up, triglycerides came down, LDL too. The trial was stopped early for lack of efficacy.
8 min
Supplements
Lion's Mane: my dreams changed, and that proves nothing
In one dream I read the text on a classmate's screen. Not the impression of text: the text. Here is what that is worth, and what it is not.
7 min
Supplements
Vitamin D: your dose means nothing on its own
A single annual dose of 500,000 IU increased falls by 15% and fractures by 26%. The trial was looking for the opposite.
6 min
Supplements
Creatine, not quite the perfect molecule...
Hundreds of trials, five decades of hindsight. That is exactly why it gets made to say anything. Sorted by strength of evidence.
6 min
Supplements
Magnesium: you are not taking the dose you think
A «magnesium 500 mg» capsule can deliver as little as 70 mg of magnesium. And the most concentrated form is the worst absorbed.
5 min
Supplements
Supplement interactions: I was wrong about omega 3
An earlier version of this article told you to stop omega 3 before surgery. A trial on 1,516 patients says otherwise.
5 min