6 Supplements That Science Proved Will Actually Help You

Folic acid bad, folate good

Vit D should be on this list

I was taking Gaba and it completely took away my back pain and headaches but after 2 months it stopped working

Melatonin doesn’t help with DSPS. It reinforces it. This is because DSPS isn’t a disorder. It’s just a variance, like being left handed or autistic.

This IS our natural sleep cycle. We sleep best in sunlight. We stay up all night.

If it weren’t for those of us with a nocturnal cycle, our ancestors would have been eaten by smilodons in the night and nobody would have named the constellations.

You need us. Stop acting like we have a disability.

All St. John's Wort did was spike my anxiety.

Beet juice. Interesting! I'm a cyclist and runner and am absolutely going to give this a go. Assuming a beet juice shake a little before the activity is the recommendation? We'll see!

Word of caution: Beets and beet juice are high in oxalate which can lead to kidney stones. Just because a supp has benefits doesn't mean it's without risk

SAME-e is a supplement in America but a prescription in Europe that has been shown to have antidepressant qualities and improve liver function. It also doesn’t have all the troublesome interactions St. John’s Wort has and works differently, by encouraging the production of neurotransmitters, rather than blocking their reuptake. I take a max dose of 1600 mg a day, I’d recommend starting at 800 mg a day, and make sure to get the good stuff, individually sealed in blister packs- a pain in the neck, but the stuff degrades easily when exposed to air, and not taking it if you are taking anything else that elevates serotonin; it says on the packaging not to take it if you have bipolar disorder as it can induce mania, so you know it actually does something! 👍

Just saw this. One problem is that our soils are nutrient deficient from monocropping. Foods are less nutrient deficient from this as well as the use of herbicides and pesticides because they don't have to work as hard to grow and survive.

Many of us in the northern hemisphere are vitamin d3 deficient as we don't get enough sunlight on our skin. It's good to have your doctor order a blood test for this. It would be good to talk to your doctor about taking k2 as well if you need d3.

We're all deficient in vitamins and minerals with a western diet, so yes, most people DO need them

"Pregnant people ". I think he means Pregnant Women.

Cookie for the algorithm

Cinnamon, dark chocolate apple cider vinegar nutritional yeast, green tea, onions. Garlic, Sauer kraur, Kefir.....water!

I'm so glad that during a genetic test for drug efficacy, I found out that my body has some issues metabolizing folic acid. Now I'm directed by my doctor to take a daily supplement of a metabolized version of folic acid so my body can just absorb it. So glad I found that out!

A tip for the vegetarians out there: Eggs are also an excellent natural source of creatine.

Every time I talk to a doc they're like idk maybe take a multivitamin if you want. I ain't doin tests.

How do i convince my mother to stop wasting money on fish oil? she takes it to help her joints

Pregnant people aka pregnant women

This must have been paid for by the pharma co or by people who don’t understand biochemistry.

Older people don't produce enough CoQ10, so it seems to be a good supplement especially if taking statins.

I took St. John's Wort for a month after watching this video, and I am delighted to say that it helped noticeably with my depression, which I had been struggling with for some time, and it actually helped me a little more than the antidepressants I was taking before. Unfortunately, I also take stimulants for ADHD, and after a couple weeks I noticed that they had lost most of their effect. When my test bottle of 30 capsules ran out, I decided not to get more and went back on traditional antidepressants, because the slight increase in mood I got was definitely not worth losing the effects of my ADHD meds.

Can you do a series like this but for specific illnesses? Please. Like ADHD, Anxiety, depression, inflammation, etc. the amount of misinformation/ not scientifically backed information out there about how to solves these specific problems with supplements, home remedies, etc is ridiculous considering how many people suffer from these things.

thank you so much for using gender neutral terms.

Should've had Vitamin D and Zinc. Vit D deficiency contributes to depression symptoms (my psychiatrist has me take them as an augment to my antidepressant). Zinc, if taken when you feel like you might be sick but aren't there yet, helps reduce the intensity and durration of illnesses like the common cold (again, advice from my psychiatrist who swears by this regimen and uses it personally)

"most people dont need them unless they are deficient" well how many are deficient mr scientist? like over 90%?

This is great and valuable information. I shared you out. This information is worth being heard. Thanks for sharing.

If you aren’t low on B12 it’s a placebo effect (for anyone thinking B12 is ac super vitamin). Your body won’t absorb more than it needs. I went to the doctor because my hands stopped working and pain was getting unbearable-they found out I was a rock bottom B12, probably my whole life, and that the few times I had taken vitamins was what was holding me over the whole time. But when I stopped I functionally crashed. B12 is found in meat, dairy, eggs, and some edible Japanese mosses. My diet is mostly dairy and meat and eggs so it left them confused, as B12 deficiency is most found in vegans and vegetarians. I had to start shots first to raise my levels quickly, and now have to take B12 every day for the rest of my life. They think something is wrong in my stomach, so I don’t absorb it naturally from foods, leaning more to the idea of a pernicious anemia style issue

Melatonin really does work.

Well, you have to admit, though, that turmeric and berberine supplements are pretty good for you, especially when your fasting glucose levels are high (pre-diabetes / insulin resistance), which is proven by research. I'm only mentioning this because, according to the CDC, approximately 96 million American adults—more than 1 in 3—have prediabetes.

Why would saint John's wort preform better in Germany based trials?

Calling herbal drugs, such as St. John's wort, "supplements" is one of the greatest frauds perpetrated on consumers in history, yet it is enshrined in law, Senator Hatch's Snake Oil Protection Act, DSHEA. Hatch represented Utah, where most "supplements" are manufactured and is a large part of the state's economy. The system is corrupt as hell and we must constantly be on guard against the scams lurking everywhere, especially in "health food" store.

Aside from Creatine for my bodybuildugn workouts I also take a Muiltivitamin pill every couple of days. As I mostly focus on macro nutrients (carbs/fat/protein) I am suspicious that i dont fully get my fill of every micronutrient like vitamins and minerals.
And i think as long as you dotn overdoo it by taking several times the daily amount, you cant really harm the body that way.

I’m so glad you mentioned St. John’s wort’s interactions! A lot of people start it without knowing that detail, and the liver enzyme it induces metabolizes ~40% of drugs.

Surprised Metamucil wasn't included.

And, PEOPLE not ANDROIDS.

I have felt a definite benefit from taken cheap bubbly magnesium tablets: when I did take one a day, my period gave me no cramps, when I didn't, it hurt like hell. So, even thought I don't like the taste, and I do eat very healthy, I just stuck to taking them. Helped me for years, got back cramps whenever I forgot.
Got the idea from a self-help site of endometriose patients, just thought I put it out there.

Omfg melatonin saves me with my job, but it doesn’t help my insomnia very well… If it’s real bad anyway. Falling asleep is literally the most stressful thing for me.

I've heard beet juice, however good it might be, may not be so good for diabetes patients (is been said).

Right supplements are always good....

Heroin’a my favorite supplement (human)

Three things that were recommended to me and worked for me. Melatonin helped me get better sleep when I had been waking up at night. A psychiatrist gave me a prescription for serotonin for what he described as anxiety--not depression. I also had a nervous tick in my leg while sleeping, rather strong at that, and taking magnesium eliminated that.

Hey someone made an Ad vid on Instagram about melatonin saying it can "mess with hormones " . How true is this? Can anyone do a deep dive into melatonin!?! That would be awesome Thank you

Thank you ❤️

If you have trouble sleeping an extra 10 minutes is still a god send.

For added entertainment with your educational insights, search for how many people died of vitamin overdoses last year, versus how many people died of physician-prescribed drugs. Then when you don't believe what you find, check out your findings on other sites. Then wonder why there is such a hue and cry about the ["Shudder!"] "unregulated" use of supplements. This battle has been underway at least since the early 1970s when Teddy Kennedy tried to pass legislation regulating vitamins/minerals to keep us unwashed from harming ourselves. The recently retired Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah led the countercharge, and won -- for a time. So eventually the big pharmaceutical companies noticed that the market was worth the [then] 10 billion dollars that Americans were forking over out of pocket, and decided to join the club and produce some of that honey for themselves. We might wonder why the big producers would want regulation. Squeeze out the competition, maybe? Tsk, tsk.

It's so amusing to hear the somber "consult your doctor" advice intoned. #1 question to ask your physician is, How much time have you spent studying nutrition? Ask around at med schools. You won't believe how little most know. Do your own reading. And keep up with it. Vitamin C ALONE has had thousands of studies done since St-Gyorgyi (who also described the Krebs cycle, if you remember your high school biology) was awarded the Nobel for it in 1937. Check out Vitamin C, Toxins and Infectious diseases by Levy, MD, JD for a decent overview. The kneejerk reactions of The All-knowing and Godly Medical Establishment would be laughable, if they weren't so harmful.