Supplements

In today’s wellness-focused world, supplements are everywhere—from multivitamins and protein powders to adaptogens and nootropics. With so many options on the market, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. But the truth is, supplements aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution. What works wonders for one person might have little effect—or even be counterproductive—for another. The key to using supplements effectively is understanding how to tailor your choices to your unique needs, lifestyle, and goals.

In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of personalizing your supplement routine. Rather than following trends or jumping on the latest health fad, we’ll walk you through how to assess your individual health needs, and how to choose the supplements that will be most beneficial for you. Whether you're looking to boost energy, support your immune system, enhance mental clarity, or optimize athletic performance, understanding the science behind supplementation—and how it interacts with your specific body and lifestyle—will help you make informed decisions and see the best results.

Let’s dive into the basics of supplements and discover how to implement them in a way that works for you.

Our big hitters in the supplement world; the products that can find a home in any diet that act as a base for the problem solving nature that we use supplements as; are: Proteins and Multivitamins! there is variety in each one of these—but as general supplements—you will find nothing but positives. Protein supplements have one of—if not the largest—variety and palatability of any supplement, from bars to mass gainer powders to ultra refined clear whey; they all serve the same purpose of making daily protein intake a little less stressful. next we have Multivitamins; no need to go too in depth with this. every metabolic system in the body requires vitamins and minerals in order to work properly, multivitamins are a simple, cheap and effective way to ensure you're getting enough of each and every single one!

Secondary in most of our prescribed diet and nutrition programs, will be our more individual vitamins, minerals and specific effect supplements, these are prescribed to fill nutritional gaps and or aid in smaller health issues. first up, person to person basis supplements suggested by a physician; this includes Insulin, medications or high dosage versions of health supplements, most health issues have some array of nutritional or pharmaceutical intervention. Outside of this, even on the best of diets, chances are we are missing some number of vitamins or minerals, we get these through supplementing our food out for an easy vitamin-c pill, omega-3 or even dietary fibers. these are all things we can get readily from food, but diverse micronutrients are harder to manage then our larger impacting macronutrients. also in this section will be Creatine (specifically creatine monohydrate), it is the most well researched supplements on the planet, and as years go on, only more benefits are being discovered; to simplify its effects, we can expect higher levels of energy transfer to the muscles during exercise, as well as promotion of general brain performance for short (long term memory effects not definitive, but looking positive) memory and clarity.

finally we have our short term based supplements, these don't play a direct role in our nutrition, simply provide a little boost in whatever direction we need. on the high energy side of things, pre-workouts and some common ingredients found in them; would fall into this category. caffeine, taurine and L-carnetine are all short half life, fast acting, performance supplements. besides making your workout a little more intense, their presence in the program is minimal compared to our previously mentioned supplements. on the opposite end of the spectrum, sleep aids, nootropics or "relaxants" are there if youd like them, but by no means necessary. Ashwaganda or melatonin would be some of the stand-outs here; ashwaganda acting as an anxiety reductor to aid in relaxation, and melatonin adding to your bodies natural production to aid in your bodies ability to fall asleep.

While there is a whole plethora of supplements, brands and deviations we can go into, hopefully this can act as an introductory guide to how we will place importance in a program. everything is prescribed on a needs basis, but starting at the top and working our way down is a safe and secure way to not overdue/underdue aspects of dietary supplementation. if your energy is low, our first step should be to address our diet as a whole, and prescribe our macro scale supplements well before telling you to increase caffeine. each supplement has its place, just maybe not in your pantry.